About 40 years ago, the biggest revolution in radio ever to hit the UK happened when the off-shore 'pop pirates' started broadcasting - until they were banned under Wislon's Labour. Argueably the best was Radio London ('Big L') on 266 metres MW. John Peel started his UK career on Big L - and a whole host of music personalities owe a great deal to the exposure he brought them.
Down in the West Country I could just about pick up Radio London in 1965 - with 70 ft of aerial wire draped across the garden plugged into my 'transistor radio' with the 'wave change' lever attached to an external earth. Great days!
Tenuous link - a USAF F-100 pilot once bailed out near the ships and it was the tender which served Radio London which picked him up.
Radio London was sited at N51:47.9 E001:20.55 in a disused US minesweeper 3.5 miles from Frinton just outside the '3 mile limit'.
Last edited by BEagle; 26th Oct 2004 at 14:47.