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THE TRANSMISSION GALLERY

Photos by Michael Curtis and Liam Stockman

Weymouth Dorset
NGR: SY663778 Maps: Google  Bing (Ord Surv) Site Height: 64m Structure Height: 45.72m
Digital TV: BBC A: 47 D3&4: 44 BBC B: 41
BBC Radio: Radio 1: 99.6 Radio 2: 90.0 Radio 3: 92.2 Radio 4: 94.4
 
Ind. National Radio:
Ind. Local Radio:
Digital Radio:
Comments: Weymouth is a TV relay of Stockland Hill and a network FM relay of Rowridge

The Weymouth relay is located in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, on the South Coast of Dorset.

To reduce interference across the channel, the transmitter does not transmit towards Portland. As a result, Portlanders mostly receive their signal from Stockland Hill, or from Rowridge (different region). As you can see, the two trough receiving aerials are mounted very low down on the towerto reduce the effects of tidal fading on the incoming signals from Stockland Hill.

The transmitter was build in the early '70s - the housing estate surrounding
it was build a couple of years ago. The site was previously allotments.

Parts of the north of Weymouth are shielded from the transmitter at Wyke Regis by intervening hills. These areas were poorly served until the opening of Bincombe Hill in 1992.

Summer 2007 and it looks like Weymouth is getting a wash and brush-up...

Stockland Hill | Bincombe Hill | Preston

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