On 27/09/2024 18:32, Woody wrote:
I have always been of the belief that the submarine transmission come
from the huge aerial farm at Skelton alongside the B5305 in Cumbria.
Not been past recently but I thought much of the antenna farm had gone?
The VLF will be on the tall mast there, there is also Anthorn.
On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:07:02 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
On 27/09/2024 18:32, Woody wrote:
I have always been of the belief that the submarine transmission come
from the huge aerial farm at Skelton alongside the B5305 in Cumbria.
Not been past recently but I thought much of the antenna farm had gone?
The VLF will be on the tall mast there, there is also Anthorn.
Anthorn can barely reach my clock in the East Midlands :(
Surprisingly DCF works well here in N Yorks!
Anthorn needs the clock on a N-ish facing upstairs windowsill to
(eventually) get the signal.
Anthorn can barely reach my clock in the East Midlands
On 29/09/2024 13:37, Woody wrote:
Surprisingly DCF works well here in N Yorks!
Anthorn needs the clock on a N-ish facing upstairs windowsill to
(eventually) get the signal.
I always find DCF77 works better here in the Highlands and is not
switched off for maintenance. My first MSF clock had a large bar across
the top to cancel the alarm in the morning, this also switched on the
light and could easily get switched on in my suitcase so I would often
take the battery out when travelling but this could be a problem if MSF
was off.
When I first met my wife 25 years ago, she had a mains-powered clock
radio that got its time from a radio source - maybe MSF. Sadly there was
no way to set the clock manually, and it sometimes took many hours to
get a first fix, and at random it might set itself to a stupid time.
After she had been woken up by the "8 o'clock" alarm going off at some godforsaken time in the middle of the night, or not going off it time
for her to get to work, she turned of the alarm and bought a separate
alarm clock.
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
One late night I encountered this video suggesting that the entire
East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh was used as an
antenna for communication with submarines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2czKHVb6k
Reading the comments that follow, it looks like a lot of tosh but I
thought I would share it with both groups anyway.
An antenna laying on the ground isn’t going to work very well.
On Fri 27/09/2024 18:12, John Williamson wrote:
On 27/09/2024 18:02, Tweed wrote:I have always been of the belief that the submarine transmission come
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:There is, though a very long piece of electric string mounted about
One late night I encountered this video suggesting that the entire
East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh was used as an
antenna for communication with submarines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2czKHVb6k
Reading the comments that follow, it looks like a lot of tosh but I
thought I would share it with both groups anyway.
An antenna laying on the ground isn’t going to work very well.
twenty feet up on that line.
The load from motors and transformers should be inductive, so should not
load the LW down too much.
from the huge aerial farm at Skelton alongside the B5305 in Cumbria. It
is run by Babcock who do a lot of transmission for the MoD.
On 27/09/2024 18:02, Tweed wrote:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:There is, though a very long piece of electric string mounted about
One late night I encountered this video suggesting that the entire
East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh was used as an
antenna for communication with submarines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2czKHVb6k
Reading the comments that follow, it looks like a lot of tosh but I
thought I would share it with both groups anyway.
An antenna laying on the ground isn’t going to work very well.
twenty feet up on that line.
The load from motors and transformers should be inductive, so should not
load the LW down too much.
I have always been of the belief that the submarine transmission come
from the huge aerial farm at Skelton alongside the B5305 in Cumbria.
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On 27/09/2024 18:02, Tweed wrote:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:There is, though a very long piece of electric string mounted about
One late night I encountered this video suggesting that the entire
East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh was used as an
antenna for communication with submarines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2czKHVb6k
Reading the comments that follow, it looks like a lot of tosh but I
thought I would share it with both groups anyway.
An antenna laying on the ground isn’t going to work very well.
twenty feet up on that line.
The load from motors and transformers should be inductive, so should not
load the LW down too much.
Neutral sections break up the overhead line.
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On 27/09/2024 18:40, Tweed wrote:
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:The isolated sections are all long enough to work with the wavelengths used.
On 27/09/2024 18:02, Tweed wrote:
Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:There is, though a very long piece of electric string mounted about
One late night I encountered this video suggesting that the entire >>>>> East Coast Main Line from Kings Cross to Edinburgh was used as an
antenna for communication with submarines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd2czKHVb6k
Reading the comments that follow, it looks like a lot of tosh but I >>>>> thought I would share it with both groups anyway.
An antenna laying on the ground isn’t going to work very well.
twenty feet up on that line.
The load from motors and transformers should be inductive, so should not >>> load the LW down too much.
Neutral sections break up the overhead line.
I'm not saying that it is dome, just that it could be made to work.
But that’s not the entire East Coast mainline. It’s a little bit.
John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On 27/09/2024 18:40, Tweed wrote:But that’s not the entire East Coast mainline. It’s a little bit.
Neutral sections break up the overhead line.The isolated sections are all long enough to work with the wavelengths used. >>
I'm not saying that it is dome, just that it could be made to work.
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