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    The LOWDOWN Latest Issue
In the Jul-Aug 2026 edition of the LWCA publication:
  • "Notes from Headquarters" by Kevin Carey.
  • "DX Downstairs" Peter Laws presents members' LF and VLF loggings.
  • "On The Air" Experimenters operating on 160-190kHz and lower bands... and...
  • "The Top End" MedFER and HiFER beacon activity... compiled by John Davis.
  • "News From the Old World" Alan Gale delivers latest LF news from the "other side of the pond."
  • "Natural Radio" by our newest columnist, Bian Lambe KE4QZB.
  • "LF Low Noise Vertical Antenna Evolution" by Gedas W8BYA. Part 1 shows why even a little impedance matching can make a worthwhile improvement in reception with an electrically short verticaal antenna.
In Coming Issues... Next Time: Mysterious Mystery of the Vanishing Beacon, Part 1... LF LNV AntennaEvolution, Part 2... Soon: How a Loop Antenna Doesn't Work... Why You (Probably) Don't Have An 'E-Field Probe'... more.
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