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PE1OUD > INFO 11.08.02 23:29l 36 Lines 1105 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Buried antenna.
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From: PE1OUD@PI8WFL.#NH1.NLD.EU
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Hello, Peter
VK6HU wrote:-
>>I remember a system that used a very long 'antenna', and I mean in the
>>order of 10 miles or so, just a few meters above ground, one end to the
>>TRX and the other grounded. RX same. This system used the earth as medium
>>and had a global range.
>
> I seem to remember these connecting farms to their country telephone
> 0exchanges. We kids called them telephone lines - 'earth return' circuit.
So you haven't got the foggiest, have you?
I was talking about a VLF-system but I failed in finding the exact data
on it. Someone out there must know what I'm talking about and is kindly
invited to join.
Om's that cannot tell a VLF antenna from a telephone line are requested
to keep quiet. Thank you.
73 - Gerard, PE1OUD @ PI8WFL, Member of PWGN
(Packet Work Group Netherlands)
-Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
E-mail : pe1oud@amsat.org
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