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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
DEINIOLEN
| Photos by Dan Glover | Page last updated: 2012-07-06 |
| Dan: " 'Find the FM tx antenna' it said. Finding the site was easy enough. There's no public access but the landowner agreed to a brief visit and suggested I take a moment to look at the view. He can't receive anything from the relay, apparently, and I think I understand why. 'Take the dog with you but beware of the sheep...' " The relay is located on Pen y Bigil - which probably means something other than "big hill" - and is conveniently south of Deiniolen yet north of Llanberis. By using a back-to-back arrangement of panels both areas can be served from a single site |
| Initially this was as good as I could get. All the main features are visible (just): 2x2 panels for UHF, 2 x vertical dipoles for VHF, trough and VP log periodic for receive |
| Nearly there: let's get some detail now |
| Unusually the CCI sign has remained unaltered... |
| ...the prevailing winds have pushed the new sign behind the bars on the gate |
| The panels are arranged north and south, however the Band II dipoles favour east and south |
| The dipoles appear to be mounted in front of a "skeleton" reflector |
| The Band II receive log is quite low on the tower |
| As elsewhere, the original building has been styled with local materials. Unfortunately the subsequent addition of various shades of grey and green boxes undermines the effort somewhat |
| I think this view was slightly west of north - the houses down below are probably not served from here |
| Looking south across to Llanberis and beyond |
| The dog was fascinated. I thought it best to keep away |
| Seen from a distance, perhaps the mixture of green and grey cabinets was a deliberate choice for the landscape? |
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