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Of course the Cricket is broadcast on 5 Live Sports Extra. Why should the BBC pay £millions to maintain a service for a few thousand people who refuse to listen via another platform?
Personally I would suspect more people listen to TMS on longwave than on DAB but I would be happy to stand corrected if anyone has any figures? |
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EU R& directive and EMC Directive 2004/108/EC - in order to purchase this item, you must agree that:- 1. You intend to re-export the item to an address outside the European Union. Under no circumstances will this item be resold or put into service within the European Union. or 2. The item will only be used within a completely RF screened and shielded metal enclosure or environment for testing, evaluation, experimental or laboratory purposes and any other use that does not radiate electro-magnetic waves into free space. That's what I've heard anyway ........
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This copied from Wohnort.org. Seems France is asking for expressions of interest to use 162KHz. See Below:-
" In France, the longwave transmissions of France Inter on 162 kHz are to end on December 31st 2016. The signal transmitted from Allouis has other uses. Like the 198 kHz transmissions from Droitwich, Allouis provides a standard-frequency reference signal, regulated by an atomic clock, and time signals are modulated onto the carrier to provide the TDF time service, generated by a caesium fountain atomic clock. These transmissions will continue beyond January 1st 2017. The media regulator in France has called for expressions of interest from broadcasters in continuing to use this frequency for radio broadcasting. Closing date is January 16th 2017. France Inter will continue to be broadcast after this date on FM and on DAB+ in Paris." |
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Religious broadcasters are about the only potential audience I can see.
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France's attempts to re-allocate the France Inter MW frequencies a few years back (675 kHz Marseille amongst others) were short lived, with the operators handing back their licences. Ditto the four or five low power MW allocations for Paris, the stations lasted two or three years.
But who knows....? |
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Religious broadcasters are about the only potential audience I can see.
Basically they are desperate to find a broadcaster to prop up the time service. If they don't then they haven't got sufficient finance in place to keep it going. I'm sure the end users will make a noise for government support as they won't have planned for the end of what was an essentially free service piggy backing on France Inter. |
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If it's just the time service then if I was them I'd use the VLF facility near Le Blanc (not far from Chateauroux). It's a naval radio transmission facility, it's one of those not-so-well-kept-secrets (although it's fogged out on GoogleEarth). It's already got a lot of towers and masts, and a time signal could - I guess - be transmitted from there relatively easily, say with 75 kW power. Cheap easy solution.
As to government support - after five years of socialism France is basically bankrupt. If it wasn't they would have made every effort to keep one of the country's virility symbols going.... |
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If it's just the time service then if I was them I'd use the VLF facility near Le Blanc (not far from Chateauroux). It's a naval radio transmission facility, it's one of those not-so-well-kept-secrets (although it's fogged out on GoogleEarth). It's already got a lot of towers and masts, and a time signal could - I guess - be transmitted from there relatively easily, say with 75 kW power. Cheap easy solution.
As to government support - after five years of socialism France is basically bankrupt. If it wasn't they would have made every effort to keep one of the country's virility symbols going.... If they moved to another frequency they may as well just use DCF77 as the time source as they would have to adjust / replace the clocks in question anyway. |
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Would the ITU give a monkey's? Would France give a monkey's if the ITU gave a monkey's?
You worry too much Colin!!! |
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Would have to have VERY deep pockets.
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France's attempts to re-allocate the France Inter MW frequencies a few years back (675 kHz Marseille amongst others) were short lived, with the operators handing back their licences. Ditto the four or five low power MW allocations for Paris, the stations lasted two or three years.
But who knows....? http://en.www.csa.fre05d.systranlink...eselectionnes# In Paris the 999khz frequency of Superloustic was reassigned for a DRM test http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.co.uk/2...hz-medium.html I remember picking up the 8kw 999khz DRM test from Paris 2007 to 2012 in the UK (but not able to decode it) It's possible Phare FM, linked to TWR and UK's UCB, may bid for 162, but now DAB+/RNT is rolling out, DAB+/internet will be more cost effective. |
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Sure. But the Roman Catholic Church isn't exactly short of a bob or three.
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Sure. But the Roman Catholic Church isn't exactly short of a bob or three.
If they have they've certainly kept them quiet. |
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Has the Roman Catholic Church ever had any radio broadcasting operations apart from Vatican Radio?
If they have they've certainly kept them quiet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Maria |
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Has the Roman Catholic Church ever had any radio broadcasting operations apart from Vatican Radio?
If they have they've certainly kept them quiet. |
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Modulation cut off at midnight CET. Just carrier wave now.
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It was fairly abrupt. Last night a dj saved my life with a song and a countdown to 2017. Then silence. Goodbye 162kHz.
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Any idea who was funding UCB/ICB in Ireland?
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Yes the two presenters were in mid-sentence and shhhhhh nothing other than the carrier.
Bye bye another bit of radio into the realms of history. Plus ca change! |
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Carrier needs to remain for the time signal. But this carrier is no longer Radio France as their broadcast licence was withdrawn as of 0001 CET.
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Carrier needs to remain for the time signal. But this carrier is no longer Radio France as their broadcast licence was withdrawn as of 0001 CET.
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Someone has already uploaded it to Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIkmKa12V0 I'm surprised that nobody has suggested 162kHz gets used for Radio Caroline. That seems to be a usual DS forum thought! |
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Just to be clear, I think it is unlikely that anyone will take over 162, but the only outside possibilities would be a religious station or *maybe* an international broadcaster like Radio China. But I doubt the French government will want the latter.
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The fact that the mod was cut at the exact moment of midnight is probably the first time in ages that France Inter has ever managed to respect the pips. I have a friend who works for France Inter and I tease him mercilessly about how in contrast Radio 4 accord due reverence to the pips - if he's with us I put Radio 4 on, arm him with a radio controlled clock, and tell him to watch and learn (the things one can do as a foreigner). He did ruefully once observe that he wished they could do it so well on Inter.....
I'd love to know who's paying for that carrier - I'll go and have a listen to unmodulated silence..... |
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