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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
STOCKLAND HILL
| Photos by Martin Watkins | Page last updated: 2012-02-15 |
| On these pages we will give you some idea of the work involved in updating a high power main station in the run-up to digital switchover. We are indebted to Laura, Ian, Colin and the team working at Stockland Hill for their help and co-operation. |
| THIS WAY UP! (Surely they're not seriously suggesting we go up this way..?) |
| Ah - that looks more like it, but will three of us REALLY fit in there? |
| Going up.... ... and the journey is eerily quiet and smooth, the ground dropping away so fast. |
| 2nd floor, DAB aerials |
| 3rd floor, Gemini FM |
| 4th floor, DTT |
| The cradle slows right down here, controlled by an engineer on the ground with the winding engine. The mast is now virtually within touching distance. |
| But we don't pause in front of the reserve aerial, it's "on" (albeit on low power) and no risks are taken in terms of RF exposure. |
| A gentle bump, we've "made mast" and (to continue the nautical theme) the cradle is "made fast". |
| The first glance down was heart-stopping. |
| Looking westwards - Dartmoor is that smudge of hills on the horizon. |
| Looking ESE roughly. The view extends across Lyme Bay, and the smudge of land in the sea more or less centre of the picture is the Isle of Portland. |
| Just outside the fence are the scattered bits of the old UHF cylinder. |
| And now we're off back down to terra firma. |
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