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Title: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: Ray Lalleu on January 23, 2020, 0720 UTC
on 1494.0
0717 ID, music, 0720 IDs, ads, 0723 music
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: kris on January 23, 2020, 2336 UTC
   But you hit them! What was the readability.
In those years I did not expect pirates there, although many years ago they broadcast in the BC band.
I wonder - they dared to enter BCMW without a license, or maybe they got it?
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: Ray Lalleu on January 24, 2020, 0026 UTC
Probably in Ireland,
where low power unlicensed stations have no troubles, even in MW.
(But in the 1980's, the stations with up to 50 kW were closed)
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: Brian on January 24, 2020, 1142 UTC
   But you hit them! What was the readability.
In those years I did not expect pirates there, although many years ago they broadcast in the BC band.
I wonder - they dared to enter BCMW without a license, or maybe they got it?

There are 2 24hr MW broadcast band pirates in Ireland broadcasting with 1 KW or more.  Radio Star Country and Radio North. There are several part time stations that broadcast with lower power.
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: kris on January 24, 2020, 1357 UTC

There are 2 24hr MW broadcast band pirates in Ireland broadcasting with 1 KW or more.  Radio Star Country and Radio North. There are several part time stations that broadcast with lower power.
Gold news TNX!
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: The Ether Hacker on January 25, 2020, 0928 UTC
   But you hit them! What was the readability.
In those years I did not expect pirates there, although many years ago they broadcast in the BC band.
I wonder - they dared to enter BCMW without a license, or maybe they got it?

There are 2 24hr MW broadcast band pirates in Ireland broadcasting with 1 KW or more.  Radio Star Country and Radio North. There are several part time stations that broadcast with lower power.

I've just managed to receive the weak signal too.. will probably disappear completely when the sun is higher, still... a MW groundwave is child's play for authorities to triangulate and a 1kw mediumwave TX is like saying "helloooo, I'm over here" ... allthough the probable antenna efficiency means real output power will be lower than input power... most likely.  Listenership on MW is now quite low.... interesting for tests... but SW is so much easier and less dangerous.
Title: Re: Coast FM 1494 AM 0717 utc 23 Jan 2020
Post by: Brian on January 25, 2020, 1333 UTC
   But you hit them! What was the readability.
In those years I did not expect pirates there, although many years ago they broadcast in the BC band.
I wonder - they dared to enter BCMW without a license, or maybe they got it?

There are 2 24hr MW broadcast band pirates in Ireland broadcasting with 1 KW or more.  Radio Star Country and Radio North. There are several part time stations that broadcast with lower power.

I've just managed to receive the weak signal too.. will probably disappear completely when the sun is higher, still... a MW groundwave is child's play for authorities to triangulate and a 1kw mediumwave TX is like saying "helloooo, I'm over here" ... allthough the probable antenna efficiency means real output power will be lower than input power... most likely.  Listenership on MW is now quite low.... interesting for tests... but SW is so much easier and less dangerous.

They already know where we all are.
SW is probably more dangerous than MW as it attracts the attention of other countries.
Once you stay off FM, you should be OK.