Long Live Medium Wave
Wednesday 30 November, 2016, 20:16 - Broadcasting, Pirate/Clandestine
No sooner had Wireless Waffle discovered the existence of one medium wave pirate, another one pops up. Paradise FM was being received loud and relatively clear last night on 1440 kHz (now clear of the sadly defunkt 'Great 208') around 21:00 GMT. The web-site gives phone contact numbers in Belgium but it is written in German, and gives details for a town called Mont Rigi which is in the German speaking part of Belgium (you knew German was an official language of Belgium right?) Their web-site also declares that the station is on FM and AM Stereo but no frequency for either is given and as the receiver we were using does not decode AM stereo, this possibility could not be confirmed. Also, there is no FM frequency for any station called 'Paradise' listed in that area of Belgium but if it is a pirate, that is to be expected! Nonetheless, perhaps the Belgian/German heritage is valid.
Either way, it seems that the medium wave band is not as dead and boring as we hadn't given it credit for. Long live medium wave!
Mike
Saturday 31 December, 2016, 21:40
The BBC are among those peddling the "MW/LW has no future" line (see link) possibly in an attempt to manufacture consent for the closure of the 198KHz service. (There are companies which will produce high power transmitter valves to order so the "no more valves" story is nonsense)Comments