Super low frequency

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Super Low Frequency (SLF) is the frequency range between 30 hertz and 300 hertz. This frequency range includes the frequencies of AC power grids (50 hertz and 60 hertz).

The radio services Seafarer (USA) on 76 hertz and ZEVS (Russia) on 82 hertz operate in this range, which is often incorrectly called Extremely Low Frequency (ELF). They both provide communication services for submarines at a certain depth.

PCs with sound cards are increasingly being used instead of radio receivers for this frequency range, because of their much smaller size and lower cost. Signals received by the sound card with a coil or a wire antenna are analysed by a software Fast Fourier Transform algorithm and converted into audible sound. ^[1]

[edit] See also

• Communication with submarines

[edit] External articles

• Tomislav Stimac, "Definition of frequency bands (VLF, ELF... etc.)". IK1QFK Home Page (vlf.it).
• NASA live streaming ELF -> VLF Receiver

[edit] References

v • d • e Radio spectrum ELF 3 Hz 3000 Hz SLF 30 Hz 300 Hz ULF 300 Hz 3 kHz VLF 3 kHz 30 kHz LF 30 kHz 300 kHz MF 300 kHz 3 MHz HF 3 MHz 30 MHz VHF 30 MHz 300 MHz UHF 300 MHz 3 GHz SHF 3 GHz 30 GHz EHF 30 GHz 300 GHz

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