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 <[email protected]> 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"
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> 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
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