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Focus Diode · 1st May 2013, 6:40 pm

The following photos were taken at Coldstream in the Scottish Borders earlier on today (1st May 2013). Amazing these huge structures are still standing. Presumably the horizontally polarised arrays for Pontop Pike ch5 and Burnhope ch8 were installed before Selkirk opened, which that station did on the 1st December 1961! Full compliments to the aerial rigger(s) seeing they've been up there for over 50 years. Indeed ch13 vertically polarised aerials can be seen on a couple of masts for Selkirk. Those nasty things for BBC2 have been painted out on a couple of pics, the exception being picture 3 with the 3-element ch5 Pontop Pike and ch13 vertically polarised one for Selkirk.

Perhaps they're awaiting the long awaited re-introduction of 405-line television?!

Cheers,
Brian

1st May 2013, 6:40 pm	#1
Focus Diode Octode Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Borough of Gateshead, UK. Posts: 1,420	405-Line VHF Aerials 2013 to the present day. The following photos were taken at Coldstream in the Scottish Borders earlier on today (1st May 2013). Amazing these huge structures are still standing. Presumably the horizontally polarised arrays for Pontop Pike ch5 and Burnhope ch8 were installed before Selkirk opened, which that station did on the 1st December 1961! Full compliments to the aerial rigger(s) seeing they've been up there for over 50 years. Indeed ch13 vertically polarised aerials can be seen on a couple of masts for Selkirk. Those nasty things for BBC2 have been painted out on a couple of pics, the exception being picture 3 with the 3-element ch5 Pontop Pike and ch13 vertically polarised one for Selkirk. Perhaps they're awaiting the long awaited re-introduction of 405-line television?! Cheers, Brian Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Focus Diode; 1st May 2013 at 6:47 pm.