Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25447 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2001 13:59:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Dec 2001 13:59:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 13236 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2001 13:59:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 12 Dec 2001 13:59:22 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16E9qp-0006Ob-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:55:11 +0000 Received: from ligarius-fe0.ultra.net ([146.115.8.189]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16E9qo-0006OS-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:55:10 +0000 Received: from comrex (207-172-97-141.s141.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com [207.172.97.141]) by ligarius-fe0.ultra.net (8.8.8/ult/n26500/mtc.v2) with SMTP id IAA31807 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:54:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000f01c18314$8f6c2b60$09dc9384@ma.ultranet.com> From: "John Andrews" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803D55C65E@pdw-mail-r1.dstl.gov.uk> Subject: LF: Re: Spark Transmission Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:54:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Andy, > According to the RSGB News, there is a Royal Navy Spark Transmission from > Poldhu today, to celebrate the marconi centenary. Does anyone have any > further details, such as a frequency ? Very approximate presumably. I believe that the transmissions will center on 1700 kHz, and will happen at :55 each hour. Having typed that, I realized the impropriety of quoting a spark transmitter's frequency in "kHz." How about 176.35 meters? And I have no idea what their decrement is. Since we have broadcast stations on 1700 over here, I decided not to bother trying overnight. Perhaps I could have tuned up to 1720 or so, and still have done OK! John Andrews, W1TAG