Over the course of Folkestone Triennial, ‘Love (Warbler Remix)’ has been broadcasting internationally on analogue shortwave radio to places along the Love Warbler’s migration flyway.
The final broadcast goes out this Saturday 20 September, transmitting over Southeastern Africa. Tune in to hear the Love Warbler singing from the Lade Pits Sound Mirrors in Dungeness at 19.00 UTC on 9500 kHz.
Shortwave really is an incredible technology, allowing for long distance transmissions. Using ‘skywave’ propagation, signals are sent upwards and reflect off layers of charged particles in the ionosphere, returning to earth beyond the horizon, meaning shortwave radio can transmit across oceans and continents. With the emergence of satellite and digital radio, its rapidly becoming obsolete, so its been such an amazing opportunity to experiment with this form, and I’m so grateful to the radio wizards at Encompass who’ve been relaying the broadcast from Woofferton – the last remaining shortwave radio broadcasting site in the U.K.
Thank you to everyone who has tuned in so far from around the world, and to all who have sent messages and recorded video/audio clips – I’ll edit some of these together and share soon.
[referring to Instagram illustrations:]
The first slide depicts the song territories where the frequency of the final transmission will be strongest ~~~~~ Malawi > Zambia > Mozambique > Zimbabwe > South Africa
The final slide shows the song territories of the full flyway! ~~~ British Isles > France > Switzerland > Italy > Slovenia > Croatia > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Montenegro > Albania > North Macedonia > Bulgaria > Greece > Turkey > Syria > Lebanon > Palestine > Jordan > Saudi Arabia > Eritrea > Ethiopia > Kenya > Tanzania > Malawi > Zambia > Mozambique > Zimbabwe > South Africa
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(Hanna Tuulikki @hanna_tuulikki on Instagram)
(A Pennington/BDXC)
