Posted by Mike Terry [ miketerry73@btinternet.com ] on October 20, 2024 at 09:15:29.

In Reply to: Iceland 189 shuts down posted by Mike Terry on October 19, 2024 at 05:38:07.

Radio Magazine Stosnordepluu487 6 01h68g4il 1 4m67h0c h l00mg35a574611gmc0g062t7u · ICELAND: After a failure of its large-wave transmitter in Gufuskálar, RUV has just announced, on October 17, 2024 that the long-wave tower of Gufuskála, the tallest structure in Iceland, has been permanently discontinued. R LesV security programs on the radio will be broadcasted Rásar 2 on the FM distribution system. In recent years, the FM distribution system has been developed and a number of transmitters have been added. Backup power plants have been installed on all major FM transmitters, and backup power needs are met for short periods of time with batteries or portable power plants on the smaller ones. Transmitters have been placed on the upper plates as well as large transmitters at key locations for sailors. In places where the FM distribution system is not reaching, other means of communication must be used, for example via satellite systems such as Starlink. A justified change because very few people in the country now have a radio capable of receiving long waves. There is usually no long wave reception in vehicles, and it has been for a long time. The longwave broadcasting system, including the Gufuskálar mast, is old and reconstruction and other technical improvements to this system would be costly. The Gufuskálar longwave tower is the tallest structure in Iceland, with its height of 412 meters. It was built in 1963 for the British and American LORAN-C positioning system and was taken over by the R ElleV longwave transmitter in 1997. R lV's longwave broadcasts since Eidum had already been silenced last year. Deleting was scheduled, the breakdown just rushes things. www.RadioMagazine.info Facebook page Michel Fremy and Radio Magazine

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