ARLA/CLUSTER: O fim dos Boletins Meteorológicos em Ondas Longas e as suas implicações no futuro

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

End of Shipping Forecast on long wave radio could leave sailors high and
dry

After more than 90 years the days of the *Shipping Forecast* may be
numbered, due to the demise of long wave technology

It has kept sailors safe on the ocean waves for 90 years, becoming just as
much a part of national consciousness as cricket, cups of tea and The
Archers.

But the days of hearing the Shipping Forecast out on a boat may be numbered
thanks to the demise of long wave technology, a veteran announcer has said.

Peter Jefferson, who read the Shipping Forecast to Radio 4 listeners for 40
years, said the "very old" transmitters which worked on long wave could
soon be retired.

If that was to happen, he said, anyone more than 12 miles from the
coastline would be unable to hear the shipping forecast on long wave,
ending a Radio 4 tradition dating back to 1924.

Speaking at the Radio Times Festival, in Hampton Court, Mr Jefferson said
the soothing tones of the Shipping Forecast would then be left to its many
fans who choose to listen to it from their homes in lieu of a "sleeping
pill".

"Long wave reaches much further than FM, it's as simple as that," he said.

"So FM would be totally useless for shipping beyond 12 miles from land.

"So they will not be able to receive the shipping forecast.

"If long wave is retired, which might be the case, then I don't know what
will happen to the shipping forecast."

Read the full Daily Telegraph article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/11892805/End-of-Shipping-Forecast-on-long-wave-radio-could-leave-sailors-high-and-dry.html

Our thanks to *Mike Terry* for spotting this item
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