[Lowfer] New 1.5 Megawatt All Solid State LW transmitter inLuxembourg

[K2ORS]

Steve,
          Yes I will miss Droitwich when it goes away. A few years ago I 
drove across France and tuned into the BBC on 198 to hear a voice in 
English.
 When I posted comments about BBC reductions on the RSGB reflector I got 
hammered by a number of guys - they have little sympathy for the BBC 
apparently and are more anxious to save a couple of quid per year on their 
license fees as opposed to preserving the BBC!

73 K2ORS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dove" <dsp at hifidelity.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp; UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] New 1.5 Megawatt All Solid State LW transmitter 
inLuxembourg


> 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
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