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Not at all useless, Rick.
I have long wondered why the antennae in Annapolis MD, on the point south=
of Naval Academy, were so long, and your 15,600 ft measure explains it.=20=
Bob
> On Oct 6, 2021, at 7:04 AM, Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>=20
> Yes friends, my words copied below are all but totally useless in this cir=
cle of MG people, but sometimes talk of radios, frequencies and antennas ove=
rcomes ham radio guys like me and we spew mostly useless and irrelevant info=
rmation. Please forgive.
>=20
> Rick WD4KIB, General Class ...and two MGs
>=20
>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 5:17 AM Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com> w=
rote:
>> > ...the LW band wouldn't have
>> broadcasting in the US
>> > ... you might be able to pick up some LW band] signals.
>> >
>> > Steve West-Fisher
>> > N4IK
>>=20
>> ...especially at night, if any entity is still using the LW band. Wiki sa=
ys, "The frequency for longwave range from 30KHz to 279 KHz , covering a med=
ian wavelength of 150 meters." That's really low frequency.
>> The antenna in one's mobile phone is only a few millimeters long, or i=
f a tuned dipole, 3"-6" depending upon the mobile phone band being used. Bro=
adcast FM radio dipole antennas tune at about 4 feet long. We've all seen th=
ose kinds of antennas in some cars' windshield glass. A dipole antenna for 3=
0KHz, the very bottom of the LW band, is 15,600 feet long!=20
>>=20
>> Rick
>> WD4KIB
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nb=
sp; Not at all useless, Rick.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"> I hav=
e long wondered why the antennae in Annapolis MD, on the point south of Nava=
l Academy, were so long, and your 15,600 ft measure explains it. =
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bob</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br>On Oct 6, 2021, at 7:04 AM, Richard Lindsay <<a href=3D"mailto:richar=
dolindsay@gmail.com">richardolindsay@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><=
blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><div>Yes friends=
, my words copied below are all but totally useless in this circle of MG peo=
ple, but sometimes talk of radios, frequencies and antennas overcomes ham ra=
dio guys like me and we spew mostly useless and irrelevant information. Plea=
se forgive.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rick WD4KIB, G=
eneral Class ...and two MGs</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 6, 2021=
, 5:17 AM Richard Lindsay <<a href=3D"mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com";>r=
ichardolindsay@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x"><div dir=3D"auto">> ...the LW band wouldn't have<div dir=3D"auto">broa=
dcasting in the US</div><div dir=3D"auto">> ... you might be able to pick=
up some LW band] signals.</div><div dir=3D"auto">></div><div dir=3D"auto=
">> Steve West-Fisher</div><div dir=3D"auto">> N4IK</div><div dir=3D"a=
uto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">...especially at night, if any entity is st=
ill using the LW band. Wiki says, "<i>The frequency for longwave range from 3=
0KHz to 279 KHz , covering a median wavelength of 150 meters.</i>" That's re=
ally low frequency.</div><div dir=3D"auto"> The antenna in one's=
mobile phone is only a few millimeters long, or if a tuned dipole, 3"-6" de=
pending upon the mobile phone band being used. Broadcast FM radio dipole ant=
ennas tune at about 4 feet long. We've all seen those kinds of antennas in s=
ome cars' windshield glass. A dipole antenna for 30KHz, the very bottom of t=
he LW band, is 15,600 feet long! </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div=
dir=3D"auto">Rick</div><div dir=3D"auto">WD4KIB</div></div>
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