Month: March 2017

Rosmalen Radio Rally 2017

  Once again I attended the radio rally in Rosmalen with George M1GEO, Chris G8OCV, Peter G0IAP and Dave M0MBD. We traveled up from Essex to meet George and Chris in Norfolk and then to Harwich to meet the boat.We boarded the overnight ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland at around 8pm, and this left […]

Receiving Non Directional Beacons (NDB)

NDB are low power beacons in the 250 to 550 KHz range. The beacons are usually situated at a landing strip/airfield / oil platform to aid navigation. They are non-directional so use a vertical omnidirectional antenna, and reasonably low power. The ERP is very low, as the physical size of the antenna restricts the efficiency […]