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

[Ed Phillips]

I understand the advantages of LW for broadcast purposes in spite of the 
somewhat limited possible modulation bandwidth.  I used to get good 
reception here from a Russian station on Kamchatka before it apparently 
changed frequency and of course other guys do very well.  I've listened 
to them on my little Sony portable in England, France, and Switzerland 
too.  Most interesting reception was in the lobby of a big old hotel on 
one of the 'Greek islands' we stopped at to get lunch.  There was an 
enormous old console radio in the lobby and the knob was off the band 
switch so all it would do was tune the LW band.  I noticed it because 
when we walked into the place there were several people gathered around 
it listening to something or other.  I'm still surprised at the elegant 
upgrade.  I guess BBC is abandoning just about 
everything.............................

Ed

Steve Dove wrote:

> <>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