255 kHz signal?
 

last night 1030 UTC i noticed a morse signal on 255 kHz. lower sideband, i
believe. to my (untrained) ears it sounded like

dot dot dot dash | dash dot dot repeating over and over

V D ???

anybody know what it is? it's still going at the present time.

thanks for any info
andy

Andy Gingrich wrote:

last night 1030 UTC i noticed a morse signal on 255 kHz. lower sideband, i
believe. to my (untrained) ears it sounded like

dot dot dot dash | dash dot dot repeating over and over

V D ???

anybody know what it is? it's still going at the present time.

thanks for any info
andy

It's a navigational beacon, but I can't find anything with that call on that
freq.

Where are you located? That always helps.

Andy -- google may have found it - first hit
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...airnav&spell=1

sez
VIDALIA, GA
INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24

Outer marker information
Type: NONDIRECTIONAL RADIO BEACON
Name: ONYUN
Frequency: 372 kHz
Identifier: VD ...- -..
Location: 32-13-23.676N / 082-17-53.443W
3.9 nm (23409 ft.) from the approach end of runway
24

But sez 372 kHz

Or see URL:
http://www.airnav.com/airports/
--
Incognito By Necessity (:-(

If you can't convince them, confuse them.
- - -Harry S Truman




"Andy Gingrich" wrote in message
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last night 1030 UTC i noticed a morse signal on 255 kHz. lower sideband,
i
believe. to my (untrained) ears it sounded like

dot dot dot dash | dash dot dot repeating over and over

V D ???

anybody know what it is? it's still going at the present time.

thanks for any info
andy

duh..should have mentioned my location:

south-central Pennsylvania

wasn't able to check out 372 kHz..YB 400 doesn't tune that freq.

thanks
andy

"Incognito" wrote in message
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Andy -- google may have found it - first hit
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...airnav&spell=1

sez
VIDALIA, GA
INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24

Outer marker information
Type: NONDIRECTIONAL RADIO BEACON
Name: ONYUN
Frequency: 372 kHz
Identifier: VD ...- -..
Location: 32-13-23.676N / 082-17-53.443W
3.9 nm (23409 ft.) from the approach end of runway
24

But sez 372 kHz

Or see URL:
http://www.airnav.com/airports/
--
Incognito By Necessity (:-(

If you can't convince them, confuse them.
- - -Harry S Truman




"Andy Gingrich" wrote in message
...
last night 1030 UTC i noticed a morse signal on 255 kHz. lower
sideband,
i
believe. to my (untrained) ears it sounded like

dot dot dot dash | dash dot dot repeating over and over

V D ???

anybody know what it is? it's still going at the present time.

thanks for any info
andy

found out what it was

http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/navaid...=EUD&name=YORK

turns out it was really 254 kHz and is
.. ..- -..
so much for my morse skills...but hey..i learned something.

thanks for pointing me to the right place, incognito.

andy