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• LF News, 20^th July 2010

  • 20/7. VK tests underway on 600m. As of June 15, Wireless Institute of Australia is conducting 600m tests. A limited number of licenses have been issued to VK hams under WIA arrangement and AX2VKW beacon is already on the air transmitting CW on 507KHz. More general access to the band is expected soon. ..info from VK2DX..

  • 23/3. VLF experiment succeeds. Stefan DK7FC carried out his third test on 8.97kHz at the weekend with a kite aerial. Unambiguous ID of the QRSS signal was made by Jim M0BMU out portable, about 658km distant. Reception reports also came from Germany, The Netherlands and Italy. Not bad for "audio" frequencies!

  • 15/3. VLF dream come true. Stefan DK7FC has been planning a test on 8.97kHz for a few weeks (Christened "the dreamers band"). Everything was ready for the tests today using a massive loading coil and a kite aerial. Many had predicted that a few kilometres might be the limit, in the event the signal was detected by several listeners, most notably Paul Nicholson at the UK - 858.7km away! These frequencies are deregulated in Germany but UK experimenters will need an NOV.
    Temporary grabber 3 added at http://www.wireless.org.uk/grab

  • 2/3. New Zealand on 600m. The latest to arrive on 505-515kHz are the ZLs, all ZL hams can operate on the band - no special permit required - with 25W EIRP. Effective 1st March 2010 on a non-interference basis.

  • Who's on 136kHz? See the "Noticeboard" link for a list of countries with access to the 136kHz band courtesy of the IARU. Research by Lawrence 9H1AV / 9H9MHR.

  
  

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