[Lowfer] New 1.5 Megawatt All Solid State LW transmitter in Luxembourg

[Steve Dove]

Hi Ed,

Longwave has the (literally) huge advantage of covering entire 
countries.  And the recent re-equips lean to these services going DRM 
(digital) eventually.  Even the once couldn't-give-it-away ex-'Atlantic 
252' Irish station has been re-equipped.

However, that said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15165926

... kinda gives the clue that BBC will simply shrug and walk away when 
Droitwich (their big longwave) eventually goes "Ping!" - no 
reinvestment.  A bit sad - dissing not only a major chunk of radio 
history, but a potential digital future.  Most of their medium wave is 
set to go away, too.  Ho, hum.

That awesome Beidweiler station is believe it or not one of a pair; 
Junglinster, the original pre-war station, is just a couple of miles 
away with an equally impressive three-ele array of seven-hundred-odd 
feet self-supporting towers.  Kept as a standby!  Makes a guy just smile...

         Cheers,

                 Steve


On 10/12/2011 12:18 AM, Ed Phillips wrote:
> Very interesting.  Didn't realize that LW broadcasting was still
> important enough to justify that much investment.  Apparently it is.
> Awesome antenna system!
>
> Ed
>
> ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Check out this 1.5 Megawatt all solid state LW  transmitter by  Transradio
>>
>> http://transradio.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133%3A15-mw-lw-tube-to-solid-state-upgrade-in-luxembourg&catid=1%3Aaktuelle-nachrichten&Itemid=79&lang=en
>>
>>
>> 73  - Todd WD4NGG