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Originally Posted by hamid_1
I assumed that the tower's original purpose was to carry telephone calls. I didn't know they were used for TV or possibly secret military purposes.
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The Stokenchurch tower was a major node for both civilian and military traffic. It served the large military command bunker at
RAF High Wycombe. This was one of the main motivations to build the network in the first place.
For many years there was a dish on the southern corner of the central Oxford telephone exchange which appeared to be working Stokenchurch. Possibly this was some sort of backup circuit, though it could have been for many things. I think it's still there, though presumably out of use.