1.0Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archivehttps://pirate.ie/archivebrianhttps://pirate.ie/archive/author/brian/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0krrWud3oL"><a href="https://pirate.ie/archive/bill-ebrill/">Interview: Bill Ebrill, transmitter man</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pirate.ie/archive/bill-ebrill/embed/#?secret=0krrWud3oL" width="600" height="338" title="“Interview: Bill Ebrill, transmitter man” — Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive" data-secret="0krrWud3oL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Radio engineer Bill Ebrill built transmitters for many of the early pirates including Radio Caroline Dublin, Radio Dublin, Big D, Radio Carousel and Northern Radio. In this interview, he discusses transmitters and the early days of pirate radio with Dónal Greene. The interview was recorded on October 20th 2018 when over 100 radio anoraks gathered … Continue reading ""https://pirate.ie/archive/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Irish_Pirate_Radio_Archive-1024x1024.png