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LF: LF "Mobile" ( was : "NM" on 136177 )

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Subject: LF: LF "Mobile" ( was : "NM" on 136177 )
From: wolf_dl4yhf <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:03:12 +0100
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Hi Stefan,


you wrote:
> This should allow me to easily receive 137 kHz while driving the car!
> Hopefully there is not to much QRM during engine is running.
> So maybe i can try a crossband QSO with DF6NM TXing on 137 and me answering on 30m while beeing on the highway :-)


Maybe, it's a Diesel engine, and the alternator properly low-pass filtered. I tried this years ago, and the QRM from the ignition coil, and / or the alternator was horrible. No big surprise that car radios with AM LF broadcast receivers have disappeared. And weak-signal reception "LF mobile" is even more a challenge.

In my Corolla, I would even have to disconnect the battery (!) if I was to receive VLF (and, most likely, LF too) because some internal digital bus (most likely CAN or LIN) remains active, with the ignition and everything else turned off. For temporary V(!)LF operation on a remote site, I use a simple FM oscillator at the transmitter now, and listen to the VLF signals in the car's radio, using a distance of 10 m or so.


Cheers and a happy new year,
   Wolf DL4YHF .



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