THE GANGPLANK - welcome aboard the Radio Waves web site
THE BRIDGE - a guide to the pages on this web site
THE MEMORIES - the swinging sixties
THE RADIO STATIONS - a summary of the offshore atations that were audible in the UK
THE SHIPS - a summary of the offshore radio ships broadcasting to the UK
SOUNDS OF THE SEA - Offshore radio jingles and songs
THE CHART ROOM - album and singles charts
TODAY'S RADIO OFFERINGS - Bureaucrasy and boredom
ROCK THE BOAT - music no longer heard on the radio
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - a pictorial tour of the famous Radio Caroline ship
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - a pictorial tour of the famous Radio Caroline ship
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - welcome aboard
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - down below
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - transmitters and aerials
THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY - studios and library
THE LEGEND LIVES ON - the spirit is still alive
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RADIO WAVES
The story of the rise and fall of offshore radio and how it affected the music industry.

THE ROSS REVENGE TODAY
A pictorial tour of the famous Radio Caroline Ship
TRANSMITTERS & AERIALS
The big transmitter
In the fish hold, sitting on the gallons of concrete pumped in to stabilize the ship when the 300 foot aerial was there, are a range of uninspiring grey cabinets housing the various transmitters that were used. This row of cabinets housed the super-power 50kw transmitter that sent signals half-way round the world, but they now just contain bits. The transmitters were destroyed during the August 1989 raid. Most parts have now been returned, but no attempt has been made to rebuild the transmitter as there is at present no use for it, and making it operational would no doubt be looked upon with some consternation by the Radio Authority.


Part of the present aerial arrangement Another view of the aerial array
Two views of the "temporary" aerials that were erected after the loss of the 300 foot tower in a 1987 gale. Instead of the usual vertical arrangement, the aerial itself was slung horizontally between two lower towers. This never achieved the same range, of course, but subsequent events prevented a permanent solution.


All that remains . . .
Three stumps like this are all that remain of the original aerial mast, which looked akin to the Eifell tower. Damage occurred to the support stays during the 1987 "hurricane" that swept through the UK, but it was during a subsequent Force 8 gale that the enormous structure toppled overboard.