they are back on air now, that was a good few minutes with both AM and the stream silent (although curiously there was hiss on the stream, surely they aren't using an *analogue* link for this in this century?)

#RadioCaroline has lost programme audio altogether and is transmitting dead air now (more likely due to the ropey LTE connectivity across East Anglia - nowadays they use a 15cm LTE antenna hidden in the mast of the Ross Revenge (they aren't allowed to use the TX thats on there and I don't think it works anyway as PTT RCD NL ripped out a lot of the vital parts during the 1990 raid - I think RDI (Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur) literally only returned them last year...

its possible they deliberately increased treble at expense of bass for more range (or because of complaints audio sounded "muddy"), as on my 1990s Coomber schools receiver (100% analogue) I had to turn down treble or else I get hiss/noise from QRM (likely from VDSL/SOGEA line in here)

Some European Communications Ministries (including Ofcom UK and likely RDI NL as well) are allowing full 9 kHz audio bandwidth on AM (increased from 6,3 kHz) once more as compared to 1980s there are way fewer stations on MF (a lot of Northern European commercial stations and even PSBs have stopped using this band - its still used in Southern Europe which is why Caroline can't go to 25 kW or they would interfere with RTVE Spain (MF radio was valuable there during the major power cut)

@nprofile1q... to get a 12 stretch for a *guilty* plea at Crown Court suggests he would have been looking at 15-20 had it gone to full trial, and "previous bad character" may have been considered (there's rather a lot of traffic offences in his previous, as well as other genuinely bad evil stuff).

Should the music business really be rewarding people like this with careers, no matter how talented they are? It doesn't send a very good message to young people to keep them on the right tracks..

>Clarke-Samuel, a father-of-two, had 12 previous convictions for 27 crimes from the age of 16; including robbery, aggravated vehicle taking and driving offences

@nprofile1q... this is complete bollocks, we have our own cars, our families are more likely to help us out with housing before we go to the Council, we wouldn't go all the way up North unless there's a good reason to do so, and certainly don't all wear exactly the same tracksuits 😁

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I rarely drink nowadays but never trusted them, apart from the corporate spin for simple caveman mindset that they were charging rather a lot for 0,33l of beer, when I would rather have 0,5l 😁

I like real ale, but the days of pubs being centre of neighbourhood are mostly long gone (you have to walk or cycle some distance to get to a good pub which isn't full of angry men/racists etc), and a lot of it (especially in car-dependent rural areas) was from days when a blatant blind eye was turned to DUI amongst middle class white folks, which is no longer tolerated due to the carnage it caused on the roads..

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UK tech companies (particularly small/medium size businesses making specialised embedded systems) will also end up supplying materiel to anyone who wants it (including the Iranians!) - a lot of the drones and various other military/surveillance stuff have Raspberry PI in them (which is why no civilians can get the things at the moment)

@nprofile1q... I've known various people over the years who have served in HM Forces and they have all told me their own commanding officers warn them to be careful on joint exercises with USA, the Yanks are so sketchy and cavalier with regard to their own and other NATO troops safety that they are a danger to everyone even when on the same side..

I've also noticed on aircraft trackers that RAF/Army and USAF on training flights take completely different flight paths around East Anglia, the USAF ones take some *really* weird routes (including above residential areas) which look more risky than the ones our trainee pilots take..