West Kirby television relay station

Add links
Coordinates: 53°22′03″N 3°10′01″W / 53.367404°N 3.166929°W / 53.367404; -3.166929
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Timrollpickering (talk | contribs) at 14:54, 18 September 2018 (→‎External links: per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2018 September 10, replaced: in Wirral (borough)]] → in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral]]). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

West Kirby
West Kirby transmitting mast, June 2009
West Kirby television relay station is located in Merseyside
West Kirby television relay station
West Kirby television relay station (Merseyside)
Mast height17 metres (56 ft)
Coordinates53°22′03″N 3°10′01″W / 53.367404°N 3.166929°W / 53.367404; -3.166929
Grid referenceSJ224862
Relay ofWinter Hill
BBC regionBBC North West
ITV regionITV Granada
Local TV serviceBay TV Liverpool

The West Kirby television relay station (also commonly known as West Kirby transmitter[1]) serves parts of West Kirby, Wirral, UK (national grid reference: SJ224862[2]). It is a relay of the Winter Hill transmitter. The antenna support structure is a 17 metre-high (56 ft-high) wooden pole situated at an elevation of 64 metres (210 ft).[3] Thus, the top of the pole has an overall height of 81 metres (266 ft) above sea level. As of 2009, the transmitter serves approximately 3,400 homes.[1]

Details

The relay station is located on a United Utilities bore hole site near Column Road,[3] West Kirby. The relay was not an original VHF 405-line transmitter.[1] For 625-line analogue services on UHF, the relay covers a geographical Winter Hill blind spot in the vicinity of West Kirby near the Dee estuary. Prior to switchover, analogue channels BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1 and Channel 4 are radiated from the site.[2] Being a relay of Winter Hill, the transmitter is in the BBC North West and ITV Granada TV regions.

From 4 November 2009[1] some digital TV services started broadcasting from the transmitter.

The final digital switchover date was 2 December 2009, after which three digital multiplexes (known as Freeview Lite[4]) were made available.

All TV transmissions from the West Kirby site are vertically polarised.[1]

Transmitted services

On the extreme left, the TV mast as seen from a distance. Nearby mobile phone infrastructure is shown on the right.
Close-up of the mast showing the lower receiving aerials and upper transmitting aerials. All are of the Log-periodic type.

Digital television

Frequency UHF kW Operator System
474.166 MHz 21+ 0.015 BBC B DVB-T2
498.000 MHz 24 0.015 Digital 3&4 DVB-T
522.000 MHz 27 0.015 BBC A DVB-T

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "West Kirby transmitter - analogue switch-off". ukfree.tv. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  2. ^ a b "Digital Switchover Transmitter Details: Granada Region" (PDF). Office of Communications (OFCOM). 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  3. ^ a b "The Transmission Gallery: West Kirby". mb21. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Freeview Lite?". Brian Butterworth, ukfree.tv. 2006-01-01. Retrieved 2009-06-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links


Stub icon

This article about a mast or transmitter tower in Europe is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Kirby_television_relay_station&oldid=860129967"