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BIRMINGHAM (METROPOLITAN HOUSE)

Photos by Alan Price Page last updated: 2017-04-01

March 2017

While not being the tallest building in Birmingham (the honour of which currently goes to the BT Tower), Metropolitan House sits at the top of a ridge running through Birmingham city centre.

Somewhere along the line, the Lindenblad array seems to have been changed for another of different type. The old Lindenblad was similar to the one at City Tower in Manchester, which probably dates back to when both stations were Galaxy. I remember going past this site a couple of years back and seeing one of the familiar Sira dipole antennas, but I can't remember exactly how long ago that was to say when this change took place.






Capital is 1kW, while DAB is 300 watts. Ofcom has in use date of June 2006 for Birmingham DAB.


Editor's note: the new array has folded dipoles with rounded ends made from one piece of tube. The previous generation seemed to have separate end pieces. The feeders to each dipole seem much tidier in the new installation!

Birmingham (Metropolitan House) index

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SSDAB added, likely to be separate aerial to existing DAB.

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