Penwaun was built by the BBC for 405-line BBC1 (Wales). The BBC site name was Cardigan and entered service on 6th February 1967, and closed on 5th July 1982. There is a link to the BBC summary of installation report at the foot of this page. As can be seen from this report, there was provision for a UHF transmitting aerial at the top of the tower. However, with the Penwaun/Cardigan site about 2 miles southwest of the town of Cardigan, a closer site was eventually chosen for a UHF TV relay at St. Dogmaels.
Penwaun is the site chosen by Radio Ceredigion for a 400W relay to Cardigan and the surrounding area. The polarization is mixed, well slant it seems. First general shot shows the VHF receive aerial about a third of the way up on the left. The second shot shows shows the transmit aerial, while the final shot shows close up of the RBL receive aerial. |
