you can catch Caroline on 648khz in Holyhead ??? - that would be more than amazing !
No Alec, I've been listening via that link you made. I've got nothing to try it with properly at the moment.
I read somwhere that the 648 signal is making (skywave) the Wales Coast - so maybe you're lucky now - give it a try ! (cannot believe that its only 1000 Watts) Haven't read reception reports from London so far - would be interesting to know if it gets in
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I've had a listenout in the van, and it sounds like there's something there, but not really listenable. When my radio comes back from repair and I wire up a decent aerial, I'll try again. At the moment I'm really enjoying the Grimsby relay.
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Quote: coastie wrote in post #49I've had a listenout in the van, and it sounds like there's something there, but not really listenable. When my radio comes back from repair and I wire up a decent aerial, I'll try again. At the moment I'm really enjoying the Grimsby relay.
You probably have to wait up the fading (skywave !!) so you can tell only after a few minutes as there were reports from Scottland as well Unfortunately I have no chance in Munich as Murski Val (Slovenia) is blasting in
Well-all I can add is that DAYTIME reception up here in the east Midlands is excellent. I can hear 648 kHz on the car radio loud and clear with no fading!! Much much better than Big L ever came in from the Netherlands. BUT-as soon as 3.30pm came- signal rapidly collapsed into a 'mish mash' . I did try later- at about 11pm. Possible to make out the Caroline transmissions-but you have to listen very carefully to make them out- and then they come and go alternating with that foreign station you mentioned Alec.
My question is this Does anyone know the location of the transmitter? Is it thye original pig farm site-or a coastal one?
I first heard it about 2.45 pm yesterday. Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and then Ray Charles. During the Ray Charles songs the signal started to disintegrate.
This is Radio Caroline's 648 kHz omnidirectional mast in Orfordness, originally a former spare mast for BBC's directional 648 service aimed at mainland Europe (see 4 of the 5 masts in the background). It's professional build, perfect tuning and grounding plus its position near the sea make it the perfect antenna to get the most out of Caroline's limited 1 kilowatt, enabling the signal to cover large parts of the UK as well as all of the Netherlands and other parts of mainland Europe.
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