on 2/10/2024, 14:26:04, in reply to "Re: Red Sands Fort - Invictor - Radio 390"
I think they claimed to be running 35kw - but that was of course a fib. We used to listen on an old Pye valve radio, with a magic eye for tuning.
Happy days - my old (late) Mum, Loved 390 - it played her Deanna Durbin songs of course. 
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It says "It later became Radio 390, Britain's most powerful offshore pirate". Hmmmm, the Italian built RCA BTA10J was run at about 6kW, with low modulation, into a 150 foot mast, with top guy radials, that was possibly 50% efficient, at best.
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I Found this interesting interview:
https://archive.org/details/PaulPetersMeetsBobGrahamOf60sPirateStationRadioInvictaRec.Spring2012
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Red Sands Fort - Invictor - Radio 390 - Freddie Archer 2/10/2024, 9:28:42
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