The Echo have reported on a pirate radio antenna causing interference with BBC Radio 4:
A PIRATE radio station is blocking out the reception for BBC Radio 4, according to a disgruntled listener.
Illegal aerials placed on top of the Orange mobile phone mast at Hambro Hill, Rayleigh, are being blamed for the regular interference.
The listener, from Fairland Close, Rayleigh, said the pirates have been putting up aerials for the past five years.
He says they periodically get taken down, but now he fears Orange and broadcast regulator Ofcom have given up combating the problem, as an illegal aerial has been on top of the mast for several weeks. ….
The full report is here.
In response to this, and in case Orange are getting slower at dealing with the situation, Chris Black has asked the District Council’s Planning Enforcement Dept. to get involved – as allowing an extra aerial on there is almost certainly contrary to their planning permission…..