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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
| Photos by Robert Whittaker and Mac | Page last updated: 2018-10-01 |
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| The Dundry site is located on a ridge of hills just to the south of the City of Bristol. It has transmitted the Bristol ILR service since it launched as Radio West on the 27th October 1981, to North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bristol itself. There are a total of seven masts on Dundry hill, all within the space of a mile or so, so finding the right mast was not as straightforward as usual. This was compounded by a lack of any signage at the site! The DAB services for the area are from a different mast, Dundry East while BBC R Bristol and Original 106 are broadcast from the East Dundry Lane tower a short distance away. |
| At the top is an Emergency Services, VHF high band, turnstile aerial system. Duplex pairs of frequencies around 150 MHz. I have no idea what the weird "candelabra" style antennae are to the right of this - any ideas anyone? |
| The radiation pattern is directional, mainly to the north and north east. The close up of the transmitting aerials shows an array of two pairs of horizontal yagis pointing just west of north, and north east respectively. The vertical component is provided by two vertical yagis pointing just east of north, towards the centre of the transmission area. This is presumably limited to the rear by a mast null. |
| The view looking NW towards the Severn Bridges |
| The View looking north towards Bristol City Centre. (Pur Down can be seen just right off centre) |
| The view from the tower |
Dundry East | East Dundry Lane
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