Burghead transmitting station
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The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead (grid reference NJ125685) in Scotland for long- and medium-wave radio transmission that started service on 12th October 1936. The site is owned by National Grid Wireless and houses a long wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two medium wave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio Five Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz. The long wave transmitter is part of a network transmitting on the same frequency, the other transmitters being at the Droitwich and Westerglen.
One guyed mast is used for the medium wave transmitters. The mast has a triangular section and is insulated against ground. The antenna for the longwave transmitter consists of a T-aerial spanned between two guyed steel lattice masts.
Part of the original building was demolished leaving a much smaller building for the more modern transmitters.
[edit] See also
- List of masts
- List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain
- List of radio stations
- National Grid Wireless, who own the site
[edit] External links
- The Transmission Gallery - photographs of the Burghead AM transmitter
