Commissioned in 1934, the BBC's Droitwich long-wave transmitter went on the air delivering programming at what was to become a major facility. It played an important role in occupied Europe during wartime. Over the decades that followed, its broadcast programmes became the background to so many lives throughout the UK.
Responding to the BBC's announcement of this year's shutdown of the Droitwich Transmitter, as well as Long Wave transmitters at Burghead and Westerglen in Scotland, amateur radio operators have plans to mark the end of the era. The BBC Amateur Radio Group and the Radio Society of Great Britain are planning an on-air event and are looking for hams around the UK to participate.
Meanwhile, hams are being asked to let organizers know they are interested by emailing contestclub at rsgb dot org (ContestClub@rsgbcc.org)
