VTR 350: The 1kw beacon here in McGrath appears to have the transmitter on but the beeping dits haven’t been heard since Friday or so … no idea what’s wrong and not sure who to tell.   

Paul Walker, “The Alaska Radio Nerd” to IRCA iog (2025-09-22)

SAY 431kHz faulty
This Stornoway beacon is normally  one of the stronger daytime signals audible in North West Scotland but today all that can be heard is a weak continuous carrier with no modulation.
The carrier is unlikely to be anything else than Stornoway so it seems  there is a technical outage.
Just for comparison SAY is usually much stronger than 316 BRR (-76dbm); 401 BBA (-63dBm) and 337 MY (-80dBm) but today its weak carrier is down at ~-92dBm.

Reactivated at 1047utc with a -51dBm signal

Steve Whitt to MWCircle iog (2025-08-31)

Australian LW closures.
Found this on the Airservices website
In accordance with the CASA mandate, Airservices is redesigning some of its landing approaches at every airport around the country to ensure we continue to have the safest and most efficient air traffic management system possible, meeting the expectations of airspace users and the travelling public into the future.
As part of this transition, nearly half of the 400 ground-based navigation aids will be decommissioned over time with the remaining to operate as a back-up network to the satellite navigation system

Briefly trolling through the LW band, I noticed some of the ATIS (Airport Terminal Information Service) radio signals are gone
Canberra 263
Wagga 221
Wynyard 302
Davenport 281
Mildura 272
Edinborough 311
Richmond 347
Sale 350
Bankstown 416
Sydney 428
Essendon 356

G. Wolfe – Cooma NSW Australia (2025-07-26)

SAY 431kHz
The strongest (local) NDB receivable on the BDMR is SAY from Stornoway.
However observed to be off air at 1400utc today 5/2/24

Transmitter noted back on air today 20/2/24

Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2025-02-20)

NDB 1066
If anyone’s hearing “SU” on 1066 kHz it’s likely Putin’s carrier out at sea. Very strong signal at the KONG HQ, not far from the Northern Fleet playground. They tend to change frequency a lot, typically always on MW.

Bjarne Mjelde to mwcircle iog (2024-10-07)

The NDB associated with the Statfjord B oil platform in North Sea has reappeared on 615kHz. The NDB was previously reported decommissioned in 2023. Heard today at 1710utc 20/9/24

https://vocaroo.com/1mmfh304FWYU using BDMR

Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2024-09-20)

NDB signal from Davis Inlet – NL CAN 345 Khz
Received via remote sdr in Skagafjord, Iceland.

73 de Kamel, 7X2GK (2024-07-23)

Chinese Coastal Station in Tianjin Starts Ice Forecast broadcasts for NW Passage shipping.
https://gcaptain.com/china-starts-regular-sea-ice-forecasts-for-northeast-passage-off-russian-coast/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-026954a747-170705871&mc_cid=026954a747&mc_eid
=7566fe6d7c
Klingenfuss Guide to Utility Stations (21^st Ed.) lists Tianjin (XSV) on 486, 4209.5, 4212.5, 8417.5, 8419, 12581.5, 12583 KHz. No times given but this would imply more or less regular broadasts from this coastal site.

Bruce Churchill to WOR iog (2024-07-04)

BBA Benbecula is a semi local signal for the BDMR and there are very few of these!
I noted it off air leaving 401kHz free for other signals. Nothing too exotic heard but RBU Norway and COA Spain both heard simultaneously.

A bit of research reveals:
Benbecula: Locator unserviceable
Q) EGPX/QNLAS/IV/BO/A/000/999/5729N00722W005

NDB(L) BBA/BENBECULA 401KHZ U/S  

FROM:	24 Apr 2024 15:30 GMT (16:30 BST)
TO:	08 May 2024 15:30 GMT (16:30 BST)

Steve Whitt to mwcircle iog (2024-05-06)

Hi all,
The 2024 editions of my NDB handbooks and CDs are available now. As always I’ve incorporated the latest changes and monitoring results.

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vy 73 + gd DX, Michael Oexner ENDBH, GNDBH & NANDBH editor (2024-05-02)