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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Photos by Martin Watkins and Mike Smith

Hemdean Berkshire
Landlord: BBC NGR: SU710762 Site Height: 67.5m Structure Height: 45m
Analogue TV: BBC1: 49  BBC2: 52  ITV1: 56  Ch4: 59   
Digital TV:          
BBC Radio: R1: 99.4  R2: 89.8  R3: 92.0  R4: 94.2   
     
Ind. National Radio: Classic FM: 101.8   
Ind. Local Radio:    
     
Digital Radio:   Digital One: 11D  NOW Reading & Basingstoke: 12D     
Comments: Hemdean is a TV relay of Hannington

Hemdean relays UHF television from Hannington and BBC national radio to the Reading area. Mike Smith's photos (below) were taken prior to the installation of the DAB aerials.

According to the published data the the tv relay transmits 32W ERP vertically and 8W horizontally, so there are two sets of tx aerials for the tv service.

The above photo shows the vertical tv logs as well as the dipole aerials used to transmit the radio services.

There are also three sets of Band II VHF aerials here. Is the vertical yagi used for the BBC services and the newer-looking dipoles used for Classic FM?

Martin Watkins' photos were taken more recently in 2006...

 

Above (left) the horizontal tv tx logs and above (right) the tv rx log, mounted quite low down the tower.

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