18-02-2024, 08:18 PM
(18-02-2024, 10:33 AM)i.h Wrote: I suppose the question is whether the BBC is going to continue to feed the transmitter. Wasn't it France where an LW transmitter played a similar role, but just carried silence once the broadcaster washed its hands of it.
Given the BBC often pleads poverty it probably wouldn't be a good look to keep it running for the benefit of the privatised energy industry - It would make sense for that sector to cover the running costs for the extended period, whether the BBC feeds audio to it or not.
As official confirmation that *something* is going to continue - the ENA website says March 2025 also www.energynetworks.org
The old France Inter frequency of 162kHz LW still has a carrier on it, to control radio controlled clocks. France Inter left 162kHz in 2017 I believe…… the transmitter is now called ALS162.