Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Radio 4 longwave transmitter has finally stopped brodcasting today. All that's left, for the next 3 days is this shutdown notice which appeard each minute. The 92 year old 500kW 198kHz Droitwich station has been a beacon for longwave DXers many thousand of miles away. More history from the RSGB here: rsgb.org/main/radio-sport/rsgb-contest-club/bbc-long-wave-shutdown
This clip also demonstrates a personal SDRplay nRSP-ST networked SDR receiver, being accessed over a network using a Safari web browser on an iPhone. For more on the nRSP-ST see: sdrplay.com/nrspst
The RSP family of SDRs from SDRplay cover 1kHz to 2 GHz with no gaps and give up to 10MHz spectrum visibility.
SDRplay is a UK company. The RSP SDR receivers are made in the UK and can be purchased for worldwide delivery directly from sdrplay.com or you can buy from any of our worldwide resellers listed here: sdrplay.com/distributors Many of the resellers offer local free shipping and/or local language technical support.
The SDRplay YouTube Channel is: youtube.com/c/SDRplayRSP
Radio 4 longwave transmitter has finally stopped brodcasting today. All that's left, for the next 3 days is this shutdown notice which appeard each minute. The 92 year old 500kW 198kHz Droitwich station has been a beacon for longwave DXers many thousand of miles away. More history from the RSGB here: rsgb.org/main/radio-sport/rsgb-contest-club/bbc-long-wave-shutdown
This clip also demonstrates a personal SDRplay nRSP-ST networked SDR receiver, being accessed over a network using a Safari web browser on an iPhone. For more on the nRSP-ST see: sdrplay.com/nrspst
The RSP family of SDRs from SDRplay cover 1kHz to 2 GHz with no gaps and give up to 10MHz spectrum visibility.
SDRplay is a UK company. The RSP SDR receivers are made in the UK and can be purchased for worldwide delivery directly from sdrplay.com or you can buy from any of our worldwide resellers listed here: sdrplay.com/distributors Many of the resellers offer local free shipping and/or local language technical support.
The SDRplay YouTube Channel is: youtube.com/c/SDRplayRSP
