Located on a hill slightly down river from Truro, behind Truro School and above Boscawen Park tucked up a narrow country lane.
Truro was originally an IBA landlord site which entered service on the 11th August 1978 and a relay of Caradon Hill with site number 131.20. Channel 4 was added in January 1987. During 1993, ITV was changed to relay Redruth so that Truro could transmit the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly sub-regional "Westcountry Live", regional news programme. BBC 1 & 2 were similarly changed to relay Redruth in December 2008, prior to DSO in July & August 2009.
It's probably no small coincidence that many of the SHF links also seem to be aimed at Caradon Hill or Redruth... |