• Re: B4 PCs in the Outback

    From Vk3jed@432:1/101 to Ed Vance on Fri May 1 19:32:00 2020
    On 04-20-20 17:43, Ed Vance wrote to VK3JED <=-

    Howdy! Tony,

    Many Years ago I remember reading about Youngsters who lived in the outback got their School Lessons using a Two Way Radio.

    I wanted to ask You what Frequency was used back then for Teachers to
    talk with their Students.

    That would be the Royal Flying Doctor Service frequencies. Exact frequency would depend on what base station and the distances to be covered. To this day, the RFDS have a range of frequencies spread throughout HF.

    I first thought it might be the 27 Mc/s Band that was used by Hams
    until September 1958 when the Citizens Radio Service began here in the USA.

    Nope, totally wrong propagation characteristics - unreliable skip and skip distance usually too great for the range required, unless using Sporadic E.


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  • From Ed Vance@432:1/120 to VK3JED on Mon Apr 20 17:43:00 2020
    Howdy! Tony,

    Many Years ago I remember reading about Youngsters who lived in the outback
    got their School Lessons using a Two Way Radio.

    I wanted to ask You what Frequency was used back then for Teachers to
    talk with their Students.

    I first thought it might be the 27 Mc/s Band that was used by Hams until September 1958 when the Citizens Radio Service began here in the USA.

    Would that be correct? Or was the Freq. used for Schooling somewhere else?

    You probably weren't around way back then but since You are the only Ham
    I know in VK Land, I thought that You could tell me.

    Thanks es 73 de Ed W9ODR . .


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