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the county of Finnmark.
Stage one of this plan was completed in spring 2000 with the old 675 kHz
tx at Bodo being replaced by a new 20 kW unit on the island of Rost
improving reception along the northwestern coast, and since 1st October
2000 Ingoy has improved the coverage of the Barents Sea immensely. Ingoy
Kringkaster provides a daytime signal almost reaching Spitsbergen.
(Spitsbergen has its own mediumwave tx on 1485 kHz).
The usage of 153 kHz elsewhere in Europe and Asia will naturally affect
reception possibilities of Ingoy in these areas, but a good antenna and a
fair portion of luck could bring unexpected results! The lack of longwave
broadcasting in North America should make it possible to receive the
signal at least along the east coast of Canada and the USA.
(July MW Nx via dxld June 30)
Is NRK doing anything to mark the imminent passing of 1314 kHz? Or will it
just be switched off mid-programme? I can't find anything on the website
but then I can't read Norwegian!
(Steve Whitt-UK, MWC June 30)
1314: OVER AND OUT The Kvitsoy station stopped its txions of NRK
programming on 1314 kHz at 2200 UT, i.e. local midnight; actually they
switched off the txs when the new day was already a few seconds old. Not
any annt or even special programming, just the regular P1, with SBG
coverage until 2100 and a country mx show after the 2100 news. Wonder if
really nobody cared or if rather management had verboten to do something.
(Kai Ludwig-D, dxld June 30)
1314 *Kvitsoy-Tower* is the name for the aerial tower of the 1200 kiloWatt
tx of the broadcasting company of Norway for the freq 1314 kHz, which was
built in 1981 /82 Kvitsoy-Tower is 117.5 metres high, free standing, and
constructed of a grounded steel framework.
Horizontal crossbars are located at its top and at a height of 67.5 metres
above ground to support the cables for a medium wave aerial, which are
strung // to the tower. The vertical cables hanging from the lower
crossbar are fixed to the ground with anchors.
The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK switched off the Kvitsoy tx at 22:00
UTC on Friday June 30th 2006.
Kvitsoy-Tower
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Radio masts at Kvitsoy (Kvitsoy), Norway
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Radio masts at Kvitsoy (Kvitsoy
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(via Robert Wilkner-USA, DXplorer July 1)
Re: Kvitsoe mediumwave tower.
Sorry Bob, Wikipedia sites show only Kvitsoe SW antenna pictures, curtain
array on the left, and the removable antenna on the right side.
1314 Kvitsoe MW mast on the seaside you can see on the website of Bernd
Waniewski, an engineer belonging to Transradio (formerly TELEFUNKEN)
Berlin company.