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Old November 8th 06, 10:30 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.swap
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Default FCC took 11 meters from Hams and gave it to CB'ers.

wrote:

In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Cecil Moore wrote:

Harry Gross wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Thus, a continuous wave is incapable of conveying
any information.

Um, not quite:-) The very presence of the CW signal conveys SOME
information (e.q. the fact that something is out there generating it:-)



"Information - an indication of the number of possible
choices of messages, expressible as the value of some
monotonic function of the number of choices."
--
73, Cecil
http://www.w5dxp.com


How about a DF to give the bearing to the transmitter?

See straws, grasping.


How about a carrier that confirms ALL OK.

Absence of carrier = Problem exists.