Mast height 196 metres (643 ft) | Grid reference SX578742 Year built 1955 | |
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Situated on the summit of North Hessary Tor in Devon, England is an FM radio and television transmitter which uses as aerial a 196 metres (643 ft) high guyed mast. It was built by the BBC in 1955 when a transmitter was needed to introduce 405 line television into Devon. It now carries a small UHF TV transmitter which serves Princetown and Dartmoor. FM radio transmissions began in 1956 and cover most of Devon and eastern parts of Cornwall. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
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Analogue radio (FM VHF)
From June 2013
In June 2013, BBC A moved from UHF 62- to UHF 50, to allow for the clearance of the 800 MHz band for 4G LTE mobile services.
References
North Hessary Tor transmitting station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA