By the way, neither Caroline ships were on 199 metres - it was just that it rhymed, and was close enough for the old analogue tuning dials :)
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That doesn't surprise me; I suspected as much. Another pirate station, Radio 390, actually broadcast on 388 m, but a round number was thought to be more memorable.
The sheer engineering of setting up a radio station on a ship will have set new challenges. Take that mast for instance, not on terra firma but on a ship swaying in the waves. Think of the extra stresses that would have put on that tall structure. There would be limited space to anchor the guys so they would need to be much steeper than usual, as we see. And yet it was made to work.
By the way, neither Caroline ships were on 199 metres - it was just that it rhymed, and was close enough for the old analogue tuning dials :)
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That doesn't surprise me; I suspected as much. Another pirate station, Radio 390, actually broadcast on 388 m, but a round number was thought to be more memorable.
The sheer engineering of setting up a radio station on a ship will have set new challenges. Take that mast for instance, not on terra firma but on a ship swaying in the waves. Think of the extra stresses that would have put on that tall structure. There would be limited space to anchor the guys so they would need to be much steeper than usual, as we see. And yet it was made to work.
