Rene

It's a pity that I can't move the antenna further away, the fence is only 10 m away. I tested with my Philips D2999 world receiver but also 50 m from the fence you hear the clicking noise, the SDR/Loop combination filters the click to a sort of plop but ideal is another thing, it is visible as horizontal stripes on the waterfall. I was very glad to locate the SDR about 4 kms away from my Tx so I can use it as a control Rx. Our Telecom Agency started a pilot a few years ago and it was a success, about 65 stations participated. You can choose 3 options, a 1 W test Tx (only @ 1485 kHz) and 100 W. The separation between stations are VERY strictly controlled (antenna register, exact location), it has to be minimal 5 kms for 1 W and 60 or more kms for 100 W. When 60 kms is not met, you can opt for 50 W when the separation is between 50 and 60 kms. The costs are about € 1.000,- per year but you can add multiple extra costs for advertisement, internet stream and so on. It is not monitored if you transmitting or not. The other frequencies are 675/747/828/891/1008/1035/1224/1251/1332/1584 and 1602. These are all the frequencies ever used by the government. Also the 1975 band plan is strictly followed, the "contour lines" (that is the reach of the transmitter) are leading so you can't op for the same frequencies all over Holland. Next week the Telecom Agency will publish about 10 extra frequencies because there are too many stations to give a license. The extra frequencies comes from Greece, the surrounding countries must agree and no frequency was ever used in those countries so it is a puzzle to get suitable frequencies. Also is auction is a pain, 2 seconds after the start you are number 35 and too late, one second before the given time or a double request will be thrown in the bin... Every license is granted for 5 years and extendable for another 5 years. Grtz, René.