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Old 2nd May 2013, 9:30 am   #4
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Default Re: 405-Line VHF Aerials in 2013

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Originally Posted by paulsherwin View Post
Pontop Pike really used to travel when the conditions were right. We often used to get it in Stoke when I was growing up, using a standard VP H aerial pointing north to Holme Moss.

Not bad for a 17KW transmitter! At Coldstream there's a clear view over the Cheviot hills to the South thus long range reception from Pontop Pike and Burnhope would've been possible but what quality under normal conditions we'll probably never know.

Not surprisingly I've not seen any surviving ch1V aerials for Ashkirk which opened on 17th June 1963. The installation in the third picture must date post 01/12/61 (when Selkirk ch13V opened) and pre 17/06/63 therefore.

Cheers,
Brian
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