Another LW broadcaster to go silent

[ka3jjz]

According to a couple of World of Radio postings, Europe no. 1 (183 khz) is going to close at the end of the year. It's likely going to FM where some others have gone. As far as I know, this is a French language service

Get them while you can...Mike

 

[majoco]

The transmitter is actually in Germany - one of the last 2Megawatt flamethrowers. Allouis will probably be the next to go on 183kHz, Algeria has one on 198kHz with 2MW - guess they drop their power at night as it's the same frequency as BBC4 from Droitwich.

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[ka3jjz]

I just got an update from WoR -- evidently the staff knows that a shutdown is coming, just not when. I suspect that's not unusual. Mike

 

[Boombox]

I think of these LW and SW station shut offs (which have decimated entire swaths of former broadcast spectrum) whenever I heard MWDXers complain about the AM band in America having "too many stations" and/or needing to be "weeded out".

 

[JerryX]

Has anyone on the U.S. west coast heard a European LW broadcaster? I've been listening for years and have never heard one.

 

[krokus]

Has anyone on the U.S. west coast heard a European LW broadcaster? I've been listening for years and have never heard one.

That would be a challenge, and probably a gray line path, if not night only reception.

 

[ka3jjz]

Probably more likely if you were using an East Coast web receiver....Mike

 

[ka3jjz]

Per several reports on World of Radio, Europe no. 1 is now gone...Mike