Radio in Ireland and the UK.

[Kevin Vahey]

I did some research today and it appears they lowered power when the
Soviet Union collapsed.

They also had a monster transmitter on the same frequency in the
former East Germany.



On 11/10/08, Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org> wrote:
> <<On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:25:28 -0600, "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>
> said:
>
>> I recall the Soviet Union has a monster signal up around 1400 that
>> could be heard clearly in Ireland. I was told it transmitted using 2.5
>> million watts. (eek)
>
> There was an article in WRTH about this facility about a decade ago
> (i.e., the last time I bought a WRTH).  It's an electronically
> steerable 12-tower array located outside St. Petersburg.  The actual
> power was fairly low, by European standards -- only 100 or 250 kW.
> But it's a 13-dB antenna!
>
> The transmitter was last used for Voice of Russia broadcasts to
> Scandinavia, if I remember correctly.
>
> -GAWollman
>
> PS: Greetings from North Hollywood!
>