All Photos By Martin Watkins
An overview of the
rather pleasant site near Ot Moor, Beckley, Oxfordshire
The tall guyed mast in the centre of the photograph carries all the
broadcasting aerials. When originally opened in 1962 the Oxford
station was a low power relay for the BBC 405 line monochrome televison
service using VHF Band I on Channel 2.
The tall guyed mast was bulit for the UHF television service which
opened in 1968 and also carried the horizontally polarised aerials for
BBC VHF/FM radio. The horizontally polarised aerials were
replaced with the current mixed polarised panels in 1988 when the
station was upgraded, the black and white 405 line service on
Channel 2 having ceased by 1986.
The shorter tower was originally used by the BBC and is now also home
to various other services.
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In case you didn't
know where you were
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Starting at the top of the mast:
The UHF panels for
DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television - Freeview)
The main
UHF cylinder, concealing the high power analogue TV aerials within -
used for BBC1/2, ITV & Channel Four;
The stack of VHF
mixed polarised aerials used for FM radio;
Hidden within the
main VHF/FM radio stack are the DAB aerials;
Towards the bottom
of this photo (prodruding from the left hand side) are the white UHF
panel aerials used by the analogue lower power community television
station SIX-TV;
Right at the
bottom of the picture (slightly cut off) are the UHF panel aerials used
by the medium power analogue service of Channel Five television.
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A close up of the
UHF DTT aerials at the very top and the UHF cylinder for four of the
main analogue television channels
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The main VHF stack
for analogue FM radio stations,
hidden amongst
these large mixed polarised aerials are the vertical polarised aerials
used for DAB digital radio.
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A close up of the
panel aerials used by analogue TV stations. The Channel Five
aerial is at the bottom of this photo, while the community television
station, Six-TV, has its aerial a little higher up and is seen top left
of this photo.
Thanks to Martin Watkins for sending in these photographs.
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