 It had the highest power of any ship-based pirate station, and the second-highest of any ship-based broadcast station "Mebo II" also had SW and FM transmitters, able simultaneously to broadcast four different streams on four different channels.On 23 January 1970, "Mebo II" began test broadcasts from the Dutch coast, in English and German.When regular broadcasting began on 11 February 1970 it was more popular in the United Kingdom than the Netherlands or Germany.