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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
MAESTEG
| Photos by Martin Brown | Page last updated: 2023-06-05 |
| BBC DAB entered service on the 30th June 2014. Maesteg was built in 1972 for UHF TV. I suspect that originally the transmit aerial would have been a standard cardioid within a GRP cylinder. Log periodics weren't used until later into the 1970's, with Ogmore Vale being the first from August 1974. Therefore all those Tx logs must be a later modification. I wonder when this change happened? Maesteg golf club is next to the site, with a convenient car park. |
| The DAB aerials added at the top. |
| The site compound still in the sunshine against the darkening sky. The rain held off, while I was there. |
| DAB satellite receive dish. |
| The Norsat LNB is for the 12.25 - 12.75 GHz band, 10 kHz stability, 0.8 dB noise figure. Link to data sheet at the bottom of this page. The other device is a silica dehydrator to keep the moisture out of the waveguide. |
| GPS aerials. |
| Twin UHF receive trough aerials and the arrow points to a UHF log-periodic. All are receiving Wenvoe. |
| That log, close up. Looks a bit tatty. |
| As are the troughs. |
| Croeserw 4.3 km away, as seen through the haze from Maesteg. |
| Foel Fynyddau, 6.4 km away, as seen through the haze from Maesteg. |
Croeserw | Foel Fynyddau | Ogmore Vale
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