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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
Photos by David Sommers and Lee Pullen
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DS: Pennorth provides UHF TV for an area to the SE of Brecon including villages in the Usk Valley in Mid Wales which are screened from the Brecon UHF relay by the back of Slwch hill. Brecon can clearly be seen from an area close to Pennorth in one of the photos, however I understood that the feed for Pennorth came via the Clyro relay rather than directly from Brecon. Pennorth has a terrible reputation for short drop outs. This was a problem with power supplies to the station and although it has improved in recent times, the interruptions are still present. Before Pennorth came on line in 1976 most of this area used Abergavenny for UHF reception. My parents live in this area and still use Abergavenny with a high gain aerial and masthead amplifier to avoid the interruptions in Pennorth reception, though for many in the area Abergavenny now suffers from co-channel interference and Pennorth is their only option. |
The view to Llangorse
Brecon from Pennorth
Pennorth and the view to Llangorse in winter
Lee: A return visit to Pennorh in Feb 2010 showed pre-DSO work on Pennorth to be almost complete. (DSO occurred on 3-Mar-2010.)
Back in Oct-2009 the old equipment cabinet was replaced with a smaller unit containing the new transmission equipment.
According to the planning permission submitted by Arqiva the existing transmission antenna will not be changed however a set of log periodic aerials would replace the existing trough antennas and a small satellite dish will be installed for remote telemetry monitoring of the site.Here we see the 4 new logs pointing at Brecon. This is a different setup from the existing troughs which point at Clyro for some reason. Clyro is a relay of Brecon. The satellite dish and GPS receivers were not yet in evidence...
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