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newlite4 · 15th May 2021, 11:41 am

I listen to BBC R5L on 909 daily (when the band is free of hash) and when out and about on my bike or when on a walk, I would miss it if it went as it is not on FM and I would soon use up the batteries when using a DAB portable when out and about.
I was listening to my Larkspur R209 in bed this morning and as the set only goes down to 1Meg I had to tune into BBC Radio Gloucestershire which came over very clearly on the internal 14' aerial.
To keep MW going, there does seem to be a very good selection of overseas stations to keep the band busy, I will just have to learn to speak Spanish

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Neil

15th May 2021, 11:41 am	#135
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,805	Re: Medium Wave Transmitter Closures. I listen to BBC R5L on 909 daily (when the band is free of hash) and when out and about on my bike or when on a walk, I would miss it if it went as it is not on FM and I would soon use up the batteries when using a DAB portable when out and about. I was listening to my Larkspur R209 in bed this morning and as the set only goes down to 1Meg I had to tune into BBC Radio Gloucestershire which came over very clearly on the internal 14' aerial. To keep MW going, there does seem to be a very good selection of overseas stations to keep the band busy, I will just have to learn to speak Spanish . Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.