Burghead transmitter
The transmitter Burghead is a transmitter for long and medium wave near Burghead in Scotland . The first medium wave transmitter went into operation on October 12, 1936 with an output of 60 kW, after the Second World War it was increased to 100 kW. Since it went into operation, it has broadcast the Scottish regional program with the Westerglen broadcaster. In addition, since July 29, 1945, the Light Program was broadcast on a 20 kW transmitter.
In 1978 the system was expanded to include two more medium-wave transmitters (50 and 20 kW) and a long-wave transmitter (50 kW).
Today the BBC still operates the long-wave transmitter on the site, which forms a single-frequency network on 198 kHz with the long-wave transmitters in Droitwich and Westerglen , as well as two medium-wave transmitters for the frequencies 693 kHz and 810 kHz. A braced self-radiating transmission mast with a triangular cross-section, which is used jointly by both medium-wave transmitters, is used as the transmission antenna for the medium-wave transmitters, and a T-antenna attached to two braced steel truss masts serves as the transmission antenna for the long-wave transmitter.
Web links
- BBC Radio 4 Droitwich & Co. 198 kHz ( Memento from January 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 57 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 29 ′ W