Re: [IRCA] 480 RW beacon heard

["Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick,
Unfortunately the RW beacon didn't transmit any more after my message of 
last night. I stayed on the frequency for another 1.5 hours, and nothing 
more was heard. He must have shut if off to do something. So if you were 
trying for it after 0535 utc, then you wouldn't have heard it! I've 
forwarded another note from another list, saying he's soliciting reception 
reports, hopefully from every state.
I hear all the Colorado ndb's currently active including CO and AP. AP, at 
790 miles from me, is strong and can be heard almost any night. DXing ndb's 
is my main radio-listening interest since the 1980's. In the past month, 
Brazil and Panama have been heard, for instance. During the summer many 
Pacific beacons can be heard. Last summer I heard my first Indonesian 
beacon.

Keep trying for RW; I'm sure you'll hear it eventually, at least when it's 
actually on the air!
73,
Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW" <AM-DXer@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 480 RW beacon heard


> Interesting. I'm still not hearing a thing from RW here. I would expect
> RW to be nearly equal in strength to CO on 407 which I hear well. They
> should be nearly equal in power, antenna, distance and direction to me.
> Steve do you also hear CO / 407?
>
> I'd also be curious to know if you can hear AP on 260. It's just south
> of Denver. I think it is probably the most powerful NBD (at least in
> terms of ERP) in Colorado with 100 watts into a 100 foot tower. The
> tower is evidence of the older days when AP was more than just an NDB.
> It also transmitted audio with weather info for the Denver area at much
> higher power. I believe it was 1,000 watts. This is the last remaining
> NDB still operating in the immediate Denver area.
>
> Patrick Griffith
> Westminster, CO
> http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/
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