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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.
> 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"><div>Yes friends, my words copied below are all but total=
ly useless in this circle of MG people, but sometimes talk of radios, frequ=
encies and antennas overcomes ham radio guys like me and we spew mostly use=
less and irrelevant information. Please forgive.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rick WD4KIB, General Class ...and two MGs</div><di=
v dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote" dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"=
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 6, 2021, 5:17 AM Richard Lindsay <<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com";>richardolindsay@gmail.com</a>> =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">> ...th=
e LW band wouldn't have<div dir=3D"auto">broadcasting in the US</div><d=
iv 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"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"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=3D"auto">=C2=A0 =C2=A0The 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 radi=
o 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!=C2=A0</div><div dir=
=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Rick</div><div dir=3D"auto">WD4KIB</d=
iv></div>
</blockquote></div></div></div>
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