Skelton transmitter
The Skelton transmitter is a short- wave and long-wave transmitter ( LORAN-C ) in England near Skelton , in Cumbria , eight kilometers northwest of Penrith . It belongs to the Babcock International Group and was used for relay operations. The shortwave transmitters have been inactive since 2013.
Shortwave transmitter
The short-wave transmission system consists of several curtain and steep-beam antennas that are attached to free-standing steel lattice towers or steel lattice masts. It began operations in 1943 and was declared by the BBC to be one of the largest and most powerful shortwave broadcasting systems in 1946 . The BBC operated the transmission system until 1997, when its transmission activities were privatized and all transmission systems were sold to private companies.
Today the transmitter is owned by the British arms company Babcock International Group and is a relay station for some foreign radio stations , including the BBC World Service (Great Britain), KBS World Radio ( South Korea ) and NHK World Radio ( Japan ); in the end only for the BBC World Service and for the Christian broadcaster IBRA Radio. Up until January 31, 2013, the BBC World Service also broadcast a test program in Digital Radio Mondiale mode from this transmitter . On February 1, 2013, the broadcasting station Wooferton took over this program.
In February 2013 it was announced that the shortwave transmitter in Skelton will cease operations on March 30, 2013, but will remain as a reserve. The programs that are still being broadcast by this transmitter are relocated to the transmitter in Woofferton. One of the reasons for the closure is the enormously falling demand for shortwave broadcasts from this broadcasting station. The transmission system for long wave is not affected.
Long-wave transmitter
The long-wave transmitter has a 365-meter-high guyed steel truss mast, insulated from the ground, and began operation in 2001 as a replacement for the transmitter in Rugby . It is mainly used by the British Army for the distribution of long-wave signals for the LORAN-C flight navigation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ bbceng.info: Skelton Transmitting Station 1942 to 1998 - Over half a century of short wave broadcasting
- ↑ radioeins.de: Shutdown Sdr. Skelton A, Abortion Sdr. Rampisham ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ radioeins.de: Broadcasting in Skelton ends ( memento of the original from June 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 26 " N , 2 ° 53 ′ 1" W