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KELO - SWORDS CO DUBLIN (March 81 - ??)
1233 - 1566 (brief move)
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1981 LETTER
FROM KELO
KELO used to operate from an attic in a small outhouse type place in a kind of a works yard in North Street, Swords, not far north of Dublin City. The frequency was 1233, 244m which used to power in to westerly parts of Scotland and England. The station was noted on a recording made on 15th March 1981, saying that full seven day a week programmes would start a 7am the following morning with Derek Jones. KELO did change frequency briefly to try 1566, but from memory, they returned a few days later to their old 244, due presumably to a much poorer coverage. A weak signal was heard in Scotland. Recordings from 7th July 1981 announce that day as the final day on 244. |
KELO mast. The original colour image was well discoloured, and best results
were in black and white, with levels adjusted slightly to show the guy
wires on the mast. On the right, Gary looks for something in the car boot,
outside the KELO building. |
Left: The amazing KELO transmitter. The big modulation transformer is
on the floor to the right. On the right is the transmitter shed at KELO,
with Peter Gibney standing just inside. |
The
transmitter from a black and white image, source unknown. Right, the
engineer who built the kit, Peter Gibney.This shot was taken a few years
later while he worked at Sunshine Radio. He was as of mid 1997, at 98FM
in Dublin. |
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