Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end

Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end

Customers are being pushed to smart meters that have their own signal problems.

Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end - WorldNL Magazine

Two rare tungsten-centered, hand-crafted cooled anode modulators (CAM) are needed to keep the signal going, and while the BBC bought up the global supply of them, they are running out. The service is seemingly on its last two valves and has been telling the public about Long Wave radio's end for nearly 15 years. Trying to remanufacture the valves is hazardous, as any flaws could cause a catastrophic failure in the transmitters. BBC Radio 4's 19…