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Author Topic: New Zealand NDB's tabled for termination.  (Read 1529 times)

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New Zealand NDB's tabled for termination.
« on: September 16, 2020, 0708 UTC »
The New Zealand aviation authorities have announced the following NDB beacons are to be decomissioned:

314KHz  RD  Miranda NZ  to be closed down on, or by the 05th of November 2020.

254KHz  WI  Waiku NZ being considered for termination by June 2021.
350KHz  SY  Surrey NZ         - as above -
358KHz  NL  Newlands NZ     - as above-

278KHz  WS  Westport NZ to be progressively "downgraded" and termination by November 2021.

226KHz  KK  Kerikeri NZ being considered for decomissioning by November 2022.

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