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Hi John what a difference, in the UK top band was the 2m of its day. Whilst
there were a few the DXers, it was used a lot for local chatting (AM of course)
and inter-G activity. The only other country in Europe licenced for it them was
OK. We were limited to 10watts DC input in the late 50s and 60s.....great
fun....easy construction (well compared with 2m) ..... I learned a lot of
radio playing up there.
Yes Loran-A sterilized a portion of the band between about 1920 and 1980 in
the UK, but a good noise limiter could be quite useful.
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
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Sent: 06 January 2006 18:06
Subject: Re: Re[2]: LF: Loran Line or
U.S. MedFER?
> ...multiple bandsaws fading in and out with their relative
phases wobbling around like the efforts of a not very good disco DJ.
Excellent description, John! And a rather slow disco DJ, at
that.
Here, I believe the frequency span was roughly 1700 to 1900. One
could often hear them with an AM broadcast receiver, and 160m was largely the
Unknown & Barely Usable Ham Band.
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