paulvos wrote:alec wrote:Have you got any 1485 - reception in Eindhoven today ? - how is it in comparison with Seagul (broadcasting from land-based Tx I guess) , Paul ?
Any idea if Marina broadcasts out of the Haarlingen harbour or did JB ship move out into Waddenzee for these tests ?
Hi Alec, sorry I'm not in Eindhoven this weekend, but I'm staying in my Caravan in Beesd (south of Utrecht) The Jenni is in Harlingen harbour. Towards the end of tweaking the 1485, the signal became stronger than 1602, which must be the difference between a mast on land and on a ship in salt water. They use the "new" 15kW TX with reduced power. The audio is smashingly good.
If I am back in Eindhoven before transmission end, I will let you know the results, but I doubt if I get any signal there. Eindhoven is a difficult part of the Netherlands for radio. It's build on sand, while most of the Netherlands has wetter clay.
Beesd is incredible already - as on the plan of the AM-map they hardly should touch Enkhuizen or Lelystad - so I think signal might cross even the German border (for a good radio) and reception at the English coast should be possible with rather good signal (when nulling out BBC).
There you see again what a good antenna and good twisting can do - - was it Peter Chicago's masterpiece ?
So what happens next as these are only test-transmissions ? - will they stay in Haarlingen harbour (I am sure some Greens will bitterly moan...) or will they go out onto de Waddenzee ???
Will R.Waddenzee/Seagul join them on the Tx ? or will the JB become a Radio Marina ship now ??
... Eindhoven built on sand .... hmm,, that could explain the in general poor AM reception we have in Munich - as MUC is built completely on gravel and sand ....
Well , - at the moment I have extremely good FM reception of BigL enjoying SD's show after Paul J's great show
Ps.: Are you there Paul ? : Recreatiecentrum Betuwestrand ?