Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!

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Original poster: "Bob Wroblewski by way of \"Terrell W. Fritz\" <terrellf-at-qwest-dot-net> by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bwroblewski-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi Terry,

(Your call if this goes to the list Mr. Moderator!) - Anything that
involves "our LF band" :-))  is of interest...

  The following (on the surface) has little to do with
coiling but there are a number of hams on the Tesla
List and the frequencies are of interest. Right in the
resonant range of many medium sized coil projects.

  I'm looking forward to the day when United States
hams are allowed to (legally) experiment in the LF
(Low Frequency) amateur bands as many other countries
already are.

  I believe that coiler hams would be in the forefront
in modeling, construction and testing techniques for
LF projects using the knowledge gained from
handcrafted, homebuilt Tesla Coil projects.

Regards,
Bob Wroblewski (N1INU)
Dracut, MA

--- ARRL Web site <memberlist-at-www.arrl-dot-org> wrote:
> SB QST -at- ARL $ARLB026
> ARLB026 Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!
> 
> ZCZC AG26
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 26  ARLB026
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  July 5, 2001
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB026
> ARLB026 Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!
> 
> A signal transmitted on 184 kHz from ZL6QH--the
> Wellington, New
> Zealand, Amateur Radio Club's Quartz Hill
> station--has spanned the
> Pacific. The transmission, part of a series of
> announced
> transpacific tests, was received on June 30 by Steve
> McDonald,
> VE7SL, of British Columbia, Canada.
> 
> ''A claim is made for the confirmed reception of
> ZL6QH by VE7SL, on
> 184.4 kHz, over a path of 11,709 km,'' said Bob
> Vernall ZL2CA, who
> organized the transpacific tests. ''This is a
> one-way confirmation,
> as VE7SL does not have transmitting capability.''
> Vernall said that
> on June 30, seven New Zealand stations--including
> ZL6QH--and one
> Australian transmitted test signals in the 160-190
> kHz band for the
> transpacific tests. Amateurs in New Zealand have
> access to that
> band.
> 
> McDonald used Argo software to capture the ZL6QH
> signal and very
> likely that of ZL4OL, although no claim was being
> made for the
> latter. The reception occurred right around the time
> of sunrise in
> British Columbia.
> 
> ZL6QH was transmitting dual-frequency CW with
> two-minute elements,
> one frequency representing dits, the other dahs. The
> ZL6QH station
> was running approximately 100 W into a longwire
> antenna.
> 
> Amateurs spanned the Atlantic in both directions
> earlier this year
> on 136 kHz. Efforts to make it across the Pacific
> have been under
> way during the winter season in the Southern
> Hemisphere.
> 
> The ARRL has petitioned the FCC to authorize Amateur
> Radio
> allocations at 136 kHz and in the 160-190 kHz band.
> The petition is
> pending.  
> NNNN 
> /EX


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