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Originally Posted by winston_1
Just spent a few days visiting friends in Bicester, near Oxford. Quite a lot of VHF aerials still there as the attachments show. Looks like B2 Oxford horizontal, B12 Membury horizontal and high gain C9 Croydon. Puzzled why so many Croydon aerials when Membury available. Perhaps they predate Membury startup (when) or maybe people preferred London programmes. The last band 1/3 looks interesting. Looks as if just band 3 directors and band 1 dipole. Assume the bending is something to do with band 3 matching. Unless anyone knows any different.
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Brilliant photos. I can only guess the Oxford and Croydon installation pre dated Membury. I'll have to look for the opening dates for both.
The opening post of the Coldstream aerials gave a possible indication where the aerials were first erected. Earlier ones were for Pontop Pike and Burnhope. A later installation was for Pontop Pike and Selkirk, the latter pre dating the opening of the BBC equivalent to Selkirk.
Cheers
Brian