Radio Caroline North schedule 20/21st July 2019 -Another great weekend coming up .
Saturday, July 20th 0000 Continuous Caroline Music 0600 Steve Anthony 0830 Carnaby Street with Chris Williams from Manx Radio 1030 Johnny Lewis 1230 Peter Philips 1500 Ray Clark 1700 Barry James 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Rob Ashard
Sunday, July 21st 0000 Andrew Austin 0300 Bill Rollins 0600 John Ellery 0900 Johnny Lewis 1130 Peter Philips 1400 Ray Clark 1630 Barry James 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Close
Listen in on 648 khz AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 khz AM via Manx Radio in the North and North-West, online at www.radiocaroline.co.uk , https://onlineradiobox.com/im/manxam/?cs=im.manxam&played=1 , on your mobile, on smart speakers .. so many ways to listen in. We would love to hear from you - send your emails direct to the Ross studios at memories@radiocaroline.co.uk during the broadcast.
A word of warning to anyone who listens on their Amazon Echo. Since 8th August, you have to ask Alexa to 'Play Radio Caroline ON TUNE IN'. If you don't put Tune In on the end, it will play 'something you might like'.
We all have opinions. Mine is mine, yours is yours. Don't tell me yours is mine. I think that I was wrong once, but then again, maybe I was wrong!!
Saturday 0000 Continuous Caroline Music 0600 John Ellery 0830 Carnaby Street with Chris Williams from Manx Radio 1030 Johnny Lewis 1300 Peter Philips 1530 Ray Clark 1800 Grant Benson 2100 Dave Foster
Sunday 0000 Andrew Austin 0300 Bill Rollins 0600 Steve Anthony 0900 Johnny Lewis 1100 Grant Benson 1300 Ray Clark 1600 Peter Philips 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Close
Listen in on 648 khz AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 khz AM via Manx Radio in the North and North-West, online at www.radiocaroline.co.uk , https://onlineradiobox.com/im/manxam/?cs=im.manxam&played=1 , on your mobile, on smart speakers .. so many ways to listen in. We would love to hear from you - send your emails direct to the Ross studios at memories@radiocaroline.co.uk during the broadcast. - http://83.162.220.82:8073/
The Boat That Rocks will be rocking this weekend as there will be another fabulous RADIO CAROLINE NORTH broadcast, LIVE from the historic radio-ship Ross Revenge on the River Blackwater.
Join Radio Caroline North on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October 2019 on 648 khz AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 khz AM via Manx Radio in the North and North-West, online https://carolinestreams.weebly.com/, on your mobile, on smart speakers …
– send your emails direct to the Ross studios at memories@radiocaroline.co.uk during the broadcast.
Schedule -- Saturday 19th Oct. 0000 Continuous Caroline Music 0600 John Ellery 0830 Carnaby Street with Chris Williams from Manx Radio 1030 Johnny Lewis 1300 Peter Philips 1600 Nick Jackson 1900 Jerry Wright 2100 Dave Foster
Sunday 20th Oct. 0000 Andrew Austin 0300 Bill Rollins 0600 Steve Anthony 0900 Johnny Lewis 1100 Nick Jackson 1300 Jerry Wright 1600 Peter Philips 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Close
Radio Caroline - October 2019 648 khz AM Maintenance Report
On Friday 11 October our engineers made a long planned visit to our 648 transmitter site to give the equipment a general tuneup and service. It was two years ago when we installed the equipment at Orford Ness in October 2017 and we knew that future access for maintenance visits would need careful planning and arrangement. Not just because it is located on a remote site only accessible by boat, but also our engineers all live 100-200 miles away and have their own busy work schedules. It is testament to the quality of the 25 year old Nautel transmitter and the other equipment which was expertly installed by our engineers that it has run for 2 years without requiring a single maintenance visit - something that was unimaginable when we were out at sea and equipment needed almost constant attention. However, our on site telemetry system reported minor problems following late summer thunderstorms, and over the past month or two our own observations plus comments from listeners were that our signal was not as good as it used to be. 📷 The Nautel Transmitter On site we found that two of the six power amplifier modules within the transmitter had shutdown (presumably as a result of lightning strikes) and would not respond to a remote reset command. These were manually reset and a general overhaul of the equipment was undertaken. The air filters for the cooling fans were found to be caked in dust and dirt and with these cleaned the airflow is now much better and the amplifier temperature much lower. All electrical connections were inspected for tightness and voltage and meter readings noted to make sure everything was within spec. We also took the opportunity to finely adjust our audio processing since this is much easier to do precisely when you have test equipment such as an oscilloscope and modulation monitor connected to the transmitter rather than adjusting remotely and relying on your ears! Overall we were impressed as to how clean and the stable the installation was, considering it is so close to a saltwater environment. Various comments received from listeners during Friday all reported improved reception so it was definitely a worthwhile visit and gets our signal ready for those dark winter days when interference levels on the AM band generally increase. Alan Beech – Transmitter engineer (taken from Radio Caroline website)
Had a listen while driving into and back from town. Very much anorak reception, as you'd expect at this distance, but a distinct improvement to what it has been for some time. Great job!
