Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22835 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2001 22:54:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 15 Jan 2001 22:54:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 353 invoked from network); 15 Jan 2001 22:57:53 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 15 Jan 2001 22:57:53 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14IISx-0000eW-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:51:07 +0000 Received: from anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net ([194.217.242.91]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14IISu-0000eM-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:51:04 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from pickmere.demon.co.uk ([158.152.117.143]) by anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 14IISi-000NGn-0X for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:50:53 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 19:07:31 +0000 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "M.J.Powell" Subject: Re: LF: RE:Rugby site References: <65AECDF1F89AD411900400508BFC869F0D750A@pdw-mail-1.dera.gov.uk> In-reply-to: <65AECDF1F89AD411900400508BFC869F0D750A@pdw-mail-1.dera.gov.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Integrated Version 4.02 S Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >According to Tom Clancy, in "The Hunt for Red October" there is a >transmission of coded groups to very deep operating "Boomers" at a data >rate that appears to be in the region of a bit per second (one minute >per message). The groups would encode messages such as "Come to the >surface immediately for a satellite transmission", or "Fire !". If it is >not all a fiction invented by an author with a large collection of >friends working at interesting places. Speculatively of course, this >would be at a frequency in the 60 - 170Hz region - which makes even >amateur 9kHz experiments seem tame. No secret. there have been several articles about the Us VLF sites, with many miles of antenna wire. IIRC the frequency was about 77 c/s. Mike -- M.J.Powell