tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post7603276668798550005..comments2024-03-26T23:12:14.323+00:00Comments on Shortwave DX blog: Radio OFCOM returnsuk dxerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16914337005866804699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post-33434159605383395302013-01-25T23:35:44.934+00:002013-01-25T23:35:44.934+00:00Glad you like the blog ... there's still plent...Glad you like the blog ... there's still plenty to listen to on shortwave!!! Some interesting views Tez.uk dxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914337005866804699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28488709.post-55084380618689785292013-01-25T07:40:56.689+00:002013-01-25T07:40:56.689+00:00Thank you for sharing this information. The forme...Thank you for sharing this information. The former head of my local (legal) community radio station told us that OFCOM's intention with these broadcasts on 87.9 was also to interfere with free radio operators in the lower part of the FM Band. If this is the case, then, as a transmitter engineer told me, the regulator is demonstrating an ignorance of the dynamics of VHF operations: an FM signal will not cause interference in the same way that an AM co-channel signal would. <br /><br />There are also serious procedural issues with this presence. Regardless of one's opinion on FM pirate radio in the London area, OFCOM have managed to grant themselves a license to operate their own service. This confuses the role of broadcast licensing body and broadcasters themselves. In principle, it would be the same if (say) the government granted itself a license to transmit its own propaganda. OFCOM have (quite rightly, in my opinion), intervened to stop propaganda transmissions from Iran's Press-TV and similar broadcasters - but it begs the question why they are then setting up their own opinion mouthpiece. <br /><br />Keep up the great work with the SW Pirate DX Blog. It's worth visiting every day. And great to see that SW Free Radio is flourishing. <br /><br />TezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com