Radio Range Question

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

Never heard anything but a continuous tone, and station ident. Unless I was
off course, and that was the usual case.

Frank

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Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers 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

Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
experience here, if possible.


I flew the old ranges in the early 1950s, when they were being phased
out. I never heard what you describe. I heard only the solid tone
when on the beam.

vince norris