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winston_1 · 5th Sep 2018, 5:23 pm

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.

5th Sep 2018, 5:23 pm	#583
winston_1 Hexode Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: London, UK. Posts: 498	Re: 405-Line VHF Aerials 2013 to the present day. 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. Attached Thumbnails