Belmont transmitter

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Belmont transmitter

The Belmont transmitter is a transmitter facility at Donington on Bain near Market Rasen and Louth in Lincolnshire ( Great Britain ) for broadcasting television and radio programs in the VHF range.

The transmitter mast, built in 1965 in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was originally 385 m high, making it the tallest structure in Great Britain and the entire EU. After it was cut in April 2010, it is only 351.7 m high, making it the second tallest structure in the United Kingdom and the 14th tallest in the EU. The guyed mast is used to supply parts of Lincolnshire, the northern areas of Nottinghamshire , North West Norfolk , Hull and East Yorkshire with VHF radio programs as well as analog and digital television programs.

It is named after the Belmont House residence .

Transmission frequencies

Analog radio

program frequency Transmission power (ERP)
BBC Radio 2 88.8 MHz 16 kW
BBC Radio 3 90.9 MHz 16 kW
BBC Radio 4 93.1 MHz 16 kW
BBC Radio Lincolnshire 94.9 MHz 1.6 kW
BBC Radio 1 98.3 MHz
Classic FM 100.5 MHz
Lincs FM 102.2 MHz

Digital radio ( DAB )

program channel frequency Transmission power (ERP)
Digital One Block 11D 222.06 MHz
MXR Yorkshire Block 12A 223.93 MHz
BBC Block 12B 225.64 MHz

Analog television (switched off)

program channel frequency Transmission power (ERP)
BBC One 22nd 479.25 MHz
ITV1 Anglia Television 25th 503.25 MHz
BBC Two 28 527.25 MHz
Channel 4 32 559.25 MHz
Five 56 751.25 MHz

Digital television

program channel frequency Transmission power (ERP)
Multiplex 1 BBC 30th 546 MHz
Multiplex 2 digital 3 & 4 48 690 MHz
Multiplex D National Grid Wireless 57 762 MHz
Multiplex C National Grid Wireless 60 786 MHz
Multiplex B BBC 66 834 MHz
Multiplex A SDN 68 850 MHz

Web links

Commons : Belmont transmitting station  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '10.9 "  N , 0 ° 10' 16.8"  W.