X-GM-THRID: 1197472728310412524 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf X-Gmail-Received: aa35f03b860e22de5a7d2526f4e87914f9a7205d Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.54.71.12 with SMTP id t12cs21786wra; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.83.5 with SMTP id g5mr54239wrb; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:56:25 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 14si579523wrl.2006.03.10.05.56.24; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1FHi48-0000yX-0W for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:54:00 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1FHi47-0000yO-K7 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:53:59 +0000 Received: from smarthost0.mail.uk.easynet.net ([212.135.6.10]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FHj3z-00019l-Vo for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:57:56 +0000 Received: from [82.111.114.189] (helo=[192.168.0.2]) by smarthost0.mail.uk.easynet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 1FHi2s-0006tw-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:52:42 +0000 Message-ID: <44118A0B.1080707@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:15:39 +0000 From: Peter Dodd User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <20060309.155410.3264.4.riese-k3djc@juno.com> <44114CE6.7000905@ukonline.co.uk> In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=0.547,BAYES_00=-2.599 Subject: LF: History of 160m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6146 Les Thompson wrote: I have a vague memory that Stew had an arrangement with the US Coast > Guard to allow him a noise free slot for some of his record attempts. > > Could be an urban myth though but it's going to bug me now until I > have a read through my old RSGB Bulls. Hi Les Type in W1BB into Google and you will find enough reading in 'History of 160m' by W1BB, to last you all evening. He had to contend with Loran like we have to on 136kHz so the above is a myth. Peter, G3LDO