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Old October 17th 09, 09:06 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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On Oct 17, 10:35*am, "J. Mc Laughlin" wrote:
Dear Group:

Still not as clear as it could be. *"Jimmie" is not talking about the 75 MHz
yagi pointing straight up that provides a reference cone. *The context seems
to indicate a non-directional beacon that operated in the 200 kHz region
using AM and a T antenna often supported by wooden poles. *See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locator_Outer_Marker

I recall, in an earlier life, 160 meters on a daytime-only AM broadcast
antenna at night.

73, * Mac * N8TT

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J. McLaughlin; *Michigan, USA
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On Oct 16, 3:38 pm, wrote:
Hi Jimmie,


Inquiring minds want to know dept: You mentioned an LOM antenna.


Did that have something to do with aviation markers; loran or position
locators?


Rick
W9ZD


Aviation, one of the first grunt jobs I had after working with the FAA
was the decommissioning of an LOM site. The took out the equipment and
the building but the antenna was there for several years. I didnt have
a place I could put up a decent antenna so I would grab my 100 watt
Icom and MFJ tuner and ride out to the site. I do mostly radar work
now.


Jimmie


http://en.mimi.hu/aviation/lom.html


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Yes an NDB, sorry I was a newbie back then with a hand that fit a
shovel. I went into radar and automation instead of Navaids. Sorry for
confusion. I think the site was called LOM/NDB. Sometime I confuse the
heck out of all those acronyms. I never learned what most of them
mean, just what they are. Stuff I work on like FDIO,SCIP,SRAP, I know
what they are but cant tell you what the acronyms mean. Nav-aids stuff
has really gotten foriegn to me over the years.

NDB is non directional beacon I forget what LOM stands for. It may
have something to do with "outer marker". I believe that was part of
the equipment and it was on centerline.

JImmie