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January 2003
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Not Number Stations but very good CW practice for our budding CW monitors, and a meaningful challenge in the reception of low power CW Long Wave beacons for all of us.
We are used to the regular reporting of the Short Wave SLHFB's in our Newsletter so a report from Michael Oexner http://members.aol.com/lwcanews/oexnerNDB.htm posted to WUN caught my eye.
Thanks to Michael it is reproduced below, and the first ENIGMA member to submit a valid log to ourselves - with a CC to michael.oxner@web.de will be "highlighted" in the next Newsletter.
For our "newbies" these LW beacons will be easy to identify, but probably hard to catch, as the CW for Z (dah dah di dit) is readily readable under poor conditions ( in my humble opinion, Ed), give it a go - I'm going to. You will also find many other LWB's in the same frequency area to sharpen your CW teeth on.
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As some of you might know Canadian "single letter" NDBs have all been assigned new three letter callsigns beginning with the letter Z.
I'm enclosing a list showing the new callsigns. Those marked "*" have already been heard by North American DXers.
It would be great if you could try to listen out for those that *haven't* been heard yet. Please report back to the list.
Note that these are in the main aeronautical navigation aids, only a few being used for marine purposes - Ed.
The list is sorted by callsign/frequency/Area-City-Province
| ZMC | 201.0 | Fort McMurray/Clearwater | AB | ||
| ZXD | 201.0 | Edmonton City Centre | AB | ||
| ZAB | 215.0 | * | 400 | Edmonton Intl/Leduc | AB |
| ZCA | 233.0 | * | 400 | Blackfoot/Calgary | AB |
| ZYC | 254.0 | * | 400 | Sarcee/Calgary | AB |
| ZET | 292.0 | Edmonton Intl/Nisku | AB | ||
| ZED | 308.0 | Edmonton Intl | AB | ||
| ZEG | 379.0 | * | 400 | Edmonton Intl/Nisku | AB |
| ZXJ | 246.0 | * | Fort Saint John/Taylor | BC | |
| ZZP | 248.0 | * | 1020 | Sandspit/Dead Tree Point | BC |
| ZXS | 260.0 | * | 1020 | Northwood/Prince George | BC |
| ZVR | 368.0 | * | 1020 | Sea Island/Vancouver | BC |
| ZWN | 201.0 | * | 400 | Snowhill/Winnipeg/Downs | MB |
| ZZZ | 203.0 | * | 400 | Nicklebelt/Thompson | MB |
| ZWW | 215.0 | * | 400 | Muddywater/Winnipeg/Boine | MB |
| ZHT | 236.0 | * | Goldenboy/Winnipeg/Forks | MB | |
| ZCH | 257.0 | Beluga/Churchill | MB | ||
| ZTH | 276.0 | Headframe/Thompson | MB | ||
| ZWG | 287.0 | * | 400 | Medicinerock/Winnipeg/Stoney | MB |
| ZYQ | 356.0 | Polarbear/Churchill | MB | ||
| ZCL | 281.0 | Charlo/Blackland/Chaleur | NB | ||
| ZQM | 304.0 | * | Riverview/Moncton | NB | |
| ZMN | 366.0 | Lewisville/Moncton | NB | ||
| ZST | 397.0 | * | 400 | Alpine/Saint John | NB |
| ZYT | 246.0 | * | Outer Cove/St John's | NF | |
| ZNF | 270.0 | * | Wabana/St John's | NF | |
| ZJT | 340.0 | Stephenville/Harmon | NF | ||
| ZYD | 201.0 | Sydney | NS | ||
| ZQY | 219.0 | Sydney | NS | ||
| ZHZ | 364.0 | * | Halifax/Split Crow | NS | |
| ZNS | 385.0 | Halifax/Midtown | NS | ||
| ZXU | 201.0 | London | ON | ||
| ZLB | 236.0 | Toronto | ON | ||
| ZQT | 263.0 | * | 400 | Superior/Thunder Bay | ON |
| ZTS | 263.0 | Timmins | ON | ||
| ZHM | 266.0 | Hamilton | ON | ||
| ZSM | 286.0 | Gros Cap/Sault Ste Marie | ON | ||
| ZTR | 317.0 | Trenton (RCAF) | ON | ||
| ZKF | 335.0 | Kitchener/Waterloo Regional | ON | ||
| ZLP | 341.0 | * | Toronto | ON | |
| ZOW | 344.0 | * | 400 | Ottawa/Moody | ON |
| ZSB | 344.0 | Sudbury/Noranda | ON | ||
| ZYZ | 368.0 | Toronto | ON | ||
| ZPI | 385.0 | Toronto | ON | ||
| ZQG | 398.0 | Windsor | ON | ||
| ZHD | 399.0 | Dryden | ON | ||
| ZTO | 403.0 | Toronto | ON | ||
| ZYB | 404.0 | North Bay/Yellek | ON | ||
| ZYG | 400.0 | Charlottetown/Covehead | PEI | ||
| ZDV | 201.0 | * | Montreal/Valois/Dorval | QC | |
| ZMB | 224.0 | Montreal/Montagnes/Mirabel/Monic | QC | ||
| ZMM | 266.0 | * | Montreal/Colomban/Mirabel/Joly | QC | |
| ZMR | 272.0 | * | Montreal/Belle Riviere/Mirabel/Hermas | QC | |
| ZMT | 284.0 | * | Montreal/Ahuntsic/Dorval/Jarry | QC | |
| ZMX | 317.0 | * | Montreal/Janvier/Mirabel | QC | |
| ZUL | 348.0 | * | Montreal/Rockland/Dorval | QC | |
| ZZV | 354.0 | * | Sept-Iles/Monoghan | QC | |
| ZHU | 407.0 | * | 400 | Montreal/Saint-Hubert/Hauts-Bois | QC |
| ZSK | 201.0 | * | 400 | Moonlake/Saskatoon | SK |
| ZQR | 204.0 | * | 400 | Regina/Wascana | SK |
| ZRS | 219.0 | * | 400 | Regina/Jaypower | SK |
| ZXE | 356.0 | * | 400 | Redkite/Saskatoon/Barnes | SK |
| ZPA | 372.0 | Glass/Prince Albert | SK | ||
| ZSS | 397.0 | * | 400 | Yellowhead/Saskatoon | SK |
| ZRG | 414.0 | * | 400 | Regina/Baldprairie | SK |
| ZXY | 353.0 | * | Klondike/Whitehorse | YT |
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