Yesterday, around 17:30UTC, the Danish long wave transmitter ‘Kalundborg’ stopped transmitting after 96years of service.
The MW transmitter was taken down and the tower was demolished 10 years ago, but the LW was kept operational at 50kW TX PWR, until yesterday.
An end of an era of almost 100 years AM broadcast in Denmark.
Driving to my friends New Year’s party, I listened to it in my car. Quality was amazing - I don’t think people of today realize how well this actually worked given the simplicity 🎵🙂
As an RF and radio enthusiast this was an emotional moment - I’m sure some of you will understand 🥲
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@oz1lqo I understand exactly. I'm looking forward to July and the next Night of Nights when shore station KPH comes alive again for one night.
And yes, proper AM radio, produced by analog transmitters, received on an analog radio sounds fabulous. It was this that originally got me into radio in the late 1950s.
