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Radio Range Question
Hello All,
Hoping some experts/old timers here might help me on a basic Radio Range question. I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the on-beam signal. I have been told that, while originally this merge created a continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone" i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam." Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight experience here, if possible. Thanks for any help. Charles Wood |
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Charles Wood wrote
I have been told that, while originally this merge created a continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone" i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam." Not during my instrument training time in 1959. I spent a lot of time listening to the "Alice" radio range in Alice, TX. Never once used a radio range after I left Advanced Training at Kingsville, TX. for anything but ADF'ing. Now...there were long range navigation systems such as CONSOLAN that used pulsed dashes and pulsed dots to indicate on which bearing from the station the receiver was located. It requried a special CONSOLAN chart for navigation. Perhaps a web search on "CONSOLAN" will turn up some more information. Bob Moore |
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Are there even ANY radio ranges still in existence in the US?
Chris G. Bob Moore wrote: Charles Wood wrote I have been told that, while originally this merge created a continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone" i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam." Not during my instrument training time in 1959. I spent a lot of time listening to the "Alice" radio range in Alice, TX. Never once used a radio range after I left Advanced Training at Kingsville, TX. for anything but ADF'ing. Now...there were long range navigation systems such as CONSOLAN that used pulsed dashes and pulsed dots to indicate on which bearing from the station the receiver was located. It requried a special CONSOLAN chart for navigation. Perhaps a web search on "CONSOLAN" will turn up some more information. Bob Moore |
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"Chris G." nospam@noemail wrote in message eenews.net... Are there even ANY radio ranges still in existence in the US? If there were, the technicians tasked with maintaining them would burn them down on purpose. |
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Are there even ANY radio ranges still in existence in the US?
If there were, the technicians tasked with maintaining them would burn them down on purpose. I hated those damn ranges when they were all we had; they were always most difficult to use when we needed them the most. The static was ear-splitting. But now, half a century later, I get a nostalgic feeling about them, and would really love to go fly one again--with no thunderstorms around, of course. vince norris |
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"Chris G." nospam@noemail wrote in message eenews.net... Are there even ANY radio ranges still in existence in the US? Chris G. Not for nearly forty years. I'm curious if anyone has made an add-on for MSFS. It would be quite nostalgic to fly a A-N range approach in a skyhawk. |
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Guys have been watching TCM too much "Texas Clarke in Plane Nine,
I can't land unless you give me the dope"! Newark was a grass strip. Remember the movie? Bush On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:18:52 -0400, Charles Wood wrote: Hello All, Hoping some experts/old timers here might help me on a basic Radio Range question. I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the on-beam signal. I have been told that, while originally this merge created a continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone" i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam." Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight experience here, if possible. Thanks for any help. Charles Wood |
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Guys have been watching TCM too much "Texas Clarke in Plane Nine,
I can't land unless you give me the dope"! Newark was a grass strip. Remember the movie? Bush Gosh, you must be even more ancient than I am! When was that movie made? vince norris |
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