Radio Delmare Technical

Radio Delmare - Technical

Transmitters

2 x 3kW Marconi transmitters (ex Belgian Army) used on Aegir and Aegir II.

Transmitter power used only about 650 watts due to damage during installation

Aerials

T-type aerial system used on both ships, approximately 39’ (12m) high and 420’ (128m) long

Above: Studio on board Aegir

Right:: Studio on board Aegir II

Right: Transmitter on board Aegir

Below: Two views of the transmitter on Aegir II

Studio

Aegir -

2 x Revox A77 reel to reel tape recorders

4 x FTM Spotmasters

2 x Thorens turntables

2 x AKG microphones

a mixer with multi channels

Studio

Aegir II -

A home built mixing desk (built by Imke Roos, an ex-RNI technician)

FTM jingle machines (later replaced by normal cassettes using Marantz recorders)

2 x Sony tape recorders to playback the pre-recorded programmes.

Photo: Hans Knot

Photos: Hans Knot

Photo: Leen Vingerling

QSL Card

Radio station engineering departments issue QSL cards to verify reception reports received from listeners

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