One thing I have always wondered about the original RCN in the 60's. The ship was ‘ moored in Ramsey Bay'
Was this INSIDE the then UK limit? Would the IoM have its OWN limit? Therefore the Marine Õffences Act would not have applied to the waters around the IoM??? SO- could RCN have continued legally broadcasting after 14th. August 1967? Only thing illegal would be the frequency used. It was not internationally allocated to the IoM. Could they have purchased a frequency?
Can anyone with a little more knowledge than myself clarify the situation for me? Thanks in advance.
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Yes, Caroline North use to openly announce that they were within territorrial waters in Ramsey Bay. They used to say this each night at closedown. I remember one very stormy night when the "Caroline" moved position so as to get shelter and I believe permission was given then so that they could anchorage in their new position.
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Interesting Coastie. And the IoM could legally supply them with supplies. MOA would not apply. BUT- of course- the ADVERTISERS - if based in the UK- WOULD be contravening the MOA. Hence their funding would be gone.
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That was the trouble, the advertisers had colly wobbles so the funds were starting to dry up. Fake adverts were being played (Remember "Bessies Jelly Babies?" not to be confused with "Bassetts Jelly Babies") in the hope of things looking "normal".
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Thanks for the link Alec. Enjoyed listening over the weekend. 648kHz coming in particularly well to the East Midlands. In fact- a better signal at 1 kW than 1368 at 20kW. One thing I have always wondered- maybe you could enlighten me No6- do the DAB+ transmitters carry Radio Caroline North on these special weekends?
Quote: BigJohn wrote in post #6Thanks for the link Alec. Enjoyed listening over the weekend. 648kHz coming in particularly well to the East Midlands. In fact- a better signal at 1 kW than 1368 at 20kW. One thing I have always wondered- maybe you could enlighten me No6- do the DAB+ transmitters carry Radio Caroline North on these special weekends?
The Manx Tx is directional to the South to avoid interference with other (now obsolete) UK-stations - though there is no more need for that as those UK stations have been closed in the meanwhile This (as far as I know) 2nd mast needed to achieve this 'directional' transmitting costs extra money - why they don't switch off this 2nd mast to save this extra money I don't know
This also explains why Coastie (Anglesey) has excellent 1368khz reception but reception in Ireland is worse : http://emeraldsdr.ddns.net:8073/
I honestly don't know BigJohn. I have never been to an area with Caroline on DAB. My guess would be that DAB was the same as the main channel, so it would only be on from 2pm - 9pm on Sundays.
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Wish they would turn it off Alec. We would get super reception here in the middle of the UK. Thanks no 6. I suppose they need to keep the normal (Ofcom-approved) service somewhere on these RCN weekends otherwise Ofcom could get a bit shirty. Wonder what Ofcom think of the Manx Radio Carnaby Street being broadcast on MW to eastern England?
Around the time of the first Manx weekend after 648 came on air, Ofcom asked some question, then just dropped it. Probably thought that they had bigger issues, dealing with swearing on records being aired before watershed, political balance in chat radio and the constant radical output of some minority stations.
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I’m very pleased Caroline didn’t have to compromise by carrying different programmes on the RCN weekends. To be honest- all the advertisers on Carnaby Street are local to the Isle of Man- and I doubt any IoM listeners tune to 648!!
I can see the attraction of Manx for the 648 kHz transmitter though- as it promotes the IoM and its attractions to a wider audience in eastern England. Long may it continue. These weekends are truly magical.
Radio Caroline North - Next broadcast is 24th & 25th November 2018 Radio Caroline North live from the worlds last remaining true offshore radio Ship, Ross Revenge with Manx Radio on 648 and 1368AM and online. More info at: www.radiocaroline.co.uk
Schedule for Radio Caroline North - 648 and 1368 khz AM
Saturday Nov. 24th 2018
0000 Continuous Caroline Music 0600 Chris Pearson 0830 Carnaby Street with Chris Williams from Manx Radio 1030 Johnny Lewis 1230 Grant Benson 1430 Peter Philips 1630 Steve Anthony 1900 Dave Foster 2100 Andrew Austin
Sunday Nov. 25th 2018
0000 Clive Derek 0300 Bill Rollins 0600 Ray Clark 0900 Peter Philips 1100 Grant Benson 1300 Steve Anthony 1700 Andrew Austin 1900 Dave Foster with Johnny Lewis 2100 Close
Happy listening
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Quote: BigJohn wrote in post #15Alec you are so good and dedicated. It IS appreciated by us ALL!!
- I try to keep the forum alive .... I hope for you British that Manx will be back to their 10KWs or 20 KWs by then - at the moment they transmit with 1-2,5 KWs (omnidirectional though) only due to antenna maintenance construction works
Many thanks for the update Alec. I didn’t know that. I would have been surprised on Saturday that the reception isn’t so good. But- on the other hand- it gives us an opportunity to test reception of omnidirectional transmitter from the Manx site. Who know- reception could be better for us over here in mid-England!
Quote: BigJohn wrote in post #15Alec you are so good and dedicated. It IS appreciated by us ALL!!
I hope for you British that Manx will be back to their 10KWs or 20 KWs by then - at the moment they transmit with 1-2,5 KWs (omnidirectional though) only due to antenna maintenance construction works
That might explain the drop in signal strength and quality in last months RCN weekend.
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We have friends in Penrhyn Bay Chris- so far we haven’t been able to get over there for a RCN weekend - but I should imagine reception on 1368 is excellent- given there’s only seawater between them!!!
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