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Old 06-02-2023, 14:10   #18
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Re: AM Radio fading into history

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Originally Posted by nodrogd View Post
There were two other factors to the downfall of Atlantic 252. One was the location of the mast at Clarkestown, west of Dublin which lost a lot of groundwave propagation due to Wales standing between it & London. The other was the 252 frequency being given clearance for use by a 1.5 megawatt Radio Algeria service, which used to swamp reception in southern England, especially at night when Clarkestown was restricted to 100kW output.
The issues you describe re Atlantic 252 meant that it wasn't able to get a signal to the London area. Iirc the signal stopped being satisfactory to the eats of a line running from The Wash to the Bristol Channel.
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