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simpsons · 14th Feb 2019, 11:01 am

Once you have got your Murphy up and running, audio quality on the BBC MW stations will be subject to restricted bandswidth and Optimod compression but fear not. Tune to RTE1 and your efforts will be rewarded with an audio quality second to none.

The engineering of 252 kHz was originally for a pan Irish and UK/Europe commercial station Atlantic 252 of 500Kw ERP during the day and 100Kw at night. Whatever the RTE engineers have done since then, the results are extraordinary and make for a very listenable station. The only downside is the sometimes "local" choice of music and waiting ages for the chimes to finish before the news broadcast. Thank goodness they don't use a 24 clock!

14th Feb 2019, 11:01 am	#38
simpsons Octode Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Harrow, London, UK. Posts: 1,493	Re: [Restoration AND Light Modification] Murphy 146 Once you have got your Murphy up and running, audio quality on the BBC MW stations will be subject to restricted bandswidth and Optimod compression but fear not. Tune to RTE1 and your efforts will be rewarded with an audio quality second to none. The engineering of 252 kHz was originally for a pan Irish and UK/Europe commercial station Atlantic 252 of 500Kw ERP during the day and 100Kw at night. Whatever the RTE engineers have done since then, the results are extraordinary and make for a very listenable station. The only downside is the sometimes "local" choice of music and waiting ages for the chimes to finish before the news broadcast. Thank goodness they don't use a 24 clock!