Radio Caroline – solar power.
The Radio Caroline website now has a short article by Peter Moore “Here Comes the Sun – Our Solar Project Goes Live” with a link to a longer more detailed one by transmitter engineer Alan Beech.
Top right hand side of the webpage now again has a solar power meter showing the current power being generated by the solar array.
https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
Mike Barraclough to WOR iog (2023-04-17)
Radio Caroline – solar power…
“Our meter test has now finished, but will be back soon”
https://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
Mike Terry to WOR iog (2023-04-09)
Radio Caroline – Solar Power Meter.
Nice to see the live solar array power meter now on the front page of the Caroline website.
This good weather forecast this weekend means it’s likely the 648 kHz transmitter will be fully powered this way.
https://radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html
Mike Terry to WOR iog (2023-04-07)
Radio208 has transmitter problems. Both 1440 and 5970 kHz are off air. Hopefully back on the air by Tuesday.
In the meantime – streaming continues via www.radio208.dk
Radio208 FB group (2023-04-01)
999 1000 kW in future.
Translated from Russian:
“At the Pridnestrovian Radio Center, the mode of limiting electricity consumption has been removed.
This means that Radio Russia is reaching a power of 1000 kW and resuming round-the-clock work. Radio 1+ Pridnestrovie also returns to the air (working days)
Changes coming soon.”
https://vk.com/public158109176?w=wall-158109176_2887
Marco (2023-03-15)
Can some Spanish members check 1224 kHz for COPE Lleida and COPE Mallorca ?
For some weeks I can hear Almería, Lugo and Huelva here in Austria but no sign of the usual dominant stations from Lleida and Mallorca.
Have they reduced power, closed or is it just strange conditions ?
Patrick Robic to MWlist iog (2023-03-01)
Both COPE stations are now OFF for some months. They said due to technical issues. Radio Manresa was also OFF for 3 months and then came back with more power.
No date for transmitting again, but waiting for answers!
73 de Jorge Garzón to MWlist iog (2023-03-01)
Radio Caroline, Have applied to Ofcom for a substantial power increase, in relation to there 25Kw Transmitter.
Solar panels are being fitted between now and Easter, so it could happen in time for then.
Mike Simmonds (2023-02-04)
Radio Caroline 648 kHz.
Message on website www.radiocaroline.co.uk states “currently running on reserve transmitter and antenna at around half power”.
John Hoad to mwcircle iog (2023-01-14)
2rn – Summerhill, Co. Meath.
Complete outage due to essential engineering work will affect the RTÉ Radio One [252 kHz] Long Wave service between 10:00 and 17:00 on Tuesday 10th January 2023.
(2rn @2rnNMC on Twitter, Jan 7th 2.23pm)
Alan Pennington to Longwaveradiolistening iog (2023-01-08)
I have noted a few loggings of RTL with very weak signal on the old frequency 234 kHz.
I think the transmitter is operated the same way as Kalundborg on 243 kHz. When the transmitter is switched off the exciter is still active. The power of the signal from the exciter is attenuated when it passes through the switched off power stage. But a small amount is still radiated. In 2015 Terecom estimated that 1 – 5 Watts were radiated as an open carrier on 243 kHz. Modern high power transmitters are operated in that way.
Karl-Erik Stridh (2023-01-05)