Medium Wave Transmitters Europe

Mw dx short for mediumwave dxing is the hobby of receiving distant mediumwave known as am in north america radio stations.

Medium wave transmitters europe.

25 rne radio 5. Most broadcasters worldwide have been using medium wave and shortwave bands for free to air broadcasting for years. This page provides a frequency listing of lw transmitters in europe africa and asia with links to station s websites and maps of transmitter locations. Medium wave is the original radio broadcasting band in use since the early 1920 s.

Radio 4 boasts a clutch of medium wave transmitters but its prize possession remains its powerful 198 long wave transmitter beaming out from an antenna slung from the 700 high masts at droitwich. Typically it s used by stations serving a local or regional audience. However the nature of the lower frequencies 530 1710 khz used by mediumwave radio stations is very much different from that of the vhf and uhf bands used by fm and. Mw dx is similar to tv and fm dx in that broadcast band bcb stations are the reception targets.

The long wave broadcasters are located in western northern central and southeastern europe the former soviet union mongolia algeria and morocco. This is an incomplete list of medium wave transmitters in europe. Typically a larger geographic area can be covered by a long wave broadcast transmitter compared to a medium wave one. The bbc says it is closing a further 18 medium wave transmitters across england scotland and wales in the next stage of its plan to cut costs services being closed range from bbc radio solent s.

Frequency khz transmitter site power kw transmission aerial program mode of transmission 531 akraberg. 25 rne radio 5 pamplona. Medium wave transmitters deliver excellent coverage for long distances as the signal propagation is along the earth s surface. The closure of that would be for the bbc what the poll tax was for maggie.

This page provides a frequency listing of mw transmitters in the united kingdom with links to station s websites and maps of transmitter locations. The term is a historic one dating from the early 20th century when the radio spectrum was divided on the basis of the wavelength of the waves into long wave lw medium wave and short wave sw radio bands. Freq station name transmitter site power watts 153. Don t mess with middle england.

I ve compiled this list from a variety of sources including the medium wave circle and my own observations. Longwave is used for broadcasting only within itu region 1. 10 rne radio 5. Many countries in europe have switched off their mw transmitters since the 2010s.

Shortwave and medium wave broadcast bands can cover large areas.