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Junk Box Nick · 1st Dec 2021, 2:00 pm

With 1kW driving the quarter wave vertical the daytime signal here (distance: 150 miles) has been quite acceptable for listening. The improvement with the change from the original standby umbrella was noticeable.

Listening today it is good and strong and for most listeners who want a bit of company rather than a hi-fi experience it would be more than acceptable.

I read elsewhere the antenna has a bit of a null. This might be due to the other masts. Perhaps that Ordfordness is ESE of me and in the days of the World Service I would be precisely on the back of the beam has something to do with it.

1st Dec 2021, 2:00 pm	#114
Junk Box Nick Octode Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Midlands, UK. Posts: 1,571	Re: Radio Caroline Power Increase With 1kW driving the quarter wave vertical the daytime signal here (distance: 150 miles) has been quite acceptable for listening. The improvement with the change from the original standby umbrella was noticeable. Listening today it is good and strong and for most listeners who want a bit of company rather than a hi-fi experience it would be more than acceptable. I read elsewhere the antenna has a bit of a null. This might be due to the other masts. Perhaps that Ordfordness is ESE of me and in the days of the World Service I would be precisely on the back of the beam has something to do with it.