[BC] Radio Luxembourg at 3 MW?

[Robert Meuser]

It was not Wickipedia, I just checked. However radio Luxembourg never 
had a 3 megawatt capability.  Here is the breakdown - in Junglingster 
there is the old Long wave TX rated 625 KW. There is also a 625 KW 49 M 
TX , both Telefunken. There is also a much lower power 19 M TX.  In 
Beidweiler there is the 2 megawatt Long wave site that replaced 
Junglingster. It was 2 Thompson 1 megawatt TXs combined.  Later a Solid 
State TX was installed to replace the original. Until that time, back up 
was running at half power or reverting to the old TX site. In Marnarch 
there are two 625 KW Telefunken Transmitters on 1439 the famous 208 
meter frequency. Both Marnarch and Beidweiler have directional arrays 
tuned for maximum smoke.  The long wave array concentrates the power 
south to France. The Marnarch array is switchable in three directions 
plus omni.  No where in this set up is a means to combine to 3 megawatts.



Glen Kippel wrote:

> I read an article on the `net (Wikipedia?  I forgot) that said it was 
> theoretically possible for Radio Luxembourg to combine both 
> transmitters to run 3 MW, but in looking over my collection of old 
> WRTH's I don't see anything that indicates that they were ever 
> authorised for that power level.  They typically show 1.4 or 1.5 MW.  
> We have a jock here who used to work for them -- I'll ask him and see 
> if he knows.  Since he was just an announcer there and not involved in 
> the technical side, he may not know.
>
> On 3/23/07, Rich Wood <<mailto:richwood at pobox.com>richwood at pobox.com> 
> wrote:
> ------ At 10:55 PM 3/22/2007, Robert Meuser wrote: -------
>
> >Not really
>
> Isn't there a 3 megawatt MW station in Europe? I thought it was Radio
> Luxembourg but i can't find any mention of their power.
>
>
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