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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
HEATH HILL
| Photos by Alan Price | Page last updated: 2017-01-31 |
| Heath Hill is the Telford transmitter for Signal 107, previously Telford FM/The Severn. Telford FM started broadcasting in May 1999. Listening to 107.4 MHz on the way to the site, there was a degree of hiss behind the audio, like the site is receiving another transmitter or a noisy line. However, I found no trace of an aerial or a dish pointing towards the studios in Wolverhampton, and Arqiva's reference offer (see link at end of page) indicates that the site is line fed. Maybe something temporary? |
| From a distance, looking south east. The broadcast antenna is the single folded dipole at the top, on the right. |
| The access track is very steep... |
| ...and the site identifies itself as "Dawley Heath Hill" |
| Alan thinks the transmitter is most likely to be in the brick building. |
| From close quarters it's difficult to spot the broadcast antenna... |
| ...there it is, a single folded dipole |
| As seen from further away... |
| The antenna unusually points away from Telford and westwards towards The Wrekin. A way of avoiding too much spillage towards Wolverhampton and the West Midlands perhaps? Editor's note: According to Ofcom data, maximum ERP is on bearing 300 with a 10 dB null at 140. The licence requires a 6 dB restriction between 100 - 140 degrees. |
| Further down the tower, a few links but none which seem to face in the direction of the studio... |
| ...a few empty supports... |
| ...and some redundant equipment awaiting disposal. |
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