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llama · 20th May 2017, 8:47 pm

In Cardiff back in the '60s I could get Caroline North, South and Big L at about equal signal strength, though it was truly magical when Caroline sailed North to the IoM broadcasting all the way! I so wish I'd recorded it. City wasn't very strong but at night I could get Roy Bates's Radio Essex which I think ran maybe 500 Watts. I only got the "please tune to 390m" message from KING but I think KING was low power too. Oh for the days of low background noise.
Graham

20th May 2017, 8:47 pm	#19
llama Octode Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St Osyth, Nr Clacton, Essex, UK. Posts: 1,482	Re: Radio Caroline to return on Medium Wave. In Cardiff back in the '60s I could get Caroline North, South and Big L at about equal signal strength, though it was truly magical when Caroline sailed North to the IoM broadcasting all the way! I so wish I'd recorded it. City wasn't very strong but at night I could get Roy Bates's Radio Essex which I think ran maybe 500 Watts. I only got the "please tune to 390m" message from KING but I think KING was low power too. Oh for the days of low background noise. Graham __________________ Half my stuff is junk - trouble is, I don't know which half!