I wonder what kind of antennas they're using. A quarter wavelength on 470
kHz (my wavelength conversion spreadsheet is in MHz and won't do three
decimal places) is 523.23 feet.
Dennis - we both use inverted L's with a small ground radial system. The
antenna is brought to resonance with a l
I QSLed the VE7BDQ beacon a couple of years ago, except he was using
the call VX9BDQ on 504.1 kHz. At that time, he was running 100 watts
into an inverted L but didn't give the dimensions. He told me he'd also
gotten listener reports from Alaska, Hawaii and Texas, so the beacon is
a potentia
I wonder what kind of antennas they're using. A quarter wavelength on 470 kHz
(my wavelength conversion spreadsheet is in MHz and won't do three decimal
places) is 523.23 feet.
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> On Jul 12, 2014, at 10:41 PM, coffee_canuck wrote:
>
> Hearing VE7BDQ and VE7SL/b on 473 and
Hearing VE7BDQ and VE7SL/b on 473 and 474 KHz. 1st time I've heard ham radio on
Long Wave band! Cool! Thanks for tip.
Colin in Victoria.
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