
That’s a PFC, or “prepared form card,” which I used when I was DXing LW aerobeacons. I’d send that with a SASE as a QSL when verifying beacons. A directory of LW beacon verification addresses – mostly in the SE USA – is also on this site; check the menu on the right.
Aviation Resources
Canadian Resources
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Canadian NDB List by Pierre Thomson.
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List of Lights, Buoys, and Fog Signals. Newfoundland, Atlantic Coast, Inland Waters and Pacific Coast.
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Transport Canada Homepage in English and French.
Clubs and Discussion Groups
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LWCA. The Longwave Club of America. They publish a monthly journal relating to the longwave radio hobby.
Other Hobbyist’s Pages
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Signals Received in North America. Online database.
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The VE7SL Radio Notebook. Photos of NDB’s, loop antenna plans, and more.
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Alex Wiecek’s LW Page. Beacon loggings and images.
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Beacon’s A Bunch AC6V’s LW links.
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DXing.com. DXing.com’s longwave DXing page–includes info on Ken Stryker’s beacon guide.
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NDB Beacon Logger. Real-time reports.
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Rock’s Ray Rocker’s Beacon Log (hey, is that his real name?)
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Tim Noonan Radio/DX Information from Wisconsin–inlcluding NDB info.
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Beacon World Alan Gale’s site in the UK (with list of UK NDBs).
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World Below 535 kHz. Links and photos from SV1XV.
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The Lord Howe Island NDB lots of pictures by William Tidmarsh. [web archive at archive.org]
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Long Wave Beacons in Wisconsin With freq and other helpful information.
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Using your computer to ambush unsuspecting NDBs… using Spectran.
Software
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Bearing1.zip Bearing/distance calculator.
Some Great WWW Resources
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AirNav. Search for A Longwave Beacon.
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ANARC Glossary. Glossary of radio terms from “All Wave” to “Util.”
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Altair’s Lowfer Page – Station YWK. 184.320 kHz.
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Definition of a radiobeacon.
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Frequencies. Worldwide frequency allocation table.
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How Low Can You Go? An introduction to longwave DX from the New Zealand Radio DX League.
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Lighthouse Getaway. Detailed info and photos of lighthouses in the USA & Ireland.
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude From NOVA Online.
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Longwave Home Page. A ton of info, files, an interactive message board, etc. relating to the LW radio hobby.
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Navaid History. National Park Service page about historical maritime navigational sites–like lighthouses.
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SA. Southern Avionics’ page about navaids (they make NDBs).
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Low/Medium Freq Aero Beacon System Of The U.S. Cool page by Kriss Larson w/maps. [archived at archive.org]
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1996 Federal Radionavigation Plan PDF file explaining govt’s plan to phase out NDBs.
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1999 Federal Radionavigation Plan PDF file (The govt’s “navaid master plan”–produced every 2 years.)
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2001 Federal Radionavigation Plan links to PDF.
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2005 Federal Radionavigation Plan PDF file.
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2008 Federal Radionavigation Plan PDF file.
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Lighthouses, Lightships, Tenders & Other Aids to Navigation Subjects USCG.
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RN Radio Netherland’s longwave radio links page.
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USCG Navigation Center Searchable.
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NATON National Aids To Navigation School.
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A history of buoys and tenders by Amy K. Marshall.
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NASA online VLF receiver Listen on the web to the INSPIRE VLF radio receiver at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
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AMRAD Low Frequency Web Page from the Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation.
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Northern Star Longwave Radio Beacons pictures.
Recommended Reading
Video
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DXing the longwave band – k9rzz