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 Meekohi
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Gender: Male
 |  |  | What is this FAA thing?
< on 6/8/2012 3:20 AM >
|  | | | Hey I'm super curious about what this thing is exactly.
Anybody know?
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DJ Craig
         
Moderator
Location: Johnson City, TN
Gender: Male
Break the Silence
| | |  | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 1 on 6/8/2012 4:42 AM >
|  | | | My guess is some type of transmitter for communicating with pilots? Or maybe some type of radar?
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess |
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Crypton
Gender: Male
| | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 2 on 6/8/2012 11:13 AM >
|  | | | Looks like a beacon
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The FNG
Location: Lurking in the mountains
Gender: Male
Whoops, didn't see that on the way in.
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 3 on 6/8/2012 10:32 PM >
| | | | I believe it is a part of HAARP. Remain calm, secret government ninja's are on the way 
[last edit 6/8/2012 10:33 PM by The FNG - edited 1 times]
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never_sleep
Location: Foothills of NC
Gender: Male
(LURKING)
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 4 on 6/10/2012 2:49 AM >
| | | | Sign on the fence says it's used for air traffic control....
But I'd wager that it is, in fact, an umbrella.
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Meekohi
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Gender: Male
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 5 on 6/10/2012 2:00 PM >
| | | | I figured it out finally. It's an old-school NDB http://en.wikipedi...directional_beacon confirmed on an aeronautical chart.
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Drake
Location: Knoxville Tn
Gender: Male
2cute2poot
| | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 6 on 6/10/2012 2:38 PM >
| | | | Numbers station. Definitely a numbers station...
*puts on tinfoil hat*
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tick
Location: Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 7 on 6/11/2012 2:07 AM >
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Cool, good to know. I used to pass by that thing all the time when I lived in C-ville (I assume it's the one you can see from the interstate) and always wondered what it was.
I always thought it looked like a breaking wheel:
(from Wikipedia)
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Harvestman
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 8 on 6/16/2012 2:56 AM >
| | | | That's good to know. There was one along a highway near me, and I always wondered what it was.
Drake, if I hear the Lincolnshire Poacher emanating from the hut, I'll let you know.
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Keaven
Location: 15 miles from the Grassy Knoll
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 9 on 6/16/2012 3:11 AM >
| | | | Posted by Crypton
Looks like a beacon
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Yep. It is, as OP determined, a non-directional beacon.
Is it still on the air? Have you tried to hear it?
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Harvestman
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory!
Gender: Male
Everything about me has a poker face.
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 10 on 6/20/2012 5:10 AM >
| | | | Posted by Keaven
Is it still on the air? Have you tried to hear it?
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Unless you have an aircraft radio handy, it's too high-frequency for a regular scanner. NDBs are between 190 and 535 kHz.
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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mikes
Location: Berkeley County, WV
Gender: Male
| | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 11 on 6/29/2012 1:54 AM >
| | | | Posted by HarvestmanMan
Unless you have an aircraft radio handy, it's too high-frequency for a regular scanner. NDBs are between 190 and 535 kHz.
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Actually, it would be too LOW for most scanners. Most start reception at around 30MHz. Some do go lower but not most.
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/-/ooligan
Location: Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 12 on 6/30/2012 11:36 PM >
| | | | Thanks to GPS & WAAS, a lot of NDBs have & are being shut-down, some abandoned intact.
It's hard to believe that even VORs are almost 65 years old now.
The NDBs on the air are easy to monitor with the right radio gear, and some radio-geeks specialize in the hobby of tuning-in as many NDBs as they can.
http://www.auroral...m/ndb/ndbgllry.htm
http://pe2bz.philp...-Art-of-NDB-DXing/
/-/ooligan
a radio-geek
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Keaven
Location: 15 miles from the Grassy Knoll
Gender: Male
| | | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 13 on 7/1/2012 1:56 AM >
| | | | Posted by /-/ooligan
Thanks to GPS & WAAS, a lot of NDBs have & are being shut-down, some abandoned intact.
It's hard to believe that even VORs are almost 65 years old now.
The NDBs on the air are easy to monitor with the right radio gear, and some radio-geeks specialize in the hobby of tuning-in as many NDBs as they can.
http://www.auroral...m/ndb/ndbgllry.htm
http://pe2bz.philp...-Art-of-NDB-DXing/
/-/ooligan
a radio-geek
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Since my shortwave receiver tunes down to 150 kHz, I've gone down there just to see what I can hear. It isn't much, but I'm in an environment with a lot of QRM and don't have nearly enough real estate for an antenna that is effective that low. NDBs was about all I heard on longwave.
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/-/ooligan
Location: Las Vegas area
Gender: Male
When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: What is this FAA thing?
<Reply # 14 on 7/3/2012 5:41 AM >
| | | | Back in the day, I used to enjoy tuning-in & then RDF'ing GWEN stations if I was in the area (the towns GWEN sites were located in was public record, but I don't think their exact locations was).
http://en.wikipedi..._Emergency_Network
Some of the old USAF GWEN stations are still on the air, now owned & operated by the USCG & used as Differential GPS NAVAID stations.
Anyway, if you like LW/MW DX'ing but have a high noise floor & not a lot of antenna space, you could go with an 'active' antenna or directional loop.
Attached is an old photo of an NDB that was near my home when I lived in Detroit.
/-/ooligan
[last edit 7/3/2012 5:43 AM by /-/ooligan - edited 1 times]
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