[Lf] Galveston NDB heard in ZL

Andre' Kesteloot akestelo at bellatlantic.net
Wed Jan 19 08:56:30 CST 2000


Dave Brown wrote:

> Galveston NDB 'GLS' is on 206 kHz exact.
>  Its lat/long are given as  29N1900 094W5600.
>  A 'local' may be able to translate that into a street/road address for you.
>
> Most of the active LFers here in ZL have heard it. Best time here is an hour
> or two before midnight local time, with due allowance for daylight saving
> etc. We are lucky there is no local NDB below 210 kHz in ZL but there are
> several on/around 206 kHz in VK and they can be strong enough to be a
> problem at times. GLS is not usually audible here for more than a half hour
> or so, often much less.  I guess the time 'window' corresponds to the
> sunrise or pre-dawn period at the GLS end of the path. In this regard it may
> be that the path is not reciprocal but we will have to try it and find out!
>
> 73
> Dave
> ZL3FJ





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