The next Non-Directional beacon to look at is Warton in the county of Lancashire, England, UK.
The beacon is due East of Warton Airfield which is a private airport and located West of the town of Preston. It was built originally by the American airforce in 1942 and used extensively during the Second World War but is now home to a large aerospace facility.
The beacon is located in a field about a mile to the East and the exact location and map can be found from The Hanger - url below:
http://www.thehangar.co.uk/waypoints/waypoints.shtml
Those who read my personal blog will know that I now (at last) have put up the 70 foot long wire again and the trace above is taken with the Winradio G303 and long wire. For my own reference, and for anyone else who uses the G303, I used audio AGC set to 'Fast' and a 200 cycle bandwidth. The trace was taken at 0710 on Sunday 12 July 2009.
The aid sends the callsign 'WTN' and is found on 337kHZ. As can be seen, the trace is quite clear and the distance is around 120 miles.
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