There are two tall structures on adjacent sites: a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva, and a 98.45 m (323.0 ft) tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT. These sites are known by their owners as 'Peterborough' and 'Morborne Hill' respectively.[1]
Original steel lattice mast collapsed, showing contact with building at the base.
A 154-metre (505 ft) guyed high-steel lattice mast, belonging to Arqiva, is used primarily for FM broadcasting but carries many other services.
Originally, this mast was built for broadcasting television on VHFBand I.
On 30 October 2004, the original mast was destroyed by a fire. It collapsed, seriously damaging the transmitter building at the base. Services were temporarily restored by transferring them to the adjacent BT tower and two temporary masts, including the BBC emergency mast which was put in use for the first time.[2] A new replacement mast finished construction in 2006 and is in full service.
The adjacent tower is one of fourteen reinforced concrete towers owned by BT in the UK. It is used mainly for point-to-point microwave links and forms part of BT's national telecommunications network. It was not damaged by the collapse of the Arqiva mast.
peterborough, transmitting, station, broadcasting, telecommunications, facility, morborne, hill, near, peterborough, england, grid, reference, tl127913, peterboroughmorborne, hill, site, from, west, cambridgeshire, locationcambridgeshiremast, height154, metres. The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill near Peterborough England grid reference TL127913 PeterboroughMorborne Hill site from westPeterborough transmitting station Cambridgeshire LocationCambridgeshireMast height154 metres 505 ft Coordinates52 30 28 N 0 20 36 W 52 507778 N 0 343333 W 52 507778 0 343333Grid referenceTL127913Built1959 