[HCDX] Crossed Field Antenna Tests

["Andy Sennitt" <andys@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Apparently information broadcast in Sunday's news broadcast of GB2RS, the
Radio Society of Great Britain, concerning the ongoing mediumwave tests on
1134 and 972kHz was incorrect. So  we've published the corrected information
at http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/medianews.html. Here's the text of that
item:

Merlin Communications have informed Media Network that the origin of test
transmissions currently being carried out on mediumwave, involving the
Crossed Field Antenna (CFA), is not the Woofferton relay station, as
previously reported. Neither Merlin Communications nor the BBC have anything
to do with these tests. Media Network has learned that the actual location
of the transmitters on 1134 and 972kHz is a site at Shifnal, near Telford
which is in the same county - Shropshire - as Woofferton. Programming is not
BBC World Service, but "speech and non-copyright music". The tests have been
organised on behalf of the company which produces the CFA, but are being
carried out independently to ensure the integrity of the results. The CFA
has been the subject of much debate in radio engineering circles, and the
manufacturer wants to prove the technology once and for all. It´s
anticipated that tests will be completed by Christmas, and that results will
become available shortly after the New Year. More details and photos of the
CFA can be found on the Web site of the Isle of Man International
Broadcasting Company Limited, which plans to use it on longwave 279kHz. (c)
Radio Netherlands Media Network.

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