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RTE Radio 1 on 252!

Digifriendly · 2011-07-23 20:12:11

Just returned from holiday in Scotland and was amazed how good RTE Radio 1 signal on 252 LW was even at foot of a mountain in the Scottish borders. Struggled to pick up Radio Ulster MW in parts of Scotland that were not low down but 252 was clear as a bell.

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#242 11-10-2014 9:15pm
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Put up a photo for posterity?

Seven Worlds will Collide

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#243 13-10-2014 10:30am
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Article in Today's IT
http://tinyurl.com/q5tft3f

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#244 13-10-2014 11:16am
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twinklerunner wrote: »

Article in Today's IT
http://tinyurl.com/q5tft3f

I don't get people calling for the closedown to be Postponed, whether it's 2 weeks or two years time there won't be another analogue radio platform for RTE R1 in the uk.

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#245 13-10-2014 11:42am
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from another thread on the matter, RTE seemingly acknowledging that their suggestion of alternatives depends on your geography

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A revised announcement was transmitted on the stroke of midnight, which said "please note that RTE Radio 1 is not available on FM or DAB outside the island of Ireland".

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#246 13-10-2014 12:21pm
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Found this therad from last year... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056901812

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#247 14-10-2014 2:37pm
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Jesus H christ, I am just listening back now to the head of rte radio Jim Jennings on the today show this morning talking about this, he doesn't have a clue what he is saying, he also mumbled that they might deley the switch off date.

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#248 14-10-2014 2:57pm
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

Jesus H christ, I am just listening back now to the head of rte radio Jim Jennings on the today show this morning talking about this, he doesn't have a clue what he is saying, he also mumbled that they might deley the switch off date.

heres the link to the audio:
http://www.rte.ie/radio/utils/radioplayer/rteradioweb.html#!rii=9%3A20664400%3A15036%3A14%2D10%2D2014%3A&type=radio

also in studio was head of GAA in Britain and someone from New York who has an organisation called Global Irish that does some class of emmigrant liason.

The saving by shutting the station is 1/4 a million Euro per year according to RTE head, so WAY less than the 1million plus in the last available accounts.

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#249 14-10-2014 6:08pm
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munchkin_utd wrote: »

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The saving by shutting the station is 1/4 a million Euro per year according to RTE head, so WAY less than the 1million plus in the last available accounts.

Apparently they have cut the power to 50-100kw recently so that would explain the fall in price.

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#250 14-10-2014 7:57pm
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It is essential that 252 be kept on air even at low power, it serves areas where Fm and Dab are weak, I often listen to it when driving around remote parts of the country such as Donegal and Kerry and Cork and mountain areas of Ireland, its clear west of France and north Spain, also shipping rely on it for news and weather reports etc, the elderly are not all upto date with technology and rely on 252LW.

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#251 14-10-2014 8:03pm
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Rock Solid wrote: »

also shipping rely on it for news and weather reports etc,

They don't rely on LW or even RTE FM for weather reports. They obtain weather reports via marine radio channels from the Coast Guard.

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#252 14-10-2014 8:13pm
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I would be very shocked if rte did a u-turn on this, the 2fm schedule changes last spring got a much much bigger negative response from the public.

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#253 14-10-2014 8:42pm
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The people who have come out of the woodwork in recent days wanting 252 to be kept on air, were campaigning for mw to be kept on 6 years ago, saying at the time that lw was useless in london and that oaps would never be able to find R1 on 252.

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#254 14-10-2014 10:28pm
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Rock Solid wrote: »

It is essential that 252 be kept on air even at low power, it serves areas where Fm and Dab are weak, I often listen to it when driving around remote parts of the country such as Donegal and Kerry and Cork and mountain areas of Ireland, its clear west of France and north Spain, also shipping rely on it for news and weather reports etc, the elderly are not all upto date with technology and rely on 252LW.