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Yes-much better up here in the East Midlands too. And the night time reception good too. The heterodyne ‘whistle’ seems to have gone - and that was irritating to listen too. I never knew the site could only be approached via a boat either! Another huge coincidence to the old Caroline days of the 1960’s.
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Last Tuesday my Brother sent me a text informing me that he was listening to "The Mighty 1368" in his car in Plymouth. When I commented that it must have been a new station, possibly a Pirate, in his area he replied "no, it's Manx!"
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Quote: alec wrote in post #90I guess also with the help and success of the Radio Caroline North events " Manx Radio secures extra funding to continue operating "
I should imagine that the Manx Tourist Board are starting to see an increase of revenue after these RCN BX's bringing more money into the place. Just like the old days really!
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Quote: coastie wrote in post #95It's quite good although there are quiet patches in the "Holyhead City Centre" and along the A55 on way to Church of a Sunday morning.
I think its also a question of antenna you have on your car - a whip or telescope antenna would do a much better job than these short todgers you have on now a days cars
Radio Caroline North weekend 23rd - 24th November 2019
We're counting down the hours until the next Radio Caroline North LIVE broadcast from the legendary radio-ship Ross Revenge, this weekend 23rd - 24th November. Your broadcast team this month are Johnny Lewis, Dave Foster, Nick Jackson, Peter Philips, Rob Ashard, Ray Clark and Steve Anthony. Radio Caroline will be LIVE from Ross Revenge on the River Blackwater, Essex from 10.30 am on Saturday 23rd November 2019. Listen in on 648 AM in the South and South-East, on 1368 AM in the North and North-West courtesy of Manx Radio, around the world online here, on various apps and radio players, and on your smart speakers
- Send your emails direct to the Ross studios at : memories@radiocaroline.co.uk
Schedule.
Saturday 0000 Continuous Caroline Music 0600 John Ellery 0830 Carnaby Street with Chris Williams from Manx Radio 1030 Johnny Lewis 1300 Peter Philips 1500 Nick Jackson 1700 Ray Clark 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Rob Ashard
Sunday 0000 Andrew Austin 0300 Bill Rollins 0600 Steve Anthony 0900 Johnny Lewis 1200 Nick Jackson 1500 Peter Philips 1700 Ray Clark 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Close
Here's the presenter schedule for the Radio Caroline North Christmas weekend. Listen live at manxradio.com, or on 1368 khz AM and 648 khz AM.
Radio Caroline North: 14th - 15th December 2019
Saturday 14th December 00:00 – 06:00 Continuous Caroline Music 06:00 – 08:30 John Ellery 08:30 – 10:30 Chris Williams (Carnaby Street) 10:30 – 13:00 Johnny Lewis 13:00 - 15:00 Dave Foster 15:00 - 18:00 Grant Benson 18:00 – 21:00 Peter Phillips 21:00 - 00:00 Barry James
Sunday 15th December 00:00 – 03:00 Clive Derek 03:00 – 06:00 Bill Rollins 06:00 – 09:00 Steve Antony 09:00 – 11:00 Johnny Lewis 11:00 - 14:00 Grant Benson 14:00 – 17:00 Peter Philllips 17:00 – 19:00 Barry James 19:00 – 21:00 Dave Foster & Johnny Lewis
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