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Listening To RTE Long Wave 252 On U.K Holiday

  • 21-08-2018 10:31pm
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    I'm currently on my last night in the U.K on holidays, took the Boys to the Drayton Manor to see Thomas the Tank Engine in Tamworth and RTE 252 blasted clearly all the way from Fishguard, I was very impressed with the quality of the signal all the way, with the exception of the car park at Ash End House Children's Farm which is well worth a visit, anyway there was a hell of a electrical transmission line there, I never say the likes of the amount of cables on one pylon ! that's the only time LW 252 had difficulty, even when local FM stations died in the sticks 252 blasted through clearly even more than some local (ish) MW stations which are most likely running much less power.

    Anyway, it's a shame LW 252 will be no more soon, it was a pleasure hearing it all over Wales and even in Birmingham in the middle of the City it was clearly heard in the car.

    I'm in the Guest House/Hotel now listening to some MW stations very clearly, it's a pleasure to hear MW signals so plentiful and clear with such choice in music and best of all , you can hear them in the middle of nowhere in the car as you drive along and it's good I had the good sense to download the section of google maps I needed for my trip because the 3G signal is crap in a lot of the sticks and streaming RTE would have been impossible in a lot of places.

    I find a good strong MW station a lot more listenable than a highly compressed DAB signal from RTE, perhaps it's due to the fact our ears are Analogue at the end of the day.

    I wish we had a lot more MW stations in Ireland , free from the internet, playing enjoyable to listen to music that is not allowed by law at certain times of the day as part of highly restrictive regulator on FM, it's a joke. I don't think MW is as restrictive at all and it's a shame we do not at least have RTE Gold on MW.

    I'm glad I got the opportunity to hear LW 252 so far from Home in such clarity before the signal is lost forever until the end of time, this will be a sad day !


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