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Old May 29th 08, 03:20 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Telamon Telamon is offline
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Default Best frequency for picking up Thunderstorm Lightning

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David wrote:

- header says it all

Have a good receiver

Have a decent antenna..

have a thunder storm in the area

- any responses would be appreciated
Tks




Characteristic average power spectra is in the range of 25 to 100MHz but
the signals generated are very broadband pulses.

Here is a page to build simple lightning detectors that operate around
300KHz.

http://www.techlib.com/electronics/lightning.html

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Telamon
Ventura, California