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Transmitters
A number of transmitters were installed on the ship:-
RCA BTH 100B 105Kw medium wave (the most powerful in Europe although it never operated at that output)
RCA BTA 10J 10.5kW (ex-Radio 390 used as a standby medium wave transmitter)
RCA BHF 10B 10.5kW (used for 31m band shortwave transmissions)
Brown Boveri Corporation 10.5kW (used on 49m band shortwave transmissions)
Rhode and Schwartz 1.2kW FM transmitter
Aerial
144’ (44m)
(Claimed height 150’-170’ (45.7m-51.8m))
Top: Main studio on board Mebo II
Middle: Production studio
Bottom: News studio
Studio
Studio 1 -
two EMT930 turntables;
a custom built 9 channel mixer;
two Revox A77 tape machines;
three 500 Series Spotmasters;
one Electrovoice microphone
Studio 2 -
two EMT930 turntables;
a custom built 9 channel mixer;
three Revox A77 tape machines;
three 500 Series Spotmasters;
one Electrovoice microphone plus a
remote microphone (used for news)
Above: Transmitter hall on board Mebo II
Right: Aerial mast on Mebo II
QSL Cards
Radio station engineering departments issue QSL cards to verify reception reports received from listeners
RNI’s First QSL
Courtesy Mike Barraclough
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