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Topic Title: At what frequency does RF Engineering start at?
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Created On: 06 March 2012 10:38 PM
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06 March 2012 10:38 PM
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eswnl

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I wondered at what frequency does one start to enter the RF engineering realm. I've heard some people say quite high figures e.g. 100MHz. But surely, any sinusoidal wave of any frequency in a wire will cause it to radiate, so RF could cover all frequencies (except DC), which don't sound right.

Perhaps a more accurate explanation would be the lowest frequency of RF that can be efficiently utilized and transmitted in air?
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07 March 2012 08:33 AM
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ectophile

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BBC Radio 4 is still transmitting at 198kHz longwave.

The UK time signal (the one that was the Rugby time signal until they moved it) is at 60kHz.

According to Wikipedia, the US Seafarer system used to transmit to their submarines at 76Hz. Is that low enough?

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07 March 2012 10:18 AM
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rogerbryant

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High frequencies are not only used for radio transmission purposes. In my field of particle accelerators various high frequencies are used:

100kHz at a few hundred kW to feed a capacitive coupled voltage multiplier generating up to 5 MV and 50 mA.

100 MHz at a few hundred kW to feed a resonant cavity delivering electrons at up to 10 MV and 10s of mA.

1 - 10 GHz from kW to MW used to feed waveguides used for particle acceleration from a few MeV up to a few TeV (CERN).

These are all systems that are classes as RF or microwave engineering.

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Roger
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22 March 2012 10:02 PM
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davidwalker2

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Until it closed, the GBR transmitter at Rugby broadcast on 16 kHz. In the transmitter hall you could hear the transmission!
David
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23 March 2012 11:42 AM
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haguetim

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Have a look at this:-

Wonderful RF (and mechanical) engineering

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimeton_VLF_transmitter

If this was the UK, they would have built a Tesco's on it...
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