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QSL NDB MYN Münster 371 kHz

March 24, 2026 / / 0 Comments

NDB MYN on 371 kHz, the navigation beacon for Münster Osnabrück International Airport, was among the 4 old school QSL cards I received after 2 years.

QSL NDB MYN Münster Osnabrück 371 kHz

Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO), traces its origins to 21 December 1966, when the cities of Münster, Osnabrück, and Greven, along with the districts of Münster and Tecklenburg, founded the Münster/Osnabrück Airport GmbH to serve the region’s growing transportation needs.

NDB MYN Münster/Osnabrück 371 kHz (Skyvector)


Construction began in 1968 with assistance from the British Army to clear the site for a runway. After five years of building, the airport officially opened on 27 March 1972, initially handling modest operations with propeller aircraft; the first charter flight followed in 1973.
It gained international airport status in 1986 after runway extensions enabled larger jets like the Boeing 737, paving the way for Mediterranean holiday routes, while a new terminal opened in 1995 and Terminal 2 in 2002 to accommodate rising passenger numbers. Over the decades, FMO evolved into a resilient regional hub, achieving strong post-pandemic growth to exceed 1.25 million passengers annually by the mid-2020s, bolstered by leisure and domestic flights despite occasional setbacks.

QSL NDB FS-374 Dresden

March 19, 2026 / / 2 Comments

Two years after I sent my report I received a beautiful QSL card from Deutsche Flugsicherung confirming my reception of NDB FS-374 Dresden.

A traditional QSL card for my reception of NDB FS 374 Dresden

There are still quite a few NDBs operational in Germany, even for large commercial airports like Dresden. NDB FS is located 4.5 miles (7.5 km) NE of Dresden International Airport in line with the runway. Below the Googlemaps images of the location:

Googlemaps pictures of NDB FS Dresden

Dresden Airport opened to commercial traffic on July 11, 1935. Driven by Germany’s rearmament program after 1933 it served as both a civilian and military airfield. Although initially designed for commercial use, its military significance grew rapidly during the Third Reich, and it served exclusively military purposes during World War II, including supporting an airlift to Breslau in 1945.
After Soviet occupation at the war’s end, the airport remained under military control until extensive reconstruction and negotiations enabled the resumption of civilian operations on June 16, 1957, in the German Democratic Republic. International flights to Eastern Bloc countries restarted in 1959.
Following German reunification in 1990, the airport modernized significantly—with a new terminal in 2001, runway extension in 2007, and rebranding as Dresden International—transforming into a regional hub serving tourism, business, and seasonal destinations.

QSL NDB NOR-372 Nordholz

February 27, 2026 / / 0 Comments

To my big surprise I received 4 QSL cards, the real stuff, by mail, from the Deutsch Flugsicherung. I sent my reception reports in 2023… 2 years ago. But they were worth waiting for:

DFS has a new QSL card

The first one was for NDB NOR on 372 kHz. This beacon belongs to the Nordholz Naval Airbase. Or in proper German: “Fliegerhorst Nordholz”. I like this “Horst” as it translates as “Nest of a predatory bird”, although I recognize that since WW2 it suffers a bit from a certain connotation.

NDB Nordholz and Nordholz Airport (courtesy: Skyvector)

Fliegerhorst Nordholz stands as one of Germany’s oldest aviation facilities, with its origins tracing back to December 17, 1912, when the Imperial German Navy established it as a key site for naval aviation. The base was initially serving as a major airship port for Zeppelins during World War I. It housed units for both the Navy and Army, supporting reconnaissance and bombing missions with rigid airships like the famous Zeppelin L 3 making early landings there.

Zeppelin at Fliegerhorst Nordholz



After the war, in compliance with the Treaty of Versailles, several Zeppelins were destroyed on-site by their crews in 1919. The interwar period saw shifts in control, and during the 1930s, the Luftwaffe repurposed and expanded the site under code names like “Neckar,” using it for fighter and other operations throughout World War II. Post-1945, the base fell under American occupation briefly, hosting U.S. fighter units like P-47 Thunderbolts before being handed to the RAF, which dismantled much of the infrastructure.

Today, in 2026, Nordholz remains the central hub of the German Navy’s Marinefliegerkommando (Naval Air Command), hosting Marinefliegergeschwader 3 “Graf Zeppelin” and Marinefliegergeschwader 5. Marinefliegergeschwader 3 operates Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft (with the transition to the advanced P-8A Poseidon underway, as the first examples arrived in late 2025) alongside Dornier 228NG for pollution control and surveillance. Marinefliegergeschwader 5 handles helicopter operations, including the NH90 Sea Lion for transport and the new NH90 Sea Tiger for anti-submarine and anti-surface roles, with deliveries progressing to replace the aging Sea Lynx fleet.

QSL NDB RE Reykjanesskóli 316 kHz

February 22, 2026 / / 0 Comments

The name of the NDB RE Reykjanesskóli on 316 kHz is a bit misleading, and that is augmented by the fact that it belongs to Reykjanes Airport. That might make you think it is located on the Reykjanes Peninsula in the South East of Iceland, where you find Reykjavik Airport and Keflavik Airport. And if you ‘google’ for Reykjanes Airport you end up finding many links to either of the these two.

But this Reykjanes Airport is located in the West Fjords region, in the NW corner of Iceland. To avoid confusion the ICAO locator “BIRS” is often added to the name when reference is made to Reykjanes Airport.

Location of Reykjanes Airport (BIRS) bottom right. The larger Isafjordur Airport is seen top left.

The airport is nothing more than a landing strip. There is no infrastructure, the only service offered is a wind vane on a pyramid with the last two letters of the ICAO locator code -BIRS- to let you know you found it.

Reykjanes Airport (BIRS) (GoogleMaps)

If I’m not mistaken the beacon itself can be found across the road of the Reykjanes Hotel. It is a dipole antenna. On the Google Streetview photo below you see one of the suspension masts, the feed point to the dipole, and the hotel in the background. The building with the exhaust on top of it seems to be a generator for the hotel and most likely also the beacon, and there is a little diesel storage tank to the right (just outside the picture).

NDB RE Reykjanesskoli on 316 kHz (Googlemaps)

Below you can see the beacon signal as received with Pskov software, and the QSL signed and sent by Mr. Hjalti Geir Guðmundsson from Isavia Navaid Division.

QSL NDB MN-382 Mynes

February 14, 2026 / / 0 Comments

I was really pleased with the reception of NDB MN Mynes at 382 kHz, as it is definitely one of the Icelandic NDBs that is more difficult to receive in The Netherlands. On the Pskov recording below their signal can be seen, It is a bit different from other Icelandic beacons as they use a negatively keyed carrier.

Mr. Hjalti Geir Guðmundsson from Isavia Navaid Division was so kind to confirm my reception:

eQSL letter for the reception of NDB MN on 382 kHz

If my information is correct, NDB MN is located a little bit to the NE of Egilsstaðaflugvöllur, or Egilsstaðir Airport, and serves as an approach beacon. The airport is a single-runway airport, initially gravel, but with asphalt since 1990.

Egilsstaðir Airport Terminal

Despite the fact that the only scheduled carrier is Icelandair with 2-3 flights a day to Reykjavík, it is not without significance. Egilsstaðir serves as a diversion airport for Keflavik International Airport located 415 kilometers southwest of Egilsstaðir. During the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption in 2010, many flights were diverted to Egilsstaðir airport due to ATC restrictions because of volcanic ash. At some point in time there were 3 bigger airplanes parked on the airport, and that was news in the local media.

Three airplanes at Egilsstaðir airport: a record in 2010

QSL NDB CP 386 kHz Constable Pynt / Nerlerit Inaat

February 11, 2026 / / 0 Comments

Receiving signals from the Arctic is always something special as they originate from very remote and often special locations. My reception of NDB CP Constable Pynt / Nerlerit Inaat on 386 kHz is no exception. Below my Pskov recording of the NDB CP signal (with red marks to emphasize the -.-. .–. morse code for CP)

Pskov recroding of NDB CP Constable Pynt / Nerlerit Inaat on 386 kHz

The Nerlerit Inaat airport was built in 1985 by the US oil company ARCO in connection with oil exploration in Jameson Land. It was sold to Greenland in 1990. The airport has around 15 employees, who have their home within the airport area.

QSL for NDB CP Nerlerit Inaaat Airport 386 kHz… although the frequency quoted is wrong

No other settlement is reachable by road, making the airport possibly the one with smallest population reachable by road in the world. There is a road to a seaport around 2 km south of the terminal building, and some other roads in the area.

Nerlerit Inaat Airport
Nerlerit Airport and the NDB (green circle) at Constable Point (courtesy: OurAirports)

With connecting flights to Akureyri and Reykjavik in Iceland the airport acts as stopping off point for a number of expeditions into Jameson Land and Northeast Greenland National Park. More importantly maybe, it connects by helicopter to the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit, with a population of 325 (in 2025). The settlement is situated 40 kilometers south east of the airport. The name Ittoqqortoormiit means “big house dwellers” in the Eastern Greenlandic dialect.

Ittoqqortoormiit village (Googlemaps)

Ittoqqortoormiit was founded in 1925 by Ejnar Mikkelsen and some 80 Inuit settlers (70 persons from Tasiilaq and four families from western Greenland). They were brought on the ship Gustav Holm and settled 400 kilometres south of the last known Inuit settlement in northeastern Greenland. The settlement was encouraged by colonial power Denmark who at the time wanted to increase their presence in North Eastern Greenland.

The location of Nerlerit Inaat Airport in Greenland

QSL NDB 380-VNV Vilanova i la Geltrú

February 1, 2026 / / 0 Comments

A QSL for NDB VNV from Vilanova i la Geltrú. Confirmed by Enaire the QSL shows the typical set-up for a Spanish beacon: 200W and a T-type antenna.

VNV is a beacon is associated with Barcelona Taradellas-El Prat airport. Not exactly in line with the runway. The Barcelona El Prat airport was renamed by the central Government of Spain to its current name on 21 December 2018 in honour of the first Catalan president under the current Spanish Constitution, Josep Tarradellas – a move widely criticised by the Generalitat de Catalunya and separatists due to non-consultation.

QSL NDB 412-GRN Girona

January 29, 2026 / / 2 Comments

NDB GRN on 412 kHz is a beacon situated north of Girona Airport, in line with the runway. It is often listed as Gerona, which is the Spanish name for the city of Girona in Catalunya, but I prefer to use the name that the local population uses. My reception report was verified by Enaire via informacion@enaire.es .

The set-up of the beacon is typical for most of the Spanish NDBs: a 200 W transmitter with a “Sistema radiante de tipo T”:

Girona Airport was built in 1965 when there was not a lot of traffic. Passenger numbers grew spectacularly after Ryanair chose Girona as one of its European hubs, marketing it as ‘Barcelona-Girona’. In 1993, Girona Airport dealt with only 275,000 passengers; in 2008 passenger numbers increased to more than 5.5 million. But when Ryanair moved their Barcelona operations from Girona to the larger El Prat International Airport much of this was lost again. In 2024 around 2 million passengers used Girona Airport.

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