on 18/10/2023, 9:36:21, in reply to "Re: 18 October 1973, 50 years ago, the end of de Kerf, or triangular, mast on the Mi Amigo"
Kev Previous Message
Thanks for the reminder of this date.
Living in the west of Scotland, I had only started to receive a skywave signal from the Mi Amigo from the end of September and had started listening to Atlantis and the Mi Amigo Joepie hour. I thought Seagull was particularly good during this time with Tony Allan and Johnny Jason. The weird period (for me as a 12 year old) with the likes of Barry Everett and Hugh Nolan had given way to more commercial album service.
Anyhow suddenly one evening it had gone and I later found out from Record and Radio Mirror what hsd happened.
Here is a recording of Radio Atlantis on the morning of the 18th with crew member Harry Bergman and Monitor's summary of events;
The following day, Tuesday October 18th, the station was to suffer another set-back, Radio Seagull closed at 03-00 BST after Tony Allan had finished his three-hour programme, and Radio Atlantis operations commenced at 06.00 BST with continuous music. Then at approximately 09.20 BST broadcasting suddenly stopped. The breakdown was caused by a further collapse of the already damaged antenna mast, but this time it was a total write-off and nothing further was heard on 259 metres until many weeks later, when a new mast had been constructed.
https://pixeldrain.com/u/kaYsXfE8
Message Thread 18 October 1973, 50 years ago, the end of de Kerf, or triangular, mast on the Mi Amigo - Ian Anderson 18/10/2023, 5:15:02
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