[GreenKeys] ELF in Canada...

[Jack]

I copied CFH RTTY on HF for years, from several places in the US. 
I even figured out how to copy their FAX weather maps using the
AEA PK232 and a dot matrix printer. It was sad to see them
go away.

Jack K2TTY



-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard
Knoppow
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 3:32 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] ELF in Canada...

     I think CFH must have been used on HF as well. Around here I
heard CKN in Vancouver on HF. Always very strong.
     BTW, a good source of technical information on MW and LF
antennas is "Radio Antenna Engineering" Edmund A. LaPort. This has
been reprinted and is available from Lulu. Laport (not sure of
spelling) was chief engineer of RCA International Division and was
directly involved with the construction of the antennas at
Sackville N.B. and other high power sites for the RCN. While there
is a great deal of information on low frequency antennas in the
literature this is about the only place where enough is collected
to give one an overview. It is too early to cover the monster
antennas at Jim Creek, Cutler Me and in Canada but will give you a
clue about how difficult a problem it is to make them work.

On 7/26/2017 6:42 AM, Kenneth Gartland wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Back in the early 60's LF and ELF was very active on the East
coast of 
> Canada...
> 
> It was located in Newport Corner's, Nova Scotia, only a few
miles as 
> the crow flies from my QTH in Windsor, N.S.
> 
> The call sign was 'CFH'...
> 
> Some of the transmitters were located in Albro Lake N.S., but
the main 
> LF and ELF antennas/transmitters were in Newport...
> 
> This was an incredibly powerful station...
> 
> I was in the RCAF Air Cadet Squadron at the time studying for my

> amateur ticket, and my instructor, VE1PP,  had arranged for the
radio 
> class for a tour thru the main facility...
> 
> It was an adventure never forgotten...
> 
> The Navy guys there never had many visitors to this site, and as
you 
> can imagine, a very classfied place...
> 
> We were treated very well, and shown areas and equipment most
people 
> wud never see...
> 
> Our Navy Escort fellow took great delight in having us hold
standard 
> fluorescent tubes, anywhere in the room and we cud see the tubes

> flickering from the keying of the transmitter...
> 
> There was an intense amount of RF energy in the room, you cud
sense 
> its' presence...
> 
> On most of the transmission lines, fluorescent tubes were
fastened on, 
> and you cud see them keying in step with the code being
transmitted...
> 
> To this day, I have never seen transmitter tubes so big!
> 
> Outside, the main antenna was "Star" Shaped, supended by, I
think, 5 
> towers 550'  high...
> 
> Apparently, the signal(s) from these transmitters cud be heard 
> anywhere in the world...
> 
> When I lived in Windsor, the signal strength was so strong, it
wud 
> literally "Swamp" out most BCB receivers...
> 
> The CFH call sign cud be clearly be heard all over the dial...
> 
> Trying to do any serious DX'ing was challenging as the
interference 
> was continual...
> 
> I generally kept to the higher HF frequencies to do meaningful
DX...
> 
> Thinking back, this visit to the transmitter facility further 
> motivated me to get my ticket...(VE1-HMQ)
> 
> Thanks for listening...
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Ken
> VE3-HMQ
> i-Telex 61663
> 

--
Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL
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