whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

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whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by radionortheast » Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:07 pm

I just plugged in my aerial and i'm getting it weak here, tony blackburn is on air playing soul man!

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by pirateaddict » Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:37 pm

I have no idea..Can't get it here..could it be an i-trip? Have you been to the top of a hill to find which direction it's coming from? I'm sure someone will know something about it somewhere..

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by radionortheast » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:22 pm

i think its too weak for going to a big hill it only comes in on my best tuner with my outdoor aerial!..I don't think its anyone with an i-trip can't be sure. I have read about it been relayed in other areas of the country in the past, someone relaying it some where, I doubt its coming from the north pretty much rule that out, since theres nothing up there but sheep :D

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Post by pirateaddict » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:40 pm

Yeah I've read of relays too..Can't even remember where in the country it was tbh..

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by bristolpirates » Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:31 pm

A bit West of you guys I think, but something along the lines of what you've heard about people relaying...

http://skywavesdx.org/viewtopic.php?f=2 ... t=offshore

There are people doing little relays of net stations and so on all over the place, but might only be on for a couple of hours a day.

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by bristolpirates » Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:37 am

bristolpirates wrote:A bit West of you guys
South West I meant.

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by radionortheast » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:10 pm

i’ve looked at that forum, can’t find any reference lately, there was a relay near norwich, it dose seem to come in weak without any change in signal, perhaps if theres one of them global tuners round there someone could try it!?

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Post by bristolpirates » Thu Mar 10, 2016 5:53 pm

radionortheast wrote:i’ve looked at that forum, can’t find any reference lately, there was a relay near norwich, it dose seem to come in weak without any change in signal, perhaps if theres one of them global tuners round there someone could try it!?
Closest one would be Kingston upon Hull - http://www.globaltuners.com/receiver/33 ... -upon-Hull


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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by SundayGroover » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:10 pm

I get the 107.5 one here in Suffolk - very weak.

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Post by radionortheast » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:21 am

Thanks! never would of thought to look on there, explains why the signal never varies, it must be on low power, i've not that far from wakefield, wakefield is abit down in a hole.

I went out few weeks ago with personal radio, but heard nothing but rte now and again, very interesting.

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Post by Albert H » Sun Apr 17, 2016 3:28 pm

Interesting that the "Sunday Groover" can hear the 107.5MHz in Suffolk. He must be up a good hill!

If it's the rig that I think it is, it's coming from >110 miles to the west(ish) of Ipswich! The guy playing around with a little 80 Watt rig used Caroline off the 'net as a test source of non-irritating content!
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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by SundayGroover » Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:43 pm

Albert H wrote:He must be up a good hill!
Far from it, the flat fenlands are just up the road!
I was led to believe it was/is a low powered relay from a town about 5 miles North of here.

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Post by Albert H » Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:45 am

If it is that local to you, then it's not the guy in the Midlands who was trying out a portable 80 Watt rig.
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Post by SundayGroover » Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:22 pm

Albert H wrote:If it is that local to you, then it's not the guy in the Midlands who was trying out a portable 80 Watt rig.
Nope, it's just a local relay to me - been going solid for months.

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by Albert H » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:59 pm

There's also a Medium Wave transmitter down in Thanet that carries Caroline. It goes a few miles!
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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by Uksoundz » Mon May 09, 2016 5:56 pm

It's on 24/7 very low power (maybe cheap Chinese rig) and heard around J40 M1 for around a mile before vanishing!

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Re: whos transmitting radio caroline on 87.8?

Post by radionortheast » Tue May 10, 2016 10:07 am

must of taken a battering off innova8

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