I wonder why the solar power generation from the Radio Caroline site at #Orfordness drops off quickly in early evening, even though its still sunny in Mid Suffolk? Maybe there's some meterological phenomenon closer to the coast, that creates more cloud cover shielding the solar panels?

#WednesdayWalls
Slowly eroding Cold War structures on Orford Ness, Suffolk.
#Suffolk #OrfordNess

The eerie emptiness of 'Britain's Area 51'

Orford Ness is now one of Britain's most protected natural landscapes. For decades, however, it was the hidden nerve centre of secret military research.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230106-the-eerie-emptiness-of-britains-area-51

#uk #history #orfordness

The eerie emptiness of 'Britain's Area 51'

Orford Ness is Britain's answer to Area 51. It may now be abandoned, some of its research still secret, and much of its land too dangerous to walk over, but its past continues to ripple through the country's present and future. 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230106-the-eerie-emptiness-of-britains-area-51

#BBC #OrfordNess #UK #WW2 #WW1

You can see here why from 1943 to 2018 the #BBC picked #Caversham (on the border of #Reading #Berkshire and South #Oxfordshire) as a good place for #radiomonitoring (it is high up on the Chiltern hills). The signal from Radio Caroline (250 km away at #Orfordness, #Suffolk) just about reaches here by night, and signals from a 500 kW TX which is apparently at Beijing at 8180 km away are quite strong..

Just discovering some wonderful #thomasdolby videos on #youtube. Saw him live once - he was incredible. Never got to see his #theinvisiblelighthouse tour - fantastic #trailer here https://youtu.be/BFxbkZqznB0 - focusses on the #orfordness #lighthouse and even refers to the #rendlesham forest incident so fantastically covered by my friend @Paul_Hill here: https://pca.st/episode/4d5247de-bd35-4aed-a900-3494e57b5093

Trevor from #Kilmarnock #Scotland has restored this Kendy TR-612, 6 Transistor pocket #radio - it now comfortably picks up Radio Caroline at night, at a distance of 560km (348 miles) from the #Orfordness transmitter..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1jElbjgMw