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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
FOLKESTONE MF
| Photos by Dan Glover | Page last updated: 2015-04-02 |
| A planning application during 2014 sought approval for the installation of a ground-mounted satellite dish. The plans refer to "BBC NRA Distribution" - this may be part of a project to add alternative feeds to other MF sites Nothing else appears to have changed but while peering at some of the photos I've found a couple of other features previously missed |
| The new dish is quite obvious. The smaller black dish was present in the previous (2009/2010) photos Looking at the photos and comparing with the original 1960 image of the site it's now clear the smaller building on the left was a later addition. A 1972 OS plan shows the main building and what we now know to be the generator building alongside On the roof of the main building we see... |
| ...what appears to be an insulated feed-through and spark gap. Was the transmitter output originally taken from a point on the roof, with the second building added in the late 1970s to support the addition of Radio 2? |
| I've looked again at some earlier photos, not previously published, and found a better view (August 2010) of this roof-top feature... |
| ...so was this the feed point originally? |
| This grey cabinet at the base of the southern mast also features in previous photos - it seems to be a tuning unit allowing the structure (insulated at the base) to be used as a mast radiator |
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