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Title: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: flexoman61 on April 18, 2017, 0223 UTC

New one for me.
No big deal but I love to pull beacons out of that noisy DGPS band.

289   YLQ  CAN QC  LA TUQUE    676 km

Title: Re: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: skeezix on April 18, 2017, 0233 UTC

Don't hear that one here.

Yeah, DGPS band is noisy... all of those beeping things.  ;D

Title: Re: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: jFarley on April 18, 2017, 1600 UTC

Nice grab flexoman.

There are quite a few beacons in the DGPS range.  Having an SDR and recording overnight allows one to find fades in DGPS which can possibly expose an underlying NDB.

Title: Re: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: flexoman61 on April 18, 2017, 1623 UTC

Quote from: jFarley on April 18, 2017, 1600 UTC

Nice grab flexoman.

There are quite a few beacons in the DGPS range.  Having an SDR and recording overnight allows one to find fades in DGPS which can possibly expose an underlying NDB.

I could tell there was a beacon there but had to wait awhile before I could ID it. Good copy on it for a few minutes then gone.

Title: Re: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: pinto vortando on April 18, 2017, 2248 UTC

Good catch on YLQ. Sometimes heard here but very elusive.

Title: Re: NDB YLQ 4/17/2017
Post by: Looking-Glass on April 26, 2017, 1117 UTC

I find by using the CW filters and by going a couple of KHz either side of the DGPS I can receive resident NDB's on the DGPS frequency, a bit of fiddling but it works! 8)