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Old 8th Jun 2018, 2:27 pm   #4
SteveCG
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Default Re: Interesting UHF aerials.

I remember seeing just such an aerial when visiting London in the mid 60s - its shape stuck in my mind. Fast forward 30 odd years and I came across one in Grange-Over-Sands (on the Cumbrian coast) a group C oriented to the Winter Hill transmitter about 50 air miles away.

I do know that G-O-S received high field strength signals from Winter Hill on both Band III VHF (CH B9 & B12) as well as UHF (CH 62 back then); so given the poor sensitivity of the early valve tuners especially at the top of the UHF band, the field strength really must have been remarkable!
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