[BC] Radio Luxembourg at 3 MW?

[Glen Kippel]

OK, I asked Don Wardell, who was at Radio Luxembourg from 1963 to 1969, but
he doesn't know anything about the power they were running.  He said the
longwave was all French, beamed toward Paris.  The FM was German, and the
208-meter MW station was Dutch in the morning, English in the evening and
night.  I see where the 1440 carrier is now running DRM 0000 - 0400, 0800 -
1700 UTC, also relaying China Radio International.  This according to last
year's WRTH.  When I have time I'll get on DXTuners and try to see what that
digital signal sounds like from one of their receivers in Europe.  Can't do
it tonight because it's now 0500 UTC.

On 3/23/07, Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All of my copies of WRTH going back 20 years list 234 kHz at 2000 kW.  In
> 1974, Junglinster is shown at 1.4 kW on 236 kHz.  In 1974, they were on
> 1439 from Marnach with 600/1200 kW. I am missing some issues between then
> and 1988, when they were 1.2 MW on 1440.  I don't remember which year all
> the Region 1 and Region 3 stations shifted up by 1 kHz.  The 2004 WRTH shows
> the MW XMTR at 300/1200, and the 2006 issue only 300 kW.  (Only?!!)
>
> On 3/23/07, Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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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