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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 1:23:58 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Tallar Carl Location: Latham, ACT Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2158
How long since Australia had long wave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66644709.amp?fbclid=IwAR0UbrwO8Pf5LauGUQqV1ky3jOE-78rut87hHAFsR0f6B7AN1tRWFaZFRaI

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 3:49:51 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Gandhn Location: Cameron Park, NSW Member since 5 November 2010 Member #: 770 Postcount: 389
I'm not sure that Australia ever used long wave broadcasting. Over many years listening to my Kenwood R5000, the only long wave signals I remember were aviation beacons and similar. I don't recall any Australian made radios with LW, any with it just reflected their UK or European heritage. Harold

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 3:53:12 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7307
I am of the same opinon - I've never seen an Australian radio with long wave, just medium and short. My guess is that long was confined mostly to Europe. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 6:07:04 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2017
Much the same here. I don't know of any Australian-made radio with long wave. I used to listen to the band on my HF transceiver back in the 80s when there was no man-made hash. At night I could receive signals from all over our half of the globe. Now, of course, the band is too noisy to hear anything - not even the local aircraft beacons. If I want to hear BBC Radio 4 on long-wave there's a site that lets you tune a virtual radio to 198 kHz and listen to Test Match Special (and the infamous Shipping Forecast) at full strength whenever you want. It gets around the geoblocking that the BBC has on its streaming service.

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 6:55:59 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Tallar Carl Location: Latham, ACT Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2158
Some of our early stations were longwave but changed to Medium wave very quickly.

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 9:52:08 PM on 7 September 2023.
	Marcc Location: Wangaratta, VIC Member since 21 February 2009 Member #: 438 Postcount: 5257
Really not a lot of point having longwave when it was allocated to the NDB's which are now being phased out in preference for GPS

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 6:15:02 AM on 9 September 2023.
	Gandhn Location: Cameron Park, NSW Member since 5 November 2010 Member #: 770 Postcount: 389
Some of our early stations were longwave but changed to Medium wave very quickly. Early radios used wavelength in metres for their dial calibration, showing 200 to 550. This corresponds to the MW broadcast band, with 300 metres equals 1 MHz and does not indicate a long wave band. This is a misconception that has trapped many of us before. Harold

Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 10:25:06 AM on 9 September 2023.
	Marcc Location: Wangaratta, VIC Member since 21 February 2009 Member #: 438 Postcount: 5257
There is info out there showing the band allocations. I have used NDB's for what they were intended for and if you stick a 6J8 in a Astor JJ you would find a chirpy little NDB at the low end, as it compresses the band. Marc

Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 1:24:19 PM on 9 September 2023.
	Tallar Carl Location: Latham, ACT Member since 21 February 2015 Member #: 1705 Postcount: 2158
Gandhn its in Bruce Cartys download . Longwave was used for a very short period.

Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 5:51:44 PM on 12 September 2023.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6688
More on BBC Radio 4 long wave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYjmuwR1cPc

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