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Even the DNO get it wrong sometimes.

Kelly Marie Angel

Just recently there's been a lot of clicks and buzzes on my mediumwave listening set up  I tried to trace the cause  checking my station earth an RF earth not mains my areal and all the mains connection but all seemed OK. Anyhow after a few days I found the DNO had dug a hole in the next street and replaced a straight through  joint. I was hoping it had cured the noises but sadly not. About a week later they dug another hole replaced 3 joints in a space of only 50 feet 2 straight through joint and 1 splitter joint I think that's the right name for it. Finally the noise was cured but do the DNO  really look for noise or are they detecting something else like heat or vibration??

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  • Yes I used to hear the N Ireland transmissions regularly at nite sometimes with almost armchair quality reception. I think the masts are called Blaw Knox masts and as ýou say an unusual design popular with US commercial stations. The station on 1296khz is an Asian station transmitting from Ashton moss transmitter near Birmingham I think if memory serves it runs about 5.5 Kilowatts I remember it was usually stronger than the BBC world service which proves just how efficient the BBC areals at Orford nesss were. My daytime reception here is Radio Caroline but only just on 648khzBBC 5 from start point on 693 radio Wales  on 881khz radio5 from Bournemouth on 909khz Jersey on 1026 talksport weakly on 1053 and much stronger on 1089 Guernsey on 1116 some Indian  program from brookmans Park on 1458 and finally BBC Somerset on 1566. At nite of course things get much more interesting!

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  • Yes I used to hear the N Ireland transmissions regularly at nite sometimes with almost armchair quality reception. I think the masts are called Blaw Knox masts and as ýou say an unusual design popular with US commercial stations. The station on 1296khz is an Asian station transmitting from Ashton moss transmitter near Birmingham I think if memory serves it runs about 5.5 Kilowatts I remember it was usually stronger than the BBC world service which proves just how efficient the BBC areals at Orford nesss were. My daytime reception here is Radio Caroline but only just on 648khzBBC 5 from start point on 693 radio Wales  on 881khz radio5 from Bournemouth on 909khz Jersey on 1026 talksport weakly on 1053 and much stronger on 1089 Guernsey on 1116 some Indian  program from brookmans Park on 1458 and finally BBC Somerset on 1566. At nite of course things get much more interesting!

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