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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
NEWCASTLE (NI)
| Photos by Sam Reid | Page last updated: 2011-12-09 |
| The DAB Installation at Newcastle is part of the BBC's planned expansion of coverage and took place over three days in early November 2011. The work included installation of a a climable pole and associated safety equipment; new cabin, dish and gps antennas; new feeders and cable supports. Internal DSO conversion work was also carried out at Newcastle in November 2011, and at Camlough and Bellair. As a contractor to Arqiva we were lucky enough to be involved in the build. These photos show the work in progress as well as the completed installation. |
| It's an early and slightly damp start. The concrete base is ready for the cabin and materials are being unloaded. |
| The climable pole is in place as the "air work" continues... |
| ...meanwhile at ground level the cabin is in place and the mount for the dish can be seen to the left. |
| Work continues up above... |
| ...in this view we see the (unchanged) arrangements for UHF - a trough facing Divis and four panels for transmit. |
| The DAB array is four dipoles, installed on the new pole. |
| At ground level we see the (refurbished) cabin in place, complete with the new dish and GPS cones. |
| The dish is fitted with anti-ice heating: the grey box contains the controls for the heater supply. |
| BBC DAB entered service on 16th December 2011. |
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