Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19218 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 10:27:22 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO guinness.servers.plus.net) (212.159.3.230) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 10:27:22 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 5510 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 10:13:18 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (212.172.148.70) by mx.last.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 10:13:18 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15whVz-0002DV-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:13:31 +0100 Received: from mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15whVy-0002DQ-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:13:30 +0100 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id MAA684256 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:12:49 +0200 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20011025111055.30b73c28@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:10:55 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: CFH?not so Dumb Question In-reply-to: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803D55C5FA@PDW-MAIL-R1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At 09:13 25/10/01 +0100, you wrote: >Why do the Canadian Navy need to transmit on 137kHz ? >What does a broadcast on this frequency offer that either HF or satellite >comms cannot supply ? Probably nothing, but I assume that the military likes to have alternative ways of communication in case one way fails. So most likely they just want to keep their frequency occupied (use it or loose it). 73, Rik ON7YD