Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-19 Thread Drax Felton
Isnt long wave where amateur radio got its start anyhow? We've come full circle. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:01 PM, Ken Alexander k.alexan...@rogers.com wrote: I took my Flex-1500 down and found a few stations in the new band tonight! First was WE2XGR/1 on 506.3 with a

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-19 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote: Isnt long wave where amateur radio got its start anyhow? We've come full circle. Yeah, probably. Heinrich Hertz' initial experiments were in the microwave spectrum but Marconi ended up going for longer and longer

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-19 Thread Jerry Flanders
At 11:40 AM 2/19/2012, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Drax Felton draxfel...@gmail.com wrote: Isnt long wave where amateur radio got its start anyhow? We've come full circle. Yeah, probably. Heinrich Hertz' initial experiments were in the microwave spectrum but

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-19 Thread Bill Tynan
] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info Isnt long wave where amateur radio got its start anyhow? We've come full circle. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2012, at 11:01 PM, Ken Alexander k.alexan...@rogers.com wrote: I took my Flex-1500 down and found a few stations in the new band tonight

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-17 Thread Ken Alexander
I took my Flex-1500 down and found a few stations in the new band tonight! First was WE2XGR/1 on 506.3 with a CW beacon. He was 579 and would have been an easy QSO. Of course, there's currently no QRM! He's located in FN42hi and I'm in FN04gc. I also heard what sounded like someone

[Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-16 Thread Lloyd Berg N9LB
All, While the 1 watt to 5 watt power seems small, it really isn't because the specification is Effective Radiated Power. An efficient dipole antenna at this frequency would be about 1000 feet long, a 1/4 wave vertical would be over 500 feet tall. If you are running a 60 foot vertical (

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-16 Thread Robert Costa, KB6QXM
-479 kHz band - Technical Info Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 10:32 am All, While the 1 watt to 5 watt power seems small, it really isn't because the specification is Effective Radiated Power. An efficient dipole antenna at this frequency would be about 1000 feet long, a 1/4 wave vertical would

Re: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band - Technical Info

2012-02-16 Thread Jerry Flanders
love to experiment with my flex on the lowfer(160-190 khz) band. 73, Robert KB6QXM Ham Radio Open Conversation Yahoo group owner/moderator - Reply message - From: Lloyd Berg N9LB lloydb...@charter.net To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] The new 472-479 kHz band