Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6076 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 11:43:46 -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; 25 Oct 2001 11:43:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 22988 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 11:42:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 11:42:26 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15wint-0002Tf-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:36:05 +0100 Received: from tomts15.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.3] helo=tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15winr-0002Ta-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 12:36:04 +0100 Received: from server1 ([216.209.138.13]) by tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20011025113448.WQUR19401.tomts15-srv.bellnexxia.net@server1> for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:34:48 -0400 Message-ID: <001b01c15d49$0455c450$0a00a8c0@ThreeLakes.ca> From: "Larry Kayser" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803D55C5FA@PDW-MAIL-R1> Subject: LF: Re: CFH?not so Dumb Question Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 07:34:16 -0400 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 5.50.4133.2400 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 es group > Turn the question round a bit and think outside our amateur radio world... Is this really a discussion we want to have when we are trying to get an agreement for sharing so that VE's can have an LF band? > Why do the Canadian Navy need to transmit on 137kHz ? "Need" has nothing to do with it. They have the facility and they use it. > What does a broadcast on this frequency offer that either HF or satellite > comms cannot supply ? A lot when it comes to communications with aircraft at very high latitudes, submarines, etc. > Could it be for high latitude operations ? First, if this is a subject for discussion I would most certainly appreciate it being taken off line. Second, this signal when it is available has provided us with excellent propagation study resource which has helped us see the potential of getting over the North Atlantic. The aparent carrier frequency is 137.04n, where n seems to change a bit from time to time. Larry VA3LK