Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!husc6!linus!philabs!micomvax!ray From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MicroSoft Flight Simulator 3.0 Message-ID: <1222@micomvax.UUCP> Date: 29 Jul 88 21:06:54 GMT References: <8807131804.AA24725@jade.berkeley.edu> <1217@micomvax.UUCP> Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn) Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada Lines: 83 In article <1217@micomvax.UUCP> ray@micomvax.UUCP I wrote: >In article kg0r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Kenneth Gober) writes: >>..... >>PS. Does anyone know if earlier versions of FS listed frequencies for NDBs >>(non-directional-beacons) on the included charts? Apparently, 3.0 doesn't >>(but my Commodore 64 SubLogic FS II charts do) > >These frequencies are listed in the readme.doc file on the disk! > It occurs to me that this info is in a readme file, it may have not always been supplied by MS, so the following is from the readme.doc file, copied without permission: ADF Information: The following Non Directional Beacons (NDB's) can be tuned with the ADF radio. Area Location North East Frequency ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chicago Deana 17239 16536 350 Dwight 16874 16406 344 Ermin 17128 16598 332 Glenview 17295 16605 269 Kedzi 17135 16648 248 Veals 16369 16496 407 New York & Boston Babylon 17064 21190 275 Block Island 17352 21749 216 Brainard 17542 21384 329 Chup 17612 21328 388 Conda 17023 21068 373 Huder 17100 20992 378 Escondido 14928 6181 374 Swan Lake 15309 6108 257 Seattle & Tacoma Carney 21385 6433 274 Elwha 21775 6331 260 Gray 21256 6455 216 Kitsap 21407 6470 206 Mason Co 21350 6337 348 Nolla 21425 6591 362 Renton 21351 6612 353 San Francisco Casa Diablo 16854 6298 260 Chandler 16661 5751 344 Columbia 17267 5759 404 Pigeon Point 17166 4988 286 Proberta 18340 5500 338 Reiga 17287 5292 374 Sparks 17875 6213 254 Other radio and nav information contained in the file: ========================================== "Squawk" code and Transponder: Air Traffic Control (ATC) does not request a squawk code, as stated in the manual on page 39; but the transponder can be tuned as described. ========================================== NAV/COM Frequency Changes and Additions: (ILS/VOR) 110.50 Chicago-O'Hare Intl. (Runway 27R) 108.70 Martha's Vineyard (Chart indicates 108.2) (ATIS) 124.70 Buchanan (Concord, CA) 128.50 Oakland South (CA) 118.85 San Francisco International (CA) ========================================== Runway Correction: Champaign, Ill 31, 13. ========================================== Navigation Correction: Flying from John Wayne to Riverside (CA), use 244 degrees, not 215 degrees as suggested by the map. ========================================== OAKLAND Airport Coordinates: The coordinates in the manual (17367N & 5129E) place you east of the runway. To line up on runway 9R, use coordindates 17366.0452N 5123.9249E Heading 090. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ..!{philabs, mnetor}!micomvax!ray Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090