BANDSCAN THREAD

Nova was on 819 kHz for years, Q would later use 819. After the raids Nova switched to 828 on a low power TX in part to avoid interference from BBC on 810.

819 was abandoned after a morning of testing Exidy on 738 when it became very apparent that the two TXs/Frequencies could not operate alongside each other without very expensive modifications to the aerial system.

Was there splatter, Nova ,as one of the first to use an AM optimod was 'loud' and in Chris Carys words 'we're not great neighbours ' ....

I think it was Ger Roe who wrote on these pages a while back that the '5kw' was in fact an US post office unit never intended for audio broadcast use. I also read somewhere that the unit was capable of 10kw but I am not sure if that's true - most stations exaggerated their power.

The replacement 1188 following the Jan'89 was a decent TX (audio wise) being the ex LLCR / Capital 1035 TX

I don't know why Radio Dublin changed frequency ,however some background:

Radio Dublin were on 98.8 and circa late '85 a second TX came on from Tallaght on 105.4 ish.

Going above 104 was avoided prior to '85 , TV interference ,risk of aircraft interference, the occasional broadcast from the Police and the fact that some radios did not go above 104 VHF (!) all contributory factors .

Late '85 saw the two Southside on 104.7 and 106.0 proving it was possible Radio Dublin started on 105.4 and shortly afterwards Radio Dublin suffered from interference on their link to 105.4 , this probably led to Radio Dublin moving the Inchicore TX to 105 and remaining there until December '88.

@BMG you mentioned Diamond 106 earlier ,they put a second TX on 99.1 , it played havoc to Boyneside as it was their link frequency, indicative that moving lock stock and barrell to 105 was a good early move

didn’t Radio Dublin hop onto the defunct Cebtury frequency straight away? They got a free piggyback on the Cablelink as a result (Cablelink were relying Century on their network).

Century was on 100.3 in Dublin , it's Cable relay was on 101.1??

When Century closed another station did hop onto 100.3 but it wasn't Radio Dublin. Caroline from Sutton maybe ??

There was talk of a quick return of Century and 100.3 was abandoned.

I don't think Radio Dublin was ever on 100.3 ,open to correction,there are logs somewhere ! , 100.5 is the frequency alongside 100.00 iirc , what was relayed on cable was a weak splattery signal.

A few years later the Cable system developed a 'fault ' which caused interference to many pirate stations in Dublin....

I can’t really remember radio Dublin being on cablelink. But when century closed down radio Dublin did put a TX on 100.3. The 1143 AM for century based at the sands hotel was left turned on for many weeks, so radio Dublin were on 1143 and 1188 at the time. As the AM for century was just a relay from the FM.

I found a log and Oops , Radio Dublin did use 100.3 but it was ,to coin a phrase 'a pea shooter'.

They could have switched the main transmitter to 100.3 and got relayed on Cablelink but they didn't.

It was suggested to them.....

Joe in an interview many years later made some lose reference to being relayed on the cable service being a reason for being raided but as I said in an earlier posting it was a semi audible / splatter filled relay.

1278 AM was used by a temp station (Choice ?) back in the day and the TX came on air the following week linking off FM , didn't take long for a station (Sonic?) to get an AM relay.

I hadn't heard the story about someone getting a free ride on 1278kHz after the temporary service, CHoice FM (that fed it via FM) ceased. How long was it on for?

I understand that 1278 transmitter was at an equestrian centre near Rathfarnham

When would this have been? 1278 was used by Radio 2/2FM from Beaumont for about 20 years.

Are you really certain about this??

Others with an interest in MW DX have no recollection of this happening.

There is absolutely nothing on the DXarchive.com website about such use of 1143kHz. If there was, they would have known!

Something like this might have happened for a very brief time? , but for days, not to mind "many weeks" I do not think so.

For a start the electricity consumption of it was not insignificant, for that reason alone it would have been quickly powered down, if no one was going to be paying for it!

Speaking of MW, there seemed no activity on 12O6 in Dublin last weekend, and I think nothing from it for some weeks now. CoastFM relay from the west of Ireland was on air last Friday night on I5I2kHz, audible at night,

It was before my time but I enjoying the history of pirates in Dublin.

I started out listening on SW (pretty much laser hot hits), wish I was around in the 90s and 80s!

When you speak of cablelink, do you mean a leaky coax was plugged into the cablelink box?

They were on 100.3 BUT the signal was too weak to be relayed.

Are you saying the two TXs from Sunshine , one being used for Century (531 iirc) ended up with Radio Dublin ?? How / Why would that be allowed happen ?

The AM that they had was the ex LLCR/ Capital rig which was donated , but another two TXs in the garden ??

This sounds more like the poor demise of Novas 50kw rig.