Radio Caroline

[oldgit]

Moored in Chatham mid 1980s ?

 

[tillergirl]

Nice.

They have moved the mast! This in 2020

P1050271 by Roger Gaspar, on Flickr

 

[oldgit]

Good signal on 648 MW over all of Kent.

 

[johnalison]

I think this is her moored in the Thames Estuary in 1983.

 

[Poignard]

Reminds me of a film we enjoyed: "The Ship That Rocked".

 

[westernman]

Reminds me of a film we enjoyed: "The Ship That Rocked".

I think you mean "The Boat that Rocked".

 

[Poignard]

I think you mean "The Boat that Rocked".

That was it!

 

[westernman]

That was it!

Poor story line, cheap production but thoroughly enjoyable.

 

[Poignard]

Poor story line, cheap production but thoroughly enjoyable.

Like most of the rubbish we watch!

 

[michael_w]

My favorite radio station. Excellent signal via their app. No rap and wannabe boy bands.

 

[PeterWright]

Hi Michael,

With your tastes in music, you must be about as young as me!

Thanks for the job on Wild Thyme's gas system.

Peter.

 

[oldgit]

Do enjoy the "listeners" top 15 ?.
The chance to hear stuff you will never hear anywhere else on your radio/streamer or crystal set ..

 

[xyachtdave]

Do enjoy the "listeners" top 15 ?.
The chance to hear stuff you will never hear anywhere else on your radio/streamer or crystal set ..

…or your wireless!

 

[ProDave]

There is a lot about the Ross Revenge to be found on line. I think she got turfed out of Chatham due to insurance and liability concerns.

The original radio mast blew down in a gale, the present one is the replacement.

They are currently fundraising to get her into dry dock and some expected hull re plating needed.

Radio Caroline is what we mostly listen to at home. Good music, not much chatter, and only a short advert break every half hour. I have a Rasbery Pi set up as a music box to stream from the internet (it can also play stored music on it's memory card and a few other tricks)

My only regret is I can't get it in the car. I could stream it from the phone app but I found whenever it swaps from one mobile mast to another the app pauses and you have to push the button to re start it. So that is a dead loss on the move, only of use if you are stationary.

 

[michael_w]

I stream Radio Caroline via their app when I'm driving and haven't had problems with the signal dropping out.

 

[oldgit]

My car radios both receive MW.

 

[michael_w]

The AM signal is broadcast from Orford Ness, using one of BBC World Service's transmitter and frequency.

 

[Seashoreman]

The AM signal is broadcast from Orford Ness, using one of BBC World Service's transmitter and frequency.

I used to occasionally get the World Service on an old-fashioned dial telephone when we lived in Thorpeness.
Only a couple of miles away from these aerials.

 

[ProDave]

The AM signal is broadcast from Orford Ness, using one of BBC World Service's transmitter and frequency.

Too far away up here, except late on a dark night, then it fades in and out like Radio Luxembourg used to when I was a lad.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Too far away up here, except late on a dark night, then it fades in and out like Radio Luxembourg used to when I was a lad.

Try the Radioplayer app' on your phone Dave.