UNDER RE-CONSTRUCTION- Dead LINKS removed, will provide new ones
Some experimenters build simple CW Beacons, others experiment with digital modes (BFSK) or SSB. I hope to get my beacons going soon, I keep trying to devise a modest antenna that will work, but not look like the "Voice of America" antenna farm. A full 50' antenna is out of the question, so a shorter one with a top-hat and loading coil is being devised.
I have been collecting issues of the "Lowdown", a publication of the Longwave Club of America. Contact: Bill Oliver, 45 Wildflower Road, Levittown, PA 19057 (3/98- Membership rates:$18.00[USA]). This little publication contains Commercial Beacon Listings 0-530khz, New and Unidentified Beacons, The 1750 Meter Band (Beacon Listings), Experimental Articles, Listings of "Medfer/BCB" Beacons at the "top end" 1600-1700 khz, Articles on Natural Radio (less than 14khz) and more. There is a section that keeps readers up to date on the various activities experimenter-members that write in with their recent experiments,etc. One of my personal favorites is the "LF Notebook", a Mailbag and commentary column, by John Davis (LWCA Homepage Webmaster).
Last Updated: December 14, 2002