Laurence, Its a pity that Droitwich is closing down. The accompanying article is filled with factual misstatements, I don't know whether that is due to ignorance or a desire to mislead: " 500 kilowat
Oh Dear! Sad to hear this... BBC4 reception here was very good in the evenings and I enjoyed listening to it. Joe VO1NA http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/09/bbc-radio4-long-wave-goodbye Apolog
Hi All The ttrouble is the BBC and Mark Thompson are obsolete. "Analogue" BBC FM barely reaches my QTH 30miles North of London and is un usable owing to Aircraft flutter from Luton Airport. In the UK
There seems to be an awful lot of invective about this, most seeming to come from people living in other countries. As a BBC licence payer who be prepared to pay even more to keep TV channels and rad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/09/bbc-radio4-long-wave-goodbye Apologies if this is old news - but it takes time for the messenger pidgeons to reach Okie Laurence KL7UK remote 5
Hi there has been a lot of discussion on Radio 4 especially the Feedback program regarding the closure of 198 LW the valves are expected to last until 2017 the Maritime Agency are also involved for t
Yes .. It will not be possible to run your own low power local FM radio service from your own TX site as all FM direct BC will of been stopped .. so you will have to pay for a time slot on a multiple
Hi Warren and Laurence I wonder how they will deal with the contract they have with NPL to transmit a dirtibution of a standard frequency and time and utility data! This has 5 years to run I think. T
Warren, "Building a new long-wave transmitter for Radio 4 would cost "many millions of pounds" Many millions ? I doubt that they sought a quote! They may not have, but I'm not entirely surprised by t
Hi John, The point is that they are starting from a position of "Analog modulation is rubbish, and anything below 100MHz is total rubbish, what can we say to justify a preordained decision?" Their re
Hi All, If a valve (tube) is capable of lasting 10 years in service it doesn't seem to this simple mind beyond the wit of man to manufacture a few extra spares to keep the station going for many year
