Maragowan-A is listed by Ofcom as a digital self-help. The site is a Caravan & Motorhome Club campsite at the western end of Loch Tay. The site previously had an analogue self-help relay before DSO. Whether the campsite needs a relay is questionable, as it has direct line-of-sight to the parent Tx at Killin.
Wandering about with a modest 7dBi log-periodic on a short pole, I measured signal strengths of 45dBuV from Killin across the campsite (this is more than enough for most TV sets.)
There was no output from the relay. The helpful site staff told me that nothing had changed for years, so I assume that the relay was switched off years ago. Or possibly that, although having a licence, the digital equipment was never installed after DSO in 2010.
According to Ofcom data, the relay transmits on Channels 39, 42, 45. These are all adjacent to the incoming channels of 40, 43, 46 from Killin and are also VP, as is Killin. The licensed EIRP is 0.25W. One wonders if having adjacent channels and the same polarisation was a good idea.
Anyway, the obligatory photos follow ... |
