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My favourite thing about MW is the fact I can walk all the way to work listening to RTL 1440 and I don't lose the signal once!
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http://www.a516digital.com/2012/09/b...tended-in.html
Looks like BBC Radio Nottingham and BBC Kent on 1602 MW outlets will be gone for good. |
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http://www.a516digital.com/2012/09/b...tended-in.html
Looks like BBC Radio Nottingham and BBC Kent on 1602 MW outlets will be gone for good. |
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774 does serve a purpose in Kent, it reaches areas such as Thanet and Ashford where 104.2 reception is poor and has no FM relay. However, both areas have Kent DAB mux coverage.
1602 serves SW Kent (Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Paddock Wood) and FM reception from Wrotham on 96.7 should be sufficent along with DAB on the Kent mux from Tunbridge Wells. |
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II travel through Skipton very regularly on my way up to the Grassington area. The coverage of the new FM TX for Skipton nowhere near matches 1413am, it's even patchy in the town itself. As for claiming reception is possible in Otley from the Ilkley TX - No chance!
"Star Radio in Richmond right now getting ready to launch new Richmond transmitter at 6am tomorrow. Listen on 102.6fm across Richmonshire! " |
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http://www.strayfm.com/your-communit...-the-dales.php no longer lists the AM frequencies.
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"Star Radio in Richmond right now getting ready to launch new Richmond transmitter at 6am tomorrow. Listen on 102.6fm across Richmondshire! "
Expansion to Richmondshire officially announced on Star's website here: http://www.thisisstar.co.uk/news/loc...richmondshire/ |
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It's not rocket science,FM is line of sight and hills will block the signal in most cases,especially the local weaker ones,AM is the only comprehensive way to cover a hilly region reliably.
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It's not rocket science,FM is line of sight and hills will block the signal in most cases,especially the local weaker ones,AM is the only comprehensive way to cover a hilly region reliably.
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It seems Magic takes AM seriously. I noticed the Magic 828 signal was very weak on Saturday and Sunday mornings but on Sunday afternoon it was back to normal.
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It seems Magic takes AM seriously. I noticed the Magic 828 signal was very weak on Saturday and Sunday mornings but on Sunday afternoon it was back to normal.
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http://www.strayfm.com/your-communit...-the-dales.php no longer lists the AM frequencies.
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AM ( medium wave) is still a big deal for talk and golden oldies stations in America. As talk radio is particularly popular in more rural parts of America, AM shows no sign of dying over there.
http://www.rwonline.com/article/am-d...nd-doom/215687 Quote:
AM has become a dumping ground for lackluster programming, a lack of investment and a dismal outlook.
His answer is for the US stations with old kit to invest in new kit, and have new songs on AM only, but I can't see this working?Others have suggesting digitizing the US AM band using HD radio http://www.rwonline.com/article/all-...sidered/215014 Quote:
However, the matter of AM’s health and future is a current industry debate topic. Against that background, members of the NAB Radio Technology Committee now want to test iBiquity Digital’s all-digital AM system to quantify any such improvements. This would entail putting one or more all-digital AM signals on the air experimentally at existing stations.
The idea, I hear, is one of several being bandied about in discussions about how to help AMs, particularly medium- and small-market AMs that lack powerful signals, to remain economically viable. |
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According to Strays tweets they have 107.1 in Skipton Town Centre (as well as Ilkley and Pateley) and 107.8 for Craven. They have been running an promo re 1413 being switched off, no mention of 936. "
Fair play to UKRD on adressing the central Skipton coverage issue - I'm sure that the town centre TX wasn't originally on the cards, it can only be a few watts erp but it fills the gaps in the coverage of 107.8 which I'm sure has also been 'tweaked' since coming on air - the signal around Grassington is much improved from a couple of weeks ago. The Ilkley TX must have also had a visit as you mentioned, pretty solid reception in Otley this morning. Quote:
Are 936, 1413 and 1431 now silent then?
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They were both still transmitting Sunday afternoon, but nothing today. At what time the plug was pulled who knows?
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...type=3&theater http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...type=3&theater |
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936 was off air by 9 this morning, presumably the plug got pulled either at midnight or 6.
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So Settle and Hawes have been left without local radio?
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So Settle and Hawes have been left without local radio?
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936 was off air by 9 this morning, presumably the plug got pulled either at midnight or 6.
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Settle should get some kind of signal on 107.8, Hawes can just about get The Bay on 96.9 I think.
I assume all three are receivable in daylight hours and Cumbria (Hawes)/ Lancashire (Settle) maybe available 24/7. As an alternative to the BBC - I think Settle and Hawes may well end up with Community Radio; if not in this round (due to short time frame) but in the next. I think Community Radio would be a good deal for both places as the station licenced would focus firmly on their community and they wouldn't have to share the output with dozens of other small settlements dotted in and around the National Park some up to 50 or 60 miles away. |
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Settle should get some kind of signal on 107.8, Hawes can just about get The Bay on 96.9 I think.
For Wensleydale (i.e. Hawes) and many other more rural parts of the Dales I doubt they will get any local radio at all without a very good tuner and a roof aerial. The BBC Local network up there is pretty poor. I have to say I'm surprised Stray didn't choose to put FM transmitters in for any of Settle, Wensleydale or Sedbergh before pulling the plug on 936, given that they did put one in Pateley Bridge, which seems tiny compared to either. Maybe they will in future? |
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The Pateley transmitters change to FM was done by Fresh not Stray
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What about BBC Radio Cumbria, Lancashire or York?.
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Has anyone picked up any exotic MW Dx from central or Latin America ? I know the east coast of the USA is possible providing there's a path of darkness across the Atlantic.
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hi everyone
it looks like from today that BBC Radio Essex / Radio Hereford & Worcester. will be having MW Switch Off Trial's. http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/mwtrial/ |
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