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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
Photos by Ray Cooper and Mike Pratt
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A lot of money seems to have been spent on this site for what is only a small population coverage. Maybe they had their eyes on revenue from other users - in this they seem to have succeeded. As the relay overlooks a good portion of the A470, O2 Airwave, O2 UK, Vodafone, Orange, T Mobile, all have antennas on this tower even though it's remote. The O2 networks and Orange own the outdoor cabinets, Vodafone and T-Mobile share the large brick building at the back of the photo. ntl have two outdoor cabinets (not one). Aside from the TV TX antennas on the tower there are O2 Airwave, Orange omni-directionals, T Mobile sector antennas, Vodafone sector antennas, and O2 UK omni-directionals lowest. Although easily visible from the village below, it is
not so easy to find close up. It is in Forestry Enterprise land, |
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Mid-range view from the main
forestry track passing below.
The main building
complex. Completely unfenced. The TV building seems to be the dark cubicle nearest
the camera
The business end. The TV TX array is the complicated clothes-horse from which
the third candelabrum down
appears to be sprouting. It is not - it's just the camera angle
The TV TX array is eight vertically-polarised crossed log-periodics.
I don't recall having seen an installation where
they are more flatly crossed than this one.
Round the other side. The
TV RX aerial is a single vertically-polarised log-periodic on Betws-y-Coed.
(It extends from the centre of the pic, pointing roughly to 10-o'clock).
The main A470 through the
village, with a marvellously ornate chapel. The TX site visible on the hillside
beyond.
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