Czech Republic
270 Czech longwave Topolna
A reminder that
there are just two weeks left for you to listen to the Czech Republic on
longwave, as it is marked for closure at the end of February. The ending of
transmissions on 270 will leave a completely empty
channel across Europe,
presumably for the first time on either longwave or mediumwave since the
early days of radio.
Recently, I've noticed that they cut the transmitter
for its overnight break without ceremony either at exactly 2300 (sometimes on
the very last pip) and sometimes in the middle of the 2300 news. I don't know
which
sounds more unprofessional!
Running on reduced power, it is now
"only" 650 kW rather than 1.5 MW. The directional pattern - WNW-ESE - puts
the UK in the best part of the beam, so an easy listen here on a portable in
these winter evenings.
(Chris Greenway-UK, BrDXC-UK ng Febr 14/WWDXC Top Nx 1151)