[450] $5 dollars to anyone who can figure out what this is...

[Michael Aurio]

there use to be one at the farm before quassy amusement.the capacity hat gave it AWAY...it use to come over my trucks am radio.....can we go to Mindy's for lunch..............
 
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 22:29:54 -0500
From: john.foege at gmail.com
To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
Subject: Re: [450] $5 dollars to anyone who can figure out what this is...

It's a NBD (non-directional beacon) that operates on 362 kHz and is called CLERA. It serves as the OM (outer marker) for pilot's flying instrument approaches to runway 36 at Waterbury-Oxford airport.

You fly over CLERA at 2500 ft. above sea level and turn to a heading of 005 degrees. From the NDB it's a 6 nautical mile approach to the runway at a 3 degree glideslope.

Generally pilots intercept the instrument landing system at that fix over CLERA on 109.55 MHz, which gives them precise left/right and glideslope info and they just keep the cross needles centered as they fly the approach all the way in.


A little flying/radio trivia for everyone!

I thought you all might be interested in a large swath of fenced off grass in the middle of nowhere with a turnstile antenna and a shack....

Cheers!

73s

John

W1QEX

On Nov 5, 2013 7:34 PM, "Michael Aurio" <oneluckystiff at hotmail.com> wrote:




it looks like a loacator tower for oxford airport..........................
 
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 19:09:07 -0500
From: john.foege at gmail.com

To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
Subject: [450] $5 dollars to anyone who can figure out what this is...

41.382404, -73.112524


Google maps it and zoom in....if you can figure it out, I'll buy you lunch/beer/etc.


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