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[FlyingCoffin]

Hey

 

I want to know how I can navigate with the sabre. 

As example I want to go to "Boulder City in Nevada" have I to check for the freq 116,7 for the NdB?(In Compass mode)

I searched from 120-100kHz and didnt found anything. No needle swing no nothing nada. What am I doing wrong?

Edited December 27, 2023 by FlyingCoffin

[=475FG= Dawger]

116.7 isn't an NDB frequency.

NDB's operate (in North America) between 190 to 625 Kilohertz (kHz)

Boulder City VOR is 116.7 Megahertz (MHz). VOR's (VOR, VORTAC AND TACAN) are a completely different type of radio navigation aid and are not available to the F-86.

Below are typical chart symbols for various ground based radio navigation aids (NAVAIDS). You want the far right symbol, of which there are few on the Nevada Map in DCS.

Edited December 27, 2023 by =475FG= Dawger

[FlyingCoffin]

I dont get any Signal from Kutaisi NdB who should be on 477kHz. But I dont get any signal.

 

 

[razo+r]

13 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

I dont get any Signal from Kutaisi NdB who should be on 477kHz. But I dont get any signal.

 

 

That NDB is working just fine.

Can you post a short track so we can see if you missed something during the setup?

[FlyingCoffin]

sorry f.... damn double post

edit: yes check it if you want. 

 

cantfind477kHz.trk

Edited December 28, 2023 by FlyingCoffin

[razo+r]

13 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

sorry f.... damn double post

edit: check it if you want Iam checking it again now when Iam done checking and did not find it again then you may check it. lol

 

cantfind477kHz.trk 2.63 MB · 0 downloads

 

It's working just fine, you just need to tune it correctly.

If you are unable to find the correct frequency, open the kneeboard. The current selected frequency will be visible there, and with that you'll be able to enter the frequency just right.

[FlyingCoffin]

thanks for the hint with the kneeboard. I have a signal now on 477kHz.

[MAXsenna]

thanks for the hint with the kneeboard. I have a signal now on 477kHz.

Happy you solved it. Also remember that NBDs can turn on and off depending on the wind direction.
Cheers!

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[FlyingCoffin]

really?

 

 

[buur]

@MAXsenna @FlyingCoffin I know this behavior only from ILS. And for me it would be also senseless for an NDB.

[MAXsenna]

@MAXsenna @FlyingCoffin I know this behavior only from ILS. And for me it would be also senseless for an NDB.

Ouch, you're right. I stand corrected!

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[randomTOTEN]

Approach NDB's are dependent on the wind.

[=475FG= Dawger]

20 minutes ago, randomTOTEN said:

Approach NDB's are dependent on the wind.

No, they aren't.

 

Edited December 28, 2023 by =475FG= Dawger

[buur]

vor 26 Minuten schrieb randomTOTEN:

Approach NDB's are dependent on the wind.

Don't mix NDB's with marker beacons.

In DCS marker beacons and NDB's have the same symbol what is not correct.

[Volator]

On Caucasus these "marker beacons" as you call them are true NDBs, as this is the way the Soviets designed their instrument approaches, and if they weren't activated or deactivated with regard to wind direction, you would have two NDBs of the same freq on each end of the runways. 

Edited December 28, 2023 by Volator

[buur]

ah, forgot that the Soviets handle it other than the west. Learned something new @Volator

[FlyingCoffin]

can someone tell me when Iam tuned in 490kHz for kobuleti. Why the arrow of the radio compass points in a whole different direction?

[razo+r]

8 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

can someone tell me when Iam tuned in 490kHz for kobuleti. Why the arrow of the radio compass points in a whole different direction?

You're gonna have to provide some more infos...

Where in relation to your heading is the beacon located and where does the needle point to?

[FlyingCoffin]

The NdB is by Kobuleti in the south west. And I was somewhere in the center. I know that the compass is not working like the other compass. Its direction 0° is 12°o clock. 180° is 6°clock of the plane.

 

And now I have 490kHz. And the compass needle is just circeling.

Edited January 1, 2024 by FlyingCoffin

[razo+r]

15 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

The NdB is by Kobuleti in the south west. And I was somewhere in the center.

Where is center?

15 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

I know that the compass is not working like the other compass. Its direction 0° is 12°o clock. 180° is 6°clock of the plane.

Correct, it shows relative bearing.

15 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

And now I have 490kHz. And the compass needle is just circeling.

 

If it's circling it means it's not receiving any signal. Either because you are too far away or not properly tuned to the frequency.

In my test, that NDB works just fine. Seems like you are doing something wrong again or perhaps the station got blown up. Either way, without a track it's going to be hard to tell.

[=475FG= Dawger]

44 minutes ago, FlyingCoffin said:

The NdB is by Kobuleti in the south west. And I was somewhere in the center. I know that the compass is not working like the other compass. Its direction 0° is 12°o clock. 180° is 6°clock of the plane.

 

And now I have 490kHz. And the compass needle is just circeling.

 

When you are trying to navigate via NDB, the first step is to tune and IDENTIFY the station. You identify the station by listening for the morse code identifier. For the Kobuleti 490 kHz station, the ID is the letter T as shown on this snip

 

If you don't hear the letter T in Morse, you haven't got the station you want tuned properly.

[FlyingCoffin]

Now I had "Beslan" on 250kHz activated. But I couldnt hear the beep bop beep bop. What wrong I was at 36000feet

I was also very close only a circeling needle.

Edited January 2, 2024 by FlyingCoffin