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    From Scott@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 20:06:33 2023
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast." https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/

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  • From Scott@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 20:30:33 2023
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 20:20:35 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
    wrote:

    On Mon 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast."
    https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/

    I thought 648khz was BBC WS from somewhere on the Suffolk coast?

    Now under new management:
    https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/history_of_648.html

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to Scott on Mon Jun 5 20:20:35 2023
    On Mon 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast." https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/


    I thought 648khz was BBC WS from somewhere on the Suffolk coast?

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  • From charles@21:1/5 to Woody on Mon Jun 5 20:45:02 2023
    In article <u5lci4$e07e$1@dont-email.me>,
    Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
    On Mon 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast." https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/


    I thought 648khz was BBC WS from somewhere on the Suffolk coast?

    It was

    --
    from KT24 in Surrey, England - sent from my RISC OS 4té
    "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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  • From tony sayer@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 5 21:27:37 2023
    In article <6rds7i525cotoo6l43ctnq7mbjlka18kdh@4ax.com>, Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> scribeth thus
    On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 20:20:35 +0100, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
    wrote:

    On Mon 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast."
    https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes- >green-with-solar-power/

    I thought 648khz was BBC WS from somewhere on the Suffolk coast?

    Now under new management:
    https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/history_of_648.html

    They have applied to Ofcom to up their power substainally whist under
    Solar power!..
    --
    Tony Sayer


    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

    Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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  • From Brian Gregory@21:1/5 to charles on Mon Jun 5 23:04:48 2023
    On 05/06/2023 21:45, charles wrote:
    In article <u5lci4$e07e$1@dont-email.me>,
    Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote:
    On Mon 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast."
    https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/


    I thought 648khz was BBC WS from somewhere on the Suffolk coast?

    It was


    Yep. It was, until it wasn't.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orfordness_transmitting_station

    https://youtu.be/Qndmk6Yx_kg

    Also of interest: https://youtu.be/4dMfb3nY_rE

    --
    Brian Gregory (in England).

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Scott on Tue Jun 6 08:37:01 2023
    I can hear it hear, It tends to play mostly album cuts and of course has adverts, but has an internet stream in stereo. There is also every so often
    a nostalgia based version which takes over Manx Radio AM at various times
    as well. I also believe the floating studio is also around in a river
    estuary in Essex, as I recall when Dave Cash died, his ashes were put into
    the see off that part of the world by his wife, with folk like Tony
    Blackburn etc in tow.
    Brian

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    "Scott" <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message news:a9cs7i961a9l0uvnbu57gd0nkcokfimg20@4ax.com...
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast." https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/

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  • From Rink@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 7 14:19:10 2023
    Op 6-6-2023 om 9:37 schreef Brian Gaff:
    I can hear it hear, It tends to play mostly album cuts and of course has adverts, but has an internet stream in stereo. There is also every so often
    a nostalgia based version which takes over Manx Radio AM at various times
    as well. I also believe the floating studio is also around in a river
    estuary in Essex, as I recall when Dave Cash died, his ashes were put into the see off that part of the world by his wife, with folk like Tony
    Blackburn etc in tow.
    Brian



    On 1368 Manx Radio one weekend each month.
    Planning 2023 (scroll down):
    https://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/#manx_info.html

    So next weekend is 24/25 june

    Rink

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  • From Chris Youlden@21:1/5 to Scott on Wed Jun 7 21:13:32 2023
    On 05/06/2023 20:06, Scott wrote:
    Can this be true?

    "Veteran pirate station Radio Caroline is now operating on direct
    solar power.

    "The station now broadcasts on a community radio licence in East
    Anglia and is heard across England, The Netherlands, Belgium and
    beyond on 648AM from the Orfordness Transmitting Station on the
    Suffolk coast." https://radiotoday.co.uk/2023/06/former-pirate-station-radio-caroline-goes-green-with-solar-power/

    A friend of mine manages the Trans World Radio transmitting station in
    Benin. There are 2 MF transmitters running at 200KW erp each. The total building consumption excluding the transmitters is 12kW.

    He has installed solar panels which can generate 13kW. Public
    electricity in Benin can be unreliable and expensive, but the site also
    has generating capacity so can run independently.
    --

    Chris

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