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 Hi Mike,
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I had noticed that GBR 16kHz has been off a lot lately, but assumed it was for maintenance. Also not having checked regularly, didn't feel it was worth mentioning, but it looks as though it may be about to close permanently despite the recent anniversary.
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Maybe there will be a lot of space at VLF soon?? New pastures?
<br />
John, G4CNN
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--- On Wed 04/17, mike.dennison <mike.dennison@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> The RSGB has just published the following as part of next Sunday's GB2RS
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> bulletin (published to non-members next Friday at
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> http://www.rsgb.org/news):
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> 
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> -------------
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> BT Looking to 'Redevelop' its Rugby Radio Site
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> It has been announced that the 1700-acre Rugby radio station site is to
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> be
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> 'redeveloped' by BT. It was brought into service, originally by the Post
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> Office, as a wireless telegraphy station in 1926. A year later it started
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> carrying Royal Observatory time signals and over the next 70 years the
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> station, using the callsigns GBR on 16kHz and MSF on 60kHz, was used for
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> sending radio telegrams to ships. The 16kHz transmissions can also be
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> received by submarines when submerged. The MSF 60kHz transmitter now
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> carries
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> time signals from the National Physical Laboratory. Its effective
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> radiated
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> power is estimated at 10 to 15 kilowatts, using a T-shaped antenna 180
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> metres high and 500 metres across the top. Now, with the arrival of
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> satellite communications, much of the Rugby site is becoming redundant,
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> and
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> BT is searching for a partner to redevelop it. Their property agents have
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> estimated its land value alone at nearly £400 million. The current
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> contract
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> for the MSF 60kHz service extends until 2007.
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> -----------------
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> 
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> Mike, G3XDV
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> http://www.lf.thersgb.net
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> ====================
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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> <p><hr>