[TowerTalk] HFT

[Artek Manuals]

Probably one of few things that is keeping S-IR alive ... I know they 
have REDUCED their product offering to hams in last month or two

Dave
NR1DX

On 3/17/2021 12:40 PM, Bruce Horn wrote:
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/wall-street-tries-shortwave-radio-to-make-highfrequency-trades-across-the-atlantic
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> From: "k7lxc--- via TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 9:05:09 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] HFT
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> Howdy, TowerTalkians -
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> � � This is a little off topic so feel free to use your delete key.�� 
> � In the last month I've spotted 3 big HF yagi installations mounted 
> on non-ham towers on non-ham properties. One had 3 big yagis, one was 
> a big SteppIR by itself and the other had 2 big SteppIRs. All were 
> pointed fixed east (I'm in the Seattle area).�� � Turns out that these 
> are probably used in High Frequency Trading. That is, stock trading 
> where fiber wasn't fast enough and the users have turned to HF to 
> decrease the lag time. I thought it was pretty interesting and I'm 
> curious how much this is being used. And at least they're not in the 
> ham bands - hi.��Cheers,Steve� � K7LXC
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