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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
WINTER HILL
Photos by Tony Dunmore | Page last updated: 2018-05-01 |
Our faithful Winter Hill watcher Tony has taken several walks up there, and has been able to capture pictures of ongoing work. |
February 2014. The 144m level before the work starts. Below are pictures taken on 12th March 2014. |
The lower set of stays in the picture above are attached at 140 m agl, so we can conclude that this work is at the exact height we would expect for the installation of the local TV MUX aerials, namely 144 m agl. |
The device on the end of the long boom, to the left, is believed to be an ultrasonic anemometer. There are 3 of these, at 120° round the mast. Link to website at foot of this page. |
It's now Monday 17th March. You can see they've build the scaff towers up higher and added a fourth coloured (assumed temporary) strap around the mast- the top one is green, the lower 3 are blue. I suspect the coloured straps are to attach the scaff towers to the mast - amongst other things. You can see a single metal strap now completely around the mast which I assume is permanent, and I'd expect to see that as the basis for the antenna mounting. |
Friday 21st March. Again to my eyes little has changed - the scaff towers have been reduced slightly, that's all I see. |
Friday 28th March 2014 and some shrouded log periodics have now been installed. Tony reports that the 4 on the right will be the Manchester petal. |
1st April 2014. Tony reports: Not much change on the Manchester (right) side. The left side is definitely the Preston/Blackpool mux- now has 8 antennas - obviously a different arrangement to Manchester, is that a tighter beam for the greater distance? For the Liverpool petal, I can now see a single bracket has appeared on the upper metal ring around the mast- just above and to the left of the person in the suspended cage. I think the Liverpool petal basically hasn't appeared yet. It also looks like permanent access ladders have been added to the Manchester and Preston/Blackpool petals running vertically up the mast. |
Above and below: Tony's second April update shows that work seems to be complete. The Liverpool petal is in place and the scaffolding has gone. |
Below: Tony returned - yet again - to Winter Hill on 11th April and took further detailed pictures of the new installation. |
The Manchester, Liverpool and Preston local TV multiplexes went into service on 24th April 2014. |
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