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Chillerton Down transmitting station

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{{Use British English|date=July 2019}}

{{short description|Radio transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England}}

{{Infobox UK transmitter

|name = Chillerton Down

|image = 250px

|caption = The Chillerton Down transmitting station

|map_name = Isle of Wight

|coordinates = {{coord|50.649167|-1.328889|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}

|height = {{convert|228.9|m|ft|0}}

|gridref=SZ475835

|built = 30 August 1958

|demolished =

|collapsed =

|BBC =

|ITV = Southern Television (1958-1981)
TVS (1982-1985)

}}

File:Chillerton transmitter station, IW, UK.jpg

The Chillerton Down transmitting station is a broadcasting facility for FM and DAB radio at Chillerton Down, above the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England ({{gbmapping|SZ475835}}). The transmitter was erected in 1958 and uses a {{convert|228.9|m|ft|0|sing=on}} high guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section as an aerial.[http://tx.mb21.co.uk/ tx.mb21.co.uk] - [http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chillerton-down.php Chillerton Down] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113214115/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chillerton-down.php |date=13 November 2007 }}. Retrieved 26 March 2007.

History

=Construction=

It was built by BICC.Times Tuesday 27 October 1959, page 6

=Transmission=

It was originally used to transmit Southern Television, and later TVS, until the end of VHF television transmissions in the UK at the beginning of 1985. It now transmits Greatest Hits Radio, Capital South, Nation Radio South Coast, Isle of Wight Radio, the local Arqiva (NOW S. Hampshire) DAB multiplex and the national Digital One DAB multiplex.

The site is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Channels available by frequency

=Analogue radio=

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!Frequency

!kWRadio Listeners Guide 2010

!Service

103.2 MHz

|2

|Capital South

105.2 MHz

|10

|Greatest Hits Radio South Coast

106.0 MHz

|4

|Nation Radio South Coast

107.0 MHz 102.0 MHz

|0.1

|Isle of Wight Radio

=Digital radio=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Frequency

!Block

!kW

!Operator

216.928 MHz

|11A

|5

|Sound Digital Limited

221.352 MHz

|11C

|5

|NOW South Hampshire

222.064 MHz

|11D

|5

|Digital One

=Analogue television=

VHF analogue television was transmitted from Chillerton Down from its launch in 1958 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.

class="wikitable sortable"

!{{no2}}Frequency

!{{no2}}VHF

!{{no2}}kW

!{{no2}}Service

{{UK System A|ch=11}}

|11

|100

|TVS (Southern Television until 1982)

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113214115/http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/chillerton-down.php The Transmission Gallery: photographs and information]
  • [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/25095 Antenna picture]
  • [http://www.thebigtower.com/live/ChillertonDown/Index.htm Chillerton Down Transmitter at thebigtower.com]

{{Television transmitters in the UK}}

{{Chillerton_Down_VHF_405-line_Transmitter_Group}}

Category:Buildings and structures on the Isle of Wight

Category:Transmitter sites in England

Category:Towers on the Isle of Wight

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