[Lowfer] Big sig on 17.8 kHz

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Interesting info Dex.

The 17.8 kHz signal was a couple dB stronger than NAA and a fair amount wider. Wonder if the 
transmission was related to the military operations off the coast of N/S Korea ...

Jay




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dexter McIntyre W4DEX" <dexter.mc at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Big sig on 17.8 kHz


> ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
>> on VLF!  Would be interesting to find out how long the trailing-wire
>> antenna is?
>> They may be able to reel out a full 1/4 wave wire on VLF.
>>
> I believe the trailing wire may be 1/4 wave.  For about ten years part
> of my job was providing a multiplexed UHF signal to Air Force and Navy
> aircraft from a secure underground site.  Such sites were called "GEPs
> or ground entry points".  During that time there was at least one
> aircraft aloft at all times carrying high ranking military and civilian
> personal who would direct a war in case Washington was destroyed.  These
> aircraft had the capability to communicate with submarines via VLF using
> trailing wire antennas which I was told were several miles long.
>
> Dex
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