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Not sure if this presentation by Alan Beech at last year's Radio Techcon event has been posted before, but in case it hasn't here it is.





Radio Caroline is a community radio station which operates from a boat – the Ross Revenge. Their transmission base is on land in an abandoned BBC World Service site. The station – whose name stretches back to the original pirate radio era – broadcasts on AM, SSDAB and online.

Electricity costs were rising and so instead of shutting down expensive AM services, the volunteer-run team turned to solar power in a bid to reduce costs. Station Engineer Alan Beech shares the lessons learned, the challenges faced when broadcasting at sea – and how your radio station could benefit from being run by the sun (even when it’s raining…).