Radio Caroline 648kHz nuovo TX

 

(foto da archivio BP)

Importante notizia sul nuovo trasmettitore di Radio Caroline sui 648kHz, sul sito potete anche inviare un report direttamente a Radio Caroline https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#home.html

(il nuovo trasmettitore HARRIS DX 25U - foto di Ray Clark)

648 Power Increase

The opportunity arose to boost our power on 648 AM. This was beyond the ability of the existing Nautel machine. High power AM transmitters are not easily sourced now. We found one in storage near the Dutch/German border and imported it to Essex so that it could be very extensively overhauled and converted. This was a long, costly and labour intensive task. Then the Harris DX25 was shipped to Orfordness and delivered by landing craft.

The staff of Cobra Mist, who could have left us to struggle, were particularly helpful. Our unsung heroes were Howard Beer, Alan Beech and Steve Bradley. Working conditions veered between not very nice to evil.

Now the new transmitter is in service covering, we hope, a much larger area than before to reconnect with more of our listeners from the past. Obviously we would like to know where our signal is going and indeed where it is not. Might you help us with a reception report so that we can see what we have achieved and to consider what we may do next.

Peter Moore – Station Manager

a cura di Bruno Pecolatto-AIR130

Radio Caroline: licenza sui 648 kHz con 1000 watt

Radio Caroline nel 1964, primo anno di vita

Ci sono voluti 53 anni per ottenere una licenza di trasmissione in onde medie, ma alla fine ce l'ha fatta. Radio Caroline, nata nel 1964, un mito per gli appassionati della musica e della radio, ha avuto ufficialmente l'autorizzazione a trasmettere sulla frequenza dei 648 kHz con una potenza di 1000 watt ERP (potenza radiata dall'antenna).

Il trasmettitore è già stato acquistato (usato) e già fervono i lavori per modificarlo per la frequenza e la potenza assegnate.

Mike Terry, del Medium Wave Circle, osserva con ironia che i 648 kHz erano quelli utilizzati dalla grande nemica delle radio libere nella battaglia che si combatte per mare e per etere nel secolo scorso: la BBC. Qui ha operato dal 1982 al 2011 il trasmettitore di Orfordness che mandava on air il BBC World Service.

L'iniziativa per trovare una "casa" a terra per Radio Caroline è partita nel 2010 e oggi è arrivata a buon fine. Lunga vita alle Onde Medie, nonostante tutto.

L'annuncio ufficiale sul sito di Radio Caroline (CLICCA QUI)

Tracey Crouch MP with Bob Lawrence

This is the end of – or a further step in – a process started by Bob Lawrence in 2010 and enthusiastically supported by Tracey Crouch MP. We thank them both and further thank the many other people who have helped along the way.
The basis of our application was that our traditional heartland was Essex and Suffolk, where the signal from our ships made first landfall and that we wished to entertain on AM, an audience that we have not been able to serve in this way since 1990.
We said that this audience may hear music radio of a style they remember and in some cases presented by the same people they remember.
That in essence is what we intend to do.
We can now announce that our AM frequency will be 648 kHz with a power of 1000 watts. This is ERP or simply the power radiated by the aerial.
A transmitter was imported from the Continent a few days ago and is now being modified to suit the frequency. There are further hurdles, but as you can see progress is being made.

Watch this space 

Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline su Wikipedia CLICCA QUI

Una storia di Radio Caroline CLICCA QUI

Il ritorno di Radio Caroline in OM: licenza comunitaria in UK

Un altro ritorno: era il 1983 (dal sito DX Archive)

Ofcom ( l'autorità competente e regolatrice indipendente per le società di comunicazione nel Regno Unito) has announced this morning that it has awarded an AM community radio licence to Radio Caroline and 4 other groups. 

"Radio Caroline will broadcast a wide range of album music from the 1960s to the present day. It is for people aged 45+ in Suffolk and northern parts of Essex."

7 others groups have not been awarded a licence

Per maggiori dettagli CLICCA QUI

Radio Caroline has said on Facebook

We are pleased to announce that Ofcom have just informed us that our application for an AM licence has been approved and that a licence will be awarded. Further details will be sent to us by Ofcom in due course. Power levels and frequency are yet to be decided.

