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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY
Photos by David Foord, Jonathan Naylor and Craig Burns
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Swingate, near Dover, provides
BBC FM radio services to those parts of SE Kent The 3 towers are what remains of the original 4l Chain Home radar transmitting towers built around 1938.
One of the towers was the British end of the first live cross-channel TV transmission on 27 August 1950. A 4.7GHz microwave link was used direct to The centre of tower is the one carrying the Band II broadcast aerials. |
Swingate from the cross-channel ferry:
The plan, below shows the original configuration of the Swingate tower and the Band I/II aerials.
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