MAR 567 AM & 105 FM - 4th/5th August 2012 - Discussion by thread

MAR Merseyland Alternative Radio is a UK based, free landbased pirate radio station.

**New frequency alert**
You can find us this weekend on 567 Khz AM (529 metres medium wave) and 105 FM.

Our web streams can be found at; http://www.mar.me.uk
We have three streams. One is available at 64kbps. Another is available in superb quality AAC+ at 64kbps. Our third stream is for mobile devices at 32kbps.

Here is the MAR station line up for this weekend. (schedule is subject to change);

Saturday 4th August 2012

Now: Pre-broadcast test transmissions
16:00 The Wonderful World of Nick Catford
18:00 Paul Jay Today
20:00 Dave Rogers Flashback Show
22:00 Rodger Dee Pirate Lock-in
01:30 Closedown. Followed by today's programmes repeated on AM & the stream.

Sunday 5th August 2012

10:00 Tony Hayes Lie-in
12:00 John Freeman's Clutter-Free
14:00 Dave Rogers Flashback Show
16:00 Hammie Hamster
18:00 Paul Jay Today
20:00 Lee Morrison's Progressive Rock & Beyond
22:00 Rodger Dee and Jackie Frost Rock Show
01:00 Closedown. Followed by today's programmes repeated on AM & the stream.

Contact us for requests, dedications and reception reports;
Email - mar(at)rock.com
Text - 07504 464678
Sign our Guestbook or send us a Shout via our web sites.

Happy listening!
MAR krew

streaming, Sunday 05 August 2012 (Event), UK, Test Transmissions, Signs, Listeners

From: "Gary Phillips MAR"

New frequency alert
You can find us this weekend on 567 Khz AM (529 metres medium wave) and
105 FM.

567 barely audible in my part of Merseyside.

Why the sudden move to a very low frequency channel for MAR ?
If you get good reports , then all well and good , but it's unlikely the sort of small back garden type antenna you must be using would give good results at such a low frequency. Good luch with the experiments though and be sure to let us know how far it gets :-)

try night time, could be better propogation.

From: Simon Crees

Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 3:30 PM

To: Anorak Nation

Subject: Re: [Anorak Nation] MAR 567 AM & 105 FM - 4th/5th August 2012

Why the sudden move to a very low frequency channel for MAR ?
If you get good reports , then all well and good , but it's unlikely the sort of small back garden type antenna you must be using would give good results at such a low frequency. Good luch with the experiments though and be sure to let us know how far it gets :-)

Simon Crees <(Address removed)> said:

Why the sudden move to a very low frequency channel for MAR ?
If you get good reports , then all well and good , but it's unlikely the
sort of small back garden type antenna you must be using would give good
results at such a low frequency. Good luch with the experiments though
and be sure to let us know how far it gets :-)

We are trying to find an optimum frequency that a lot people can hear us.

Today we had a reception report from Southern Ireland. This was from a listener who last heard our AM we where on 1386, which is a couple years ago. Also a regular listener in Blackpool said 567 is better than 1584 by him. It is blasting out in the centre of Liverpool today on my little Eaton with no blank places

We will be trying different frequencies over the next few weeks I think.

liverpool (City)

Thanks for the comments Jackie. Sounds like it has been successfull then. In your area , i'm not sure you will find a better channel at the bottom end of medium wave than 567 KHZ as that should be virtually completely clear , even at night time. There is little chance of a reception report from where i am in the south east as we have Spectrum radio from London on 558 KHz which splashes over onto 567. Their signal drops off quite rapidly only a county or so north and east of London though ,so you might get a report from somewhere like Norfolk or Cambridgeshire at night. Well done with keeping the spirit of pirate radio alive in trying something new :-)

London (City), Pirate radio

Simon Crees <(Address removed)> said:

Thanks for the comments Jackie. Sounds like it has been successfull
then. In your area , i'm not sure you will find a better channel at the
bottom end of medium wave than 567 KHZ as that should be virtually
completely clear , even at night time. There is little chance of a
reception report from where i am in the south east as we have Spectrum
radio from London on 558 KHz which splashes over onto 567. Their signal
drops off quite rapidly only a county or so north and east of London
though ,so you might get a report from somewhere like Norfolk or
Cambridgeshire at night. Well done with keeping the spirit of pirate
radio alive in trying something new :-)

Thanks Simon

As soon as I know where we are moving to I'll let everyone know.

We are really pleased with the reports back, with only one local person not being able to get us but I think he lives in a black hole like I do ;)

MAR 567 AM & 105 FM - 4th/5th August 2012