Radio Range Question

[Charles Wood]

Hello All,

Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
question.

I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
on-beam signal.

I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."

Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
experience here, if possible.

Thanks for any help.

Charles Wood

[[email protected]]

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
> question.
>
> I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
> on-beam signal.
>
> I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
> continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
> every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
> i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."
>
> Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
> experience here, if possible.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Charles Wood

[[email protected]]

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
> question.
>
> I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
> on-beam signal.
>
> I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
> continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
> every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
> i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."
>
> Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
> experience here, if possible.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Charles Wood

[[email protected]]

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
> question.
>
> I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
> on-beam signal.
>
> I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
> continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
> every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
> i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."
>
> Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
> experience here, if possible.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Charles Wood

[[email protected]]

All of them I flew had a continuous beam when on course.

The dashes you might be thinking of would have occurred with the marker
beacon light and audio when overheading a "Z" or airway marker along the
range leg (white light with three light system).

Charles Wood wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
> question.
>
> I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
> on-beam signal.
>
> I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
> continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
> every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
> i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."
>
> Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
> experience here, if possible.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Charles Wood

[Frank]

Never heard anything but a continuous tone, and station ident. Unless I was
off course, and that was the usual case.

Frank

"Charles Wood" > wrote in message
...
> Hello All,
>
> Hoping some experts/old timers might help me on a basic Radio Range
> question.
>
> I understand the principle of merging the A's and the N's to get the
> on-beam signal.
>
> I have been told that, while originally this merge created a
> continuous, uninterrupted tone except for the station identification
> every 30 seconds, that it later evolved to a "Pulsed on-beam tone"
> i.e., a series of dashes when flying "on the beam."
>
> Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
> experience here, if possible.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Charles Wood
>
>
>

[vincent p. norris]

>Is that information correct? I'm looking for personal flight
>experience here, if possible.
>

I flew the old ranges in the early 1950s, when they were being phased
out. I never heard what you describe. I heard only the solid tone
when on the beam.

vince norris