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Not totally useless. I understood them. I'm not a ham, but I did a lot
of shortwave listening as a youth.
On 10/6/2021 4:04 AM, Richard Lindsay wrote:
> Yes friends, my words copied below are all but totally useless in this
> circle of MG people, but sometimes talk of radios, frequencies and
> antennas overcomes ham radio guys like me and we spew mostly useless
> and irrelevant information. Please forgive.
>
> Rick WD4KIB, General Class ...and two MGs
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 5:17 AM Richard Lindsay
> <richardolindsay@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ...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.
> Â Â 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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<p>Not totally useless. I understood them. I'm not a ham, but I did
a lot of shortwave listening as a youth. <br>
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<div>Yes friends, my words copied below are all but totally
useless in this circle of MG people, but sometimes talk of
radios, frequencies and antennas overcomes ham radio guys like
me and we spew mostly useless and irrelevant information.
Please forgive.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Rick WD4KIB, General Class ...and two MGs</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 5:17
AM Richard Lindsay <<a
href="mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com";
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<div dir="auto">> ...the LW band wouldn't have
<div dir="auto">broadcasting in the US</div>
<div dir="auto">> ... you might be able to pick up
some LW band] signals.</div>
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<div dir="auto">> Steve West-Fisher</div>
<div dir="auto">> N4IK</div>
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<div dir="auto">...especially at night, if any entity is
still using the LW band. Wiki says, "<i>The frequency
for longwave range from 30KHz to 279 KHz , covering
a median wavelength of 150 meters.</i>" That's
really low frequency.</div>
<div dir="auto">Â Â 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! </div>
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<div dir="auto">Rick</div>
<div dir="auto">WD4KIB</div>
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