{"id":28450,"date":"2017-09-22T07:53:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T11:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28450"},"modified":"2017-09-22T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T11:53:36","slug":"1296-khz-help-andy-identify-this-1970s80s-mediumwave-broadcaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/1296-khz-help-andy-identify-this-1970s80s-mediumwave-broadcaster\/","title":{"rendered":"1296 kHz: Help Andy identify this 1970s\/80s mediumwave broadcaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Andy (G0FTD), who writes:<\/p>\n

Back in the 1970’s, there was a rather strange medium wave transmitter on
\n1296Khz. Originally I think it was in Sussex, and then changed to Orfordness
\nin Suffolk UK.<\/p>\n

It was a weird thing.<\/p>\n

I think it was “owned” by the UK’s Diplomatic Wireless Service, not the BBC.<\/p>\n

It seemed to be fairly random in its transmissions, and often sent the letter
\nV in a strange bong-bong-bong-BONG! loops for hours.<\/p>\n

Programmes were English by Radio, and a seemingly random mix the BBC World
\nService, and BBC Radio 1 (I think).<\/p>\n

It slso had a creepy signature tune for the English by Radio programme,
\nand the modulation had an odd tinge to to it, like it was slightly over modulated.<\/p>\n

At some time (the 80’s), I think it’s QTH changed, and the pause between the
\nletter V being sent was shortened from about 3 seconds to 1 second.<\/p>\n

I understand that it had a sharp antenna beam, towards easter Europe, and
\nwas not widely heard in the UK. Those of us that lived in the south east
\nof the UK could of course hear it off the back of it’s beam.<\/p>\n

I’ve never ever seen it mentioned on any radio forums, no archive recordings
\nseem to exist of these creepy English by Radio them tunes or programmes,
\nor any off air recordings.<\/p>\n

Saying that, I did come across a studio copy of the interval signal, but no
\ndetails about it. (But I knew what it was).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/uk-1296khz-english-by-radio-interval-signal.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to download MP3.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sometime about 1995 I think it might have been mothballed, and lays ready
\nfor possible future use should there be a need to by the DWS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you can help Andy identify, or at least provide more information about this station, please comment! I would love to know about this broadcast service myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andy (G0FTD), who writes: Back in the 1970’s, there was a rather strange medium wave transmitter on 1296Khz. Originally I think it was in Sussex, and then changed to Orfordness in Suffolk UK. It was a weird thing. I think it was “owned” by the UK’s Diplomatic Wireless Service, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3,305],"tags":[6520,6521,4099],"class_list":["post-28450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-1296-khz","tag-diplomatic-wireless-service","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7oS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26201,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/radio-caroline-to-broadcast-on-648-khz-mediumwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":28450,"position":0},"title":"Radio Caroline to broadcast on 648 kHz mediumwave","author":"Thomas","date":"June 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC and Mike Terry) Caroline to be on 648 kHz with 1 kW ERP We can now announce that our AM frequency will be 648 kHz with a power of 1000 watts. 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