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Author Topic: Radio Caroline UK 648 AM 0900 UTC 20 MAR 2024  (Read 269 times)

Offline kris

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Radio Caroline UK 648 AM 0900 UTC 20 MAR 2024
« on: March 20, 2024, 1555 UTC »
- this is a joyful discovery, maybe not only mine!
0900 648 kHz  S7 SDR U.Twente DJ E ID and adverts  www.radiocaroline.co.uk
        4kW max 25kW, Orfordness UK   - I will listen to them at my place in the evening
2340 At the same time, Radio Caroline and Radio Murski Val Slovenia (10kW) can be heard at a similar level.
         Both stations provided their IDs
« Last Edit: March 20, 2024, 2354 UTC by kris »
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Re: Radio Caroline UK 648 AM 0900 UTC 20 MAR 2024
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2024, 1015 UTC »
648 is the old BBC World Service frequency for eastern Europe

Radio Caroline started on this freq in 2017, originally 1kW but now 4kW.  They have requested higher power but this has been rejected by Ofcom (the UK regulator).
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