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From: Laurence KL7 L <hellozerohellozero@hotmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:02:37 -1000
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I was fortunate to meet Peter and his wife at his home on one of my visits. At the time he was active on 137 and he was a source of empirical knowledge and positively saved me a lotof gotchas in getting XDW up to snuff. It was a dark night and when he fired up the Decca we saw some low level corona in the damp saliferous atmosphere near the South coast - I think he modded the coil just shortly after that. He was a gent and like many others on this reflector are grateful for his civil and military service. A sad loss

Laurence KL7L. 

> On Nov 18, 2015, at 8:43 AM, Alan Melia <alan.melia@btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> Mike I was about to ask if you had news ...... I met Peter and his wife on
> several occasions at Conventions at the Belmont and around the LF stands,
> traded a lot of ideas with him and had many private emails about aerials and
> test gear. He was a constant inspiration on 73kHz where the going was
> difficult due to the effects of the idling Rugby transmitter. He was
> invariably interested in my stumbling efforts to understand 136kHz LF
> propagation. He made his first TA coincidental with a peak in my nightly CFH
> plot which help me feel that the recording of a 20kW transmission was
> relevant to amateur operation.
> He has given a lot to the hobby over the years. He will be missed.
> 
> Alan
> G3NYK
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@ntlworld.com>
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>; <rsgb_lf_group@yahoogroups.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 5:02 PM
> Subject: LF: Peter Dodd, G3LDO, SK
> 
> 
>> I have been informed that Peter Dodd, G3LDO, died last night.
>> 
>> Peter was very active in the early days of LF, making the first two-
>> way QSO on 73kHz and being part of  a very early transatlantic
>> contact on the 136kHz band. He compiled several early collections of
>> articles on low frequency operating, including The LF Experimenter's
>> Handbook which was published by the RSGB in 2000.
>> 
>> Many of you will also know his numerous books and articles on
>> antennas.
>> 
>> Those who met him will remember him as a real gentleman. I had the
>> privilege to work with him on RadCom and various books.
>> 
>> A sad loss to amateur radio.
>> 
>> Mike, G3XDV
>> ===========
> 
>