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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:46:22 +0200
From: "John RABSON" <john.rabson@numeo.fr>
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On 20/08/2009 at 18:29 mal hamilton wrote:

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>Serious LF/MF operators should look for a QTH out in the clear avoiding=
=20
>serious obstacles like trees and close in buildings. Why struggle to=20
>reinvent the wheel=20

Because it is a challenge and great fun.  And not everyone is able to move=
 to an ideal location.  Also you might find something new. =20

When it was announced that the UK was likely to get an LF allocation (and=
 subsequently did) I spent some time in a major technical library looking=
 at textbooks on LF radio.  There weren't many - they didn't even have a=
 copy of Watt - and everything they had dealt with physically large antenn=
a systems and high power transmitters.  There was nothing even remotely ap=
propriate to the situations encountered by amateurs. =20

We have had to exercise a great deal of ingenuity to get where we are, whi=
ch is in keeping with the philosophy of amateur radio (and its definition=
 in international law). =20

To cite just two examples of this ingenuity: transmitting loops seem to ha=
ve been almost unknown to the old-time professionals, and some of the low=
 data rate systems we have been experimenting with would have been impract=
icable then.

John F5VLF