This is the end of – or a further step in – a process started by Bob Lawrence in 2010 and enthusiastically supported by Tracey Crouch MP. We thank them both and further thank the many other people who have helped along the way.

There are many preparations to be made and these may take some time. I am sure we will make further announcements in the future.

The basis of our application was that our traditional heartland was Essex and Suffolk, where the signal from our ships made first landfall and that we wished to entertain on AM, an audience that we have not been able to serve in this way since 1990.

We said that this audience may hear music radio of a style they remember and in some cases presented by the same people they remember.  That in essence is what we intend to do.

Mike Barraclough (via British DX Club yahoo group)

Segui Radio Caroline su FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/radiocarolineofficial

Il DRM perfetto di Radio New Zealand

Qualche ascolto degli scorsi giorni con l'Excalibur Pro e il fido Drake R4-C a Milano
Sono riuscito ad ascoltare anche Radio Australia su 19000 kHz

4835 2133 15/5 ABC, Alice Springs, talks, English, fair // 5025 weaker, no signal on 4910
6290.65 2020 15/5 Radio Caroline, Pirate, oldies, id, fair/good off at 2030

9505 2124 15/5 CVC OneAfrica, Zambia, in English, songs, talks, fair
9665 2130 15/5 Radio PMR, Pridnestrovye, Moldova separatist area, news in German, good
11695 2100 1575 Radio Australia, news, in English, fair
11725 2032 15/5 Radio New Zealand Int. Talks and songs, fair, some QRM from Belarus on 11730 in English
11735 1840 15/5 Zanzibar BC, Tanzania, dance songs Afro & Western style, news in Swahili at 2100, very good
11765 2040 15/5 Radio Deus è Amor, Curitiba, Brazil, religious talks like sport in Spanish, talking about Paraguay "La Gracia en Paraguay". Good
11780 2104 15/5 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, reports, fair, signal increasing
11830 2110 15/5 DW, via Kigali, Rwanda, English, reports, economics, fair //11800 good and 11865 good, all via Kigali
11850 2046 15/5 Radio Japan, via Talata-Volondry, Madagascar, in French, talks, good
11854.94 2051 15/5 Radio Aparecida (pres) Brazil, music, talks, weak, better in USB
13820 2119 15/5 Radio Martì, via Canada, politics in Spanish, strong jamming, fair
14670 1951 15/5 CHU, Canada, usual pips, weak
15120 1926 15/5 Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, DRM, reports in English, good
15190 1920 15/5 Radio Pilipinas, talks in Tagalog, fair, in LSB to avoid QRM Radio Inconfidencia on 15191.48
15190 1957-2004* 15/5 Radio Africa (pres), Bata, Guinea E., American slow English, talks, abrupt s.off at 2004, no id. Fair
15195 *2000 15/5 Family Radio, via Ascension, start BC in English, strong: kills Inconfidencia 15191.48 and gives few QRM to Radio Africa 15190
15345.04 2008 15/5 RAE, Argentina, in French, reports, then music, fair, low modulation
15419.826 1930 15/5 WBCQ The Planet, Monticello, USA, English religious talks, AM modulated upper side only, fair
15580 1935 15/5 VOA, via Botswana, Reports in Special English, good
15720 1940 15/5 Radio New Zealand Int. DRM, id in English and talks in a Pacific Language, reported to be Tongan, really good audio: no gaps. Perfect! The DRM text gives news headlines. //11725 in AM good

17605 1906 15/5 Radio Nederland, via Vatican State Santa Maria di Galeria, English, talks, good at 1933 //15495 good
17640 1913 15/5 CVC Christian Voice, Chile, DRM, talks, songs, Spanish, good audio, label with text, "test transmission from Calera de Tango, Santiago, Chile" //17680 in AM, fair
17675 2350 7/5 Radio New Zealand Int., DRM, fair signal S=7, audio usable, with few bugs, talks, id at 0000 with news
19000 2335 7/5 Radio Australia, Shepparton, conversation in English, fair