Swingate transmitting station: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox UK transmitter

|name = Swingate

|image = [[File:Swingate military telecommunication station - geograph.org.uk - 1633769.jpg|250px]]<br><small>
|caption = The three Swingate towers</small>

|map = {{Location map

{{Location map

| Kent

| width = 250

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The '''Swingate transmitting station''' is a facility for FM-transmission in the village of [[Swingate, Kent|Swingate]], near [[Dover]], [[Kent]] ({{gbmapping|TR334429}}). For many years there were three lattice towers with a height of {{convert|111|m|ft|0}}. This station was one of the first 5 [[Chain Home]] Radar stations completed in 1936 and was originally designated AMES ([[Air Ministry Experimental Station]]) 04 Dover. The FM transmitting [[antennas]] are attached to what was the middle tower; [[microwave]] link dishes and [[mobile telephone]] antennas were spread across all three towers. The south tower was dismantled in March 2010.

The Swingate towers no longer have the three cantilever platforms that were fitted originally.

==History==

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== Channels available from this site ==

=== Analogue radio ===

The transmitter is the main transmission station for the [[BBC]] which serves the bulk of Kent.<ref>Radio Listeners Guide 2010</ref>

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|[[BBC Radio 2]]

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|92.2 &nbsp;MHz

|11

|[[BBC Radio 3]]

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|94.4 &nbsp;MHz

|11

|[[BBC Radio 4]]

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|99.5 &nbsp;MHz

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|[[BBC Radio 1]]

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|104.2 &nbsp;MHz

|10

|[[BBC Kent]]

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==External links==

*[http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/swingate/index.php Swingate transmitting station at mb21]

*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/doverpast/4460372893/in/photostream/ National Geographic photo] showing the original configuration of four transmitters and four receiver towers]

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{{Swingate_VHF_405-line_Transmitter_Group}}

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[[Category:Transmitter sites in England]]

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