That seems unlikely if there's a transmitter on the north coast of Algeria broadcasting on the same frequency at ten times the power. And even if it is available in France or Spain, why is this something we should be maintaining?

As pointed out, it is of no value to shipping.

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#255 14-10-2014 10:59pm
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former legend wrote: »

That seems unlikely if there's a transmitter on the north coast of Algeria broadcasting on the same frequency at ten times the power..

To confirm RTE can be heard on LW in the West of France - interference is only at night time from Chaine 1 Algeria.

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#256 14-10-2014 11:15pm
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

I would be very shocked if rte did a u-turn on this, the 2fm schedule changes last spring got a much much bigger negative response from the public.

Congratulations. You got post no.252

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#257 15-10-2014 1:19am
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That Noreen Bowden one who was on with sean o'rourke this morning seems to be a major crank, here is the guff she was writting about the mw shutdown back in 08 http://www.globalirish.ie/2008/ean-press-release-on-rte-medium-wave-shutdown/

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#258 15-10-2014 10:57am
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"FM requires retuning as one travels through the country, which is the type of distraction that has been a proven factor in car accidents."

She's right. FM should be banned completely to cut the carnage on our roads!

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#259 15-10-2014 11:34am
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Word on twitter is they are kicking the closedown date forward to January 19th. Strange.

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#260 15-10-2014 11:38am
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

That Noreen Bowden one who was on with sean o'rourke this morning seems to be a major crank, here is the guff she was writting about the mw shutdown back in 08 http://www.globalirish.ie/2008/ean-press-release-on-rte-medium-wave-shutdown/

This one is my favourite:

People with limited vision – the FM dial is cluttered with stations. Tuning RTE in on MW is simple.

Very hard to take her seriously after that.

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#261 15-10-2014 12:43pm
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Now that rte have strangely given in to a few complaints (probably all from cranks) and postponed the switch off untill January 19th, What can they really do in that time ? Put R1 on freeview ? give aid to irish oaps in uk to install freesat ? give aid to them to buy a smartphone ?

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#262 15-10-2014 2:30pm
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Funnily enough RTE also postponed the date of launching R1 on 252 a number of times over a decade ago http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=113296

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#263 15-10-2014 3:09pm
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

Now that rte have strangely given in to a few complaints (probably all from cranks) and postponed the switch off untill January 19th, What can they really do in that time ? Put R1 on freeview ? give aid to irish oaps in uk to install freesat ? give aid to them to buy a smartphone ?

Why does it seem to bother you that RTÉ have decided to extend the life of its 252 service?
You're obviously not affected, but there are a number of Irish radio listeners in NI, GB, parts of Europe that are .. so long live 252 (if you ask me).

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#264 15-10-2014 3:30pm
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twinklerunner wrote: »

Why does it seem to bother you that RTE

Because i am a tv licence payer.

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#265 15-10-2014 4:07pm
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

Because i am a tv licence payer.

So am I. I used to do a lot off commuting north a and south of the border. 252 worked very well for that purpose even in city center Belfast. Otherwise it was BBC.

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#266 15-10-2014 5:08pm
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252 LW switch off postponed to at least January. ..

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#267 15-10-2014 5:10pm
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Infoanon wrote: »

252 LW switch off postponed to at least January. ..

from The IT http://tinyurl.com/p5xcnbe

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#268 15-10-2014 8:41pm
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Well watch your T. V. then!

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#269 16-10-2014 5:34pm
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Cork_chick_94 wrote: »

Because i am a tv licence payer.

Cheerio, closed account.

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#270 16-10-2014 7:35pm
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Infoanon wrote: »

252 LW switch off postponed to at least January. ..

Hopefully this will be quietly dropped come January, it's obviously been greatly underestimated just how popular this service actually is.

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#271 18-10-2014 3:19am
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Looking at the University of Twente WebSDR tonight and it seems as if Algeria is back on 252, although the interference isn't too bad. What makes listening difficult is carriers on 248 and 249kHz causing whistles, anyone else pick these up?

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