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Hybrid tellies · 11th Oct 2015, 9:58 pm

Just completed the survey.

deliverance · 19th Nov 2015, 9:23 pm

Done ..

michamoo · 19th Nov 2015, 11:48 pm

The 252 Long wave signal has seemed a little stronger the past week or so than it has been recently. Just conditions maybe/

colourking · 20th Nov 2015, 3:31 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junk Box Nick

Survey done. Wish the frequency was clear at night but fortunately I can null out Algeria where I am located.

if only either transmitter could move up 9kHz to 261kHz.

Is there any good reason this couldn't be internationally agreed considering 261kHz is now unused across Europe and the upper adjacent 270kHz frequency is not used anywhere nearby?

paulsherwin · 13th Jun 2016, 2:00 pm

The Irish Post ran a front page story on this subject last week.

http://irishpost.co.uk/no-commitment...ings-revealed/

Andy Green · 25th Jun 2016, 8:08 pm

RTE want to shut it down as they think the very high cost of electricity to run this service could be better spent on Digital streams, or possibly renting space on a DAB mux. It was due to go off late last year but pressure from the ex-pat community in the UK gave it a stay of execution. It runs much lower power at night but even daytime is 3dB down on what it was when Atlantic 252 ran a service from the same site. The original Atlantic 252 Continental transmitter was replaced about 5 years ago for a new higher efficiency solid state transmitter that is also capable of DRM broadcasts.

11th Oct 2015, 9:58 pm	#21
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19th Nov 2015, 11:48 pm	#23
michamoo Hexode Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cambridge, Cambs. UK. Posts: 469	Re: LW Broadcast RTE1 The 252 Long wave signal has seemed a little stronger the past week or so than it has been recently. Just conditions maybe/ __________________ If smoking is so bad for you, how come it cures kippers?

13th Jun 2016, 2:00 pm	#25
paulsherwin Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 27,966	Re: LW Broadcast RTE1 The Irish Post ran a front page story on this subject last week. http://irishpost.co.uk/no-commitment...ings-revealed/

25th Jun 2016, 8:08 pm	#26
Andy Green Hexode Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Waterford, Republic of Ireland Posts: 259	Re: LW Broadcast RTE1 RTE want to shut it down as they think the very high cost of electricity to run this service could be better spent on Digital streams, or possibly renting space on a DAB mux. It was due to go off late last year but pressure from the ex-pat community in the UK gave it a stay of execution. It runs much lower power at night but even daytime is 3dB down on what it was when Atlantic 252 ran a service from the same site. The original Atlantic 252 Continental transmitter was replaced about 5 years ago for a new higher efficiency solid state transmitter that is also capable of DRM broadcasts.