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162Khz quiet
Just atmospherics now quiet frequency
RTE1 without Algerian interference How long before more go ![]()
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RTE are on 252 not 162. Which frequency are you talking about here?
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I was listening to France Inter on 162KHz yesterday afternoon in the car.
It is due to be closed at the end of this year, though it hasn't been confirmed. |
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Not sure if the OP has had one too many slices of Christmas cake, but 162 kHz is very much alive and kicking this morning.
I did listen at midnight CET last night as there had been reports that 26th Dec would indeed see its closure, but it carried on happily; so presumably the switch off will be on 31st Dec? |
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There is a scheduled maintenance break on Tuesdays 0005 to 0355 UTC. Last night was no exception.
Had you checked 5 minutes later it would have been off. |
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Ah - that will be it. I'd forgotten about that. How very French though, to make sure it's working properly when it's switched off!
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Ah - that will be it. I'd forgotten about that. How very French though, to make sure it's working properly when it's switched off!
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It's being switched off on Saturday 31st, according to this DXer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSl0rTWw0qk |
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RTE are on 252 not 162. Which frequency are you talking about here?
I also tuned up thro MW frees to see if any trans-Atlantic dx was available but nothing at the time. |
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@ Phil - incidentally, I unreservedly withdraw my wild allegation about your having had too many slices of Christmas cake. Your explanation as to the remark about 252 kHz now makes things clear.
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I'm in Derby too
Phil. Have you ever had transatlantic DX? My understanding is we are too far from the coast. |
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I'm in Derby too
Phil. Have you ever had transatlantic DX? My understanding is we are too far from the coast. somewhere with the evidence. It was an old 6 valve KB radio that I used then with a wire aerial dangling out of my 3rd floor window. They usually started to come in about 2 am when a lot of the continentals had shut down. |
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Eddie Mair on PM today did a short piece on the loss of the French Shipping Forecast due to the closure of Long Wave at the end of today's programme. Included part of a forecast from the Nineties.
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Quite a few new articles in the French Press today:
http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/m...ni-2053415.php http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/h...re-2053424.php http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medi...4918_3236.html |
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Eddie Mair on PM today did a short piece on the loss of the French Shipping Forecast due to the closure of Long Wave at the end of today's programme. Included part of a forecast from the Nineties.
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Quite a few new articles in the French Press today:
http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/m...ni-2053415.php http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/h...re-2053424.php http://www.lemonde.fr/actualite-medi...4918_3236.html |
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Interesting they have had only 350 complaints (so far) of which 70% are from Belgium. 3% of the French population who can't get FM will have to use internet. DAB+ covers a part of Paris where FM reception is poor.
So if they have only received 105 valid complaints from a country the size of France that just demonstrates how defunct the Long Wave platform is. They will be wondering why they didn't do this years ago! Somehow I think that the BBC would get a few more complaints, not from people necessarily who rely on Long Wave, but from the enthusiasts (such as inhabit this forum!) who would organise to kick up a stink for the hell of it or because they'd have nothing to tune their vintage valve sets to..... |
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[quote=Colin_London;84995249]Quite a few new articles in the French Press today:
http://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/m...ni-2053415.php /QUOTE] That article explains that FI was audible on the South of England, but I can hear it well into the Midlands. I shall miss it as I often listen in the car. Europe 1 on 183KHz and RTL on 234KHz can be received too. I wonder how many complaints they had from the UK? |
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As with Belgian complaints British complaints can also be ignored as we don't pay the French licence fee. Despite its name France Inter is a domestic service.
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Well they can (and will) ignore the Belgians.
So if they have only received 105 valid complaints from a country the size of France that just demonstrates how defunct the Long Wave platform is. They will be wondering why they didn't do this years ago! Somehow I think that the BBC would get a few more complaints, not from people necessarily who rely on Long Wave, but from the enthusiasts (such as inhabit this forum!) who would organise to kick up a stink for the hell of it or because they'd have nothing to tune their vintage valve sets to..... I wonder if reducing the hours might be a first step to 198 shutdown. Potentially you could switch off after the Archers |
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........or because they'd have nothing to tune their vintage valve sets to.....
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And also the cricket fans. They have a legitimate reason to want 198 kept on the air.
I wonder if reducing the hours might be a first step to 198 shutdown. Potentially you could switch off after the Archers |
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And also the cricket fans. They have a legitimate reason to want 198 kept on the air.
I wonder if reducing the hours might be a first step to 198 shutdown. Potentially you could switch off after the Archers |
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The problem is that you get better reliability when equipment runs continuously, TV reliability improved when it went 24 hour.
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Simple solution to that, buy one of these and feed it with whatever floats your boat to keep those valves glowing
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