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| When Radio Invicta opened in 1970 it was just a hobby. When it closed in 1984 it had become a way of life for its operators |
Tony Johns had heard of Radio Jackie, a pop music pirate broadcasting in South London. It announced a 'pirate pub' meeting place - The Railway - In Catford. There, Johns met a fellow Soul enthusiast Peter St Crispian who owned an ancient ex-taxi transmitter. The pair hatched a plot to put it to use every night at 12am, calling the station Invicta - the Sound of Midnight Soul.
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Programmes were broadcast by the pair from Tony Johns bedroom in Mitcham, Surrey. The 'studio' comprised a domestic record player, a £5.00 mixer, a crystal microphone and a second record deck salvaged from a rubbish heap.
At that time the broadcasts were around 88 MHz - the frequencies then used for taxi communication. Even worse, the transmitter was AM not FM. On most radios it sounded distorted. It also suffered a terrible hum. The broadcasts did not carry far and were heard by very few people.
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