On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:22:30 -0800, RHF wrote:

On Dec 13, 10:26 am, Alex wrote:
Is shortwave airtime now so cheap that these kooks can hire hourly blocks
on such huge transmitters?

Just heard WYFR on Skelton and was shocked - nice audio for sampling for
dance music, though - sounds like the same chap the Orb sampled for
Adventures beyond the Ultraworld (1700-1800 on 3955).

Skelton Transmitting Station (BBC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelton_transmitter

VT {Merlin} Communications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT_Communications

Skelton Map
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.73...0533,-2.879802
.

Thanks RHF.

Still think it's nuts that the former BBC WS transmitter is for rent at
"the lowest price".

The Wikipedia artice says it's the succesor to Rugby - however as I
believe at least MSF is now sent from Anthorn (or is that the same thing?).

From frequent London-Bham travel I see the Rugby antennas are still up (at
least they were a year or two ago) - are any buyers popping up or will
this historic site end up as copper scrap? I bet a few LF amateurs would
*love* to hook up to that antenna for a bit of DX!

Alex