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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
Photos by Richard Maycock
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Richard Maycock writes "Pictures of the new temporary (transportable) TV mast which replaces the Brockwell mast in Chesterfield".
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The old
mast was located on top of an old five or six storey concrete factory
building (Robinson's) which is due for demolition shortly. It is needed
to provide coverage in the Brampton area of the town, which is in a
dip and cannot receive the main Chesterfield (Unstone) mast properly,
particularly as two large gasometers shield much of the area from this
mast, located five miles North. The new mast is a relay of a relay - Chesterfield, which receives Emley Moor. NTL must have had a bit of a challenge with this mast due to finding a suitable local spot for the mast; the new aerial has to be a good forty to fifty feet lower than the old one and about 200m away! The mast is on a trailer, with guy wires anchored down by large concrete blocks. |
This has to win the prize for the scruffiest set up around, being on rough waste ground very close to the rear of some rather ramshackle looking houses, where it gets it's power source.
The coax feed seems to run into the old brick building on the right. The RX aerial half way up the mast points roughly N/NE to Unstone.
The new permanent replacement mast at Brockwell >
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