Radio in Ireland and the UK.

[Scott Fybush]

Sean Smyth wrote:
> On Sun, 11/9/08, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:
>> (I should note that the 1341 kHz service comes from a tower at
>> Lisnagarvey that is apparently the only Blaw-Knox "diamond" tower
>> in western Europe. If your travels take you that way, Garrett and I
>> would both love to see pictures!)
> 
> Figured you would want some photos somewhere along the line. :-)
> Looks like family isn't terribly far away from there -- though when I
> typed Lisnagarvey in Google maps, I got results for Lisbon, N.
> Ireland. Provided the camera gets out of the shop in time and
> provided I find the tower site, it shouldn't be a problem.
> 
> And thanks for the advice! Same for Kevin and Paul. I was expecting
> it to be BBC-dominated, of course, and I will have to check out some
> of the other services. I can listen to News Hour back home if I
> really want to.

I suppose I should drop in the link here to the granddaddy of all 
tower-hunting websites. Mike Brown's efforts in the UK put me and 
Garrett and anyone else on this side of the pond to shame (and he's a 
nice guy, too...)

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/

(Allow several hours - you'll get hooked on this very quickly!)

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