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Originally Posted by nodrogd
There were two other factors to the downfall of Atlantic 252. One was the location of the mast at Clarkestown, west of Dublin which lost a lot of groundwave propagation due to Wales standing between it & London. The other was the 252 frequency being given clearance for use by a 1.5 megawatt Radio Algeria service, which used to swamp reception in southern England, especially at night when Clarkestown was restricted to 100kW output.
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The issues you describe re Atlantic 252 meant that it wasn't able to get a signal to the London area. Iirc the signal stopped being satisfactory to the eats of a line running from The Wash to the Bristol Channel.