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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
TRURO
| Photos by mb21 and Neil White | Page last updated: 2020-05-25 |
| Mike paid the site a post-DSO visit on an overcast day in May 2010 and confirmed the presence of 2 UHF rx logs, one on Redruth and the other on Caradon Hill. At that time the DAB installation (BBC National mux in service December 2009), was relatively new. [The Cornwall DAB mux was added July 2016]. This time Neil White had the better deal in terms of weather: "Situated up a narrow lane on the edge of town... visited late afternoon when the sun was perfect for photography" |
| The DAB feed dish joins various other satellite and SHF links and is about half way up the structure |
| The TV relay transmits from two panels, seen here on the left side of the tower... |
| ...and the DAB antenna is the two dipoles at the top, on the left |
| This log faces Redruth... |
| ...and the one up here faces Caradon Hill |
| Moving on to Neil White's photos - had anything changed in the last five years? |
| The DAB feed dish sparkles (well, a bit) in the September 2015 sunshine |
| The Caradon Hill log is still present, on the right... |
| ...and the Redruth log is still there, on the far corner of the tower. Curiously a lone corner-reflector style mobile phone survives yet others of more recent type have been removed further up |
| The Redruth log seen from the other side... |
| ...and a general view of the "north face" |
| We believe this style of dipole is a Kathrein product and the spacing from the mounting pole gives a cardioid pattern. At Truro maximum ERP is due north... |
| ...however the panels for the TV relay are aimed more to the west |
| Neil reports the site is well screened by trees but there are views in some directions! |
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