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Re: [Mgs] Radios

To: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>, "mgs@autox.team.net List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Radios
From: Richard Lindsay <richardolindsay@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 05:17:40 -0500
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> ...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

...especially at night, if any entity is still using the LW band. Wiki
says, "*The frequency for longwave range from 30KHz to 279 KHz , covering a
median wavelength of 150 meters.*" That's really low frequency.
   The antenna in one's mobile phone is only a few millimeters long, or if
a tuned dipole, 3"-6" depending upon the mobile phone band being used.
Broadcast FM radio dipole antennas tune at about 4 feet long. We've all
seen those kinds of antennas in some cars' windshield glass. A dipole
antenna for 30KHz, the very bottom of the LW band, is 15,600 feet long!

Rick
WD4KIB

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<div dir=3D"auto">&gt; ...the LW band wouldn&#39;t have<div dir=3D"auto">br=
oadcasting in the US</div><div dir=3D"auto">&gt; ... you might be able to p=
ick up some LW band] signals.</div><div dir=3D"auto">&gt;</div><div dir=3D"=
auto">&gt; Steve West-Fisher</div><div dir=3D"auto">&gt; N4IK</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">...especially at night, if any entity=
 is still using the LW band. Wiki says, &quot;<i>The frequency for longwave=
 range from 30KHz to 279 KHz , covering a median wavelength of 150 meters.<=
/i>&quot; That&#39;s really low frequency.</div><div dir=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0The antenna in one&#39;s mobile phone is only a few millimeters long,=
 or if a tuned dipole, 3&quot;-6&quot; depending upon the mobile phone band=
 being used. Broadcast FM radio dipole antennas tune at about 4 feet long. =
We&#39;ve all seen those kinds of antennas in some cars&#39; windshield gla=
ss. A dipole antenna for 30KHz, the very bottom of the LW band, is 15,600 f=
eet long!=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rick</di=
v><div dir=3D"auto">WD4KIB</div></div>

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