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BAE - BARTON ON 325 kHz (48kb): - The closest of all the local beacons, this one is situated at a small aerodrome near Manchester, owned by the Lancashire Aero Club. The distance is just 25 km from here, OF - Filton can just be heard in the background.
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BPL - BLACKPOOL ON 420 kHz (50kb): - Another regular heard 24 hours a day, and usually also with its harmonics at + & - 800, 1200, 1600 Hz too. You can also hear the beacon 'HB' in Belfast, Northern Ireland, this one is always audible in the background. Distance approximately 59 km to BPL and 264 km to HB.
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DBG - DOUGLAS BARGE ON 391.0 kHz (33kb): - An oil storage facility in the Irish Sea. Very rarely heard on air as it is only activated on rare occasions.
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LBA - LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT ON 402.5 kHz (81kb): - One from an airfield over on the eastern side of the Pennines, this is always a thundering great signal here 24 hours a day. Distance is 42 km from here.
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MCH - MANCHESTER on 428 kHz - - Probably the strongest of the locals, this Locator beacon can be heard 24 hours a day on 428 kHz from Manchester International Airport. The distance is approximately 34 km from here.
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SMF - SHEFFIELD CITY AIRPORT ON 333.0 kHz (37kb): - Another one from the wrong side of the Pennines, this one is always a good signal here 24 hours a day. Distance to this beacon in the city that gave the world stainless steel knives and the 'Full Monty' movie is around 60 km.
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WFD - WOODFORD ON 380 kHz (57kb): - This beacon is located at the British Aerospace Factory at Woodford in Cheshire, and you can see a photograph of it in the beacon pics section WFD is also on air for 24 hours a day, and the distance to this one from here is 35 km.
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WL - BARROW WALNEY ON 385 kHz (20kb): - This beacon is located a bit further north, in what is now Cumbria, but used to be the northern part of Lancashire.
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WTN - WARTON ON 337.0 kHz (52kb): - Another British Aerospace factory - (the one where the Tornado fighters - and if all the X-Files fans are correct, the one where the UK's stealth fighters are being built!), located just to the south of Blackpool this one is usually a good signal here 24 hours a day at a distance of around 46 km.
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