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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
STRACHUR
| Photos by Scott Henderson | Page last updated: 2012-12-23 |
| These photographs were taken whilst on holiday with family in Scotland. We stayed in a lovely cottage on the shores of Loch Fyne, on the opposite side from the Strachur transmitter. When I saw it was featured on the Hit List, I took a trip over there one afternoon to see if I could get some close-up shots. After parking in the village of Strachur, home to a fascinating old smiddy, now open to the public, I set off on a track that appeared to head towards the masts. It was less direct than I first thought, and it took a good 40 minutes of uphill climbing to reach the top. It was worth it though for the incredible views down the loch (see final photo). Strachur broadcasts TV and national radio services to the parts of the valley which can't receive a clean signal from South Knapdale, including the popular tourist town of Inveraray. There are three towers at the site; one for TV, one for radio, and the third a mobile phone tower for Orange. |
| The long and winding track ends here. Band II is on the left, TV on the right, with the central structure being the mobile phone installation. |
| Looking across Loch Fyne from behind the site |
| TV is transmitted through a set of 6 crossed logs in one direction, and 2 vertically polarised logs in the other |
| Receive log directed at the parent station, South Knapdale |
| 2 tiers, each consisting of 2 slant polarised, folded band II dipoles for transmitting the BBC National FM services. Ofcom data indicates a figure of eight radiation pattern with maximum ERP to the north and south (170 and 350 degrees). This will be achieved by feeding the dipoles on each tier in anti-phase, with the dipoles spaced half a wavelength apart. |
| FM receive aerials |
| Parent station South Knapdale (itself a relay of Black Hill) is just visible in the distance |
| The village of Strachur, part of the TSA, from which the site gets is name |
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