Sam Russell wrote: » MW is more efficient for a hetrodyne (if I recall correctly) as it has more selectivity. Also, MW is quite empty now. LW has a skip distance that means it is not great in London. (again iirc).
marno21 wrote: » Not a chance. Turning off FM is a pointless waste of time. The alternatives offer no real advantage over FM to make people switch, and the relieved spectrum doesn't offer the same dividends that the UHF band did.
Deleted User wrote: » The same level of interference will interfere with MW, especially in a hospital with all the electrical interference from electronic devices.
The Parish Priest. wrote: » There is as much chance of Val Joyce returning to late date than there is of RTE resuming medium wave transmission:D
[Deleted User] wrote: » The same level of interference will interfere with MW, especially in a hospital with all the electrical interference from electronic devices. One problem though with 252 is the power has been turned down so much that even if you tune in for most web sdr receivers in the U.K it's practically wiped out and they won't change the frequency because they want people to have these problems.
Sam Russell wrote: » I tried to tune a radio to listen to LW in a hospital for an elderly patient. I failed because of the level of interference. (He wanted to listen to BBC R4 - but the same problem existed for RTE 1 LW). A return the MW makes a lot of sense since MW has been largely vacated.
The Cush wrote: » No problems there, the DFA are actively involved with this - https://www.dfa.ie/news-and-media/press-releases/press-release-archive/2017/march/minister-mchugh-rte-irish-in-britain/
Elmo wrote: » Section103 of the broadcasting act relates to both TV and Radio. RTÉ cannot unilaterally close LW nor can they set up a new service aim at Ex-pats without government permission, they must inform the Dept of comms who can sit on it for 5 years.
Mickey Mike wrote: » I could feel in my heart FM could get the axe in the next 10 years, as most other countries would have gone ahead, I hope it will be replaced with DAB+, I'm not a fan of Internet radio.
kazoo106 wrote: » Why is it that people in this country want to re-invent the wheel and fix what isn't broken? The Tunein portal was down this week for over a day, while as I post this, the Meteor data network appears down across large parts. Need I say any more with regard to streaming as a primary service?
Elmo wrote: » Under the act I don't think it makes a difference
The Parish Priest. wrote: » An old post on this website by user "Infoanon" claims that an offer was made to take over 567 but that it was point blank refused by RTE.
The Parish Priest. wrote: » Not at all. RTE Radio doesn't have the same shackles as television, shackles that were only placed on RTE television thanks to lobbying by tv3
Deleted User wrote: » RTE should rent out the LW and even the MW transmitter , I wounder have they even thought about that ?
marno21 wrote: » RTE have full control over their transmission infrastructure and uptime if they are on LW. They can't guarantee that with the Internet given the number of variables involved.
The Parish Priest. wrote: » Even if 252 finally does close in 2019, the campaigners have played a very good game in fairness, 2019 will be 6 years since RTE first wanted to close it and 17 years since Teamtalk 252 closed, I don't think many people would have imagined that lw transmission from Clarkstown would live on for almost 2 decades after the sudden demise of teamtalk 252
Former Former wrote: » I would imagine the failure of a single obsolete piece of equipment in a field in Meath is a lot more likely than the failure of the Internet. And if the Internet does fail, the unavailability of Radio 1 Extra will be pretty low down the list of things to worry about.
Elmo wrote: » Was thinking about this. Would the minister have approve of the ending of LW under the Broadcasting act and now to any new service from RTÉ.
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