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i have playing around with my new sangean 505 shortwave and had a
search on the lw band and i was picking up like beeping sounds on freq
Lw 279 khz, just wondering anyone have a idea as to wat it is? cheers
shane

Shane use url:
http://www.airnav.com/navaids/

For
Non-Directional Beacon (NDB)
a radio broadcast station in a known location, used as an aviation or marine
navigational aid.


Navaid Information enter 279
get
CQX NAUSET NDB
CHATHAM, MA

and

ON
MUSIC NDB
SPRINGFIELD, TN
All about NDB's at URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-directional_beacon

Lamont