09-10-2016, 12:11 PM
(08-10-2016, 07:25 PM)Murphyv310 Wrote: Made up a very simple pantry transmitter using a 1566Khz Crystal ...Interesting choice of frequency, Trevor.
I note that you've managed to find a crystal that is an exact multiple of 9kHz - a rare find unless you had it cut specially - but it is also the modern equivalent of the frequency of the first European pirate radio station: the Dutch pirate Radio Veronica (1562kHz/192m) - before WARC '79 there were some 8kHz channels crammed in at the HF end of the MW band.
Transmitters in the upper, white, section were stations authorised under the Copenhagen plan; those in the shaded area, including Caroline & Veronica, of course, were unauthorised stations.
It is alleged that a girl friend of Ronan O'Reilly told him about Radio Veronica and that was the inspiration behind Radio Caroline (Veronica started 5 years before Caroline in 1959)
