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Washford Transmitting Station
Washford transmitting station is a medium wave broadcasting station and low-power digital terrestrial television relay near Washford, Somerset. It was built in 1933 and uses as antenna a T-antenna between two tall guyed masts separated by a distance of 159 metres. Originally the station used cage antennas around each mast. The station uses the frequencies 882 kHz with 100 kW, 1089 kHz with 50 kW and 1215 kHz with 50 kW. A smaller mast is used to relay digital terrestrial television services from the Mendip transmitting station. This mast carries the three public service multiplexes at an E.R.P. of 12.4 W. The front portions of the old transmitter building, are now part of the Tropiquaria wildlife park and house their tropical hall, aquarium, and nocturnal house. Services available Analogue radio (AM medium wave) Digital television Digital television began transmitting from Washford during the digital switchover in 2010. As a low-power relay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washford Cross - Geograph
Washford is a village on the Washford River in the Civil parishes in England, civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monastery, monasteries in England. It centred in a valley close to the Bristol Channel on the A39 road east of the resort town of Minehead and southwest of the port of Watchet. The village lies on the route of the Somerset Way and Celtic Way Exmoor Option. History Geography Washford is southeast of Old Cleeve. The parish is in West Somerset Non-metropolitan district, local government district and Somerset Non-metropolitan county, shire county. Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a steam-operated heritage railway. The station is the headquarters of the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust and contains a number of historic artefacts from the Somerset and Dorset Railway. The village also had a Washford (WSMR) railway station, station on the West Somers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
