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Months later Peter St Crispian was proved right. Tuning an FM radio at my home I came across Radio Invicta. My knowledge of radio transmitters at that time was minimal. But one thing was for sure - Invicta was a powerful signal on my radio dial. I wondered if, by chance, it was broadcasting close to my home.

One Sunday afternoon I borrowed a friend's FM radio and wandered around the streets of Mitcham. To the South of me, by Mitcham railway station the signal was weak. In the opposite direction it became stronger.

Three streets away I was wandering around with my radio, pointing it in all directions. Suddenly a figure appeared at the window of a prim semi-detached house. It was Peter St Crispian. More by chance than expertise I had tracked down Radio Invicta.

This picture was posed in 1972 for the local newspaper. It shows the first Invicta FM transmitter, a Uher Report tape recorder (for playing programmes) and an Antiference FM244 'H' antenna. Such an installation was typical although cassette decks were more often used as they cost less and gave longer playout.

In the early years Radio Invicta broadcast irregu-lady. Sometimes on Sundays, sometimes late at night and sometimes on Bank Holidays. Posters were produced to announce its broadcasts.

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