The differnece is SAFE to lock-on and ABLE to lock on....The Marham ILS localiser was transmitted at higher power...
Well now, imagine that
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Clearly a few of the old(er) timers know the score.
Of course, the KLAX 25L localizer is/was the same, and indeed there were STAR's predicated on its use....fly inbound from 100 NM.
What a shame that some of the younger guys/gals just have not had the exposure to the way procedures are handled elsewhere...and yes, quite safely as well.
Such a narrow view of things aviation.
However, what really is surprising is that some of the younger folks insist they are correct when in actual fact many simply have not need exposed to ....something different.
'Why, THAT positively is not allowed' I have heard some of 'em say, when in actual fact, a particular procedure has been in use for years and years, well before the young 'uns came along, and proudly proclaimed...'it just ain't so'.
Gives me a laugh every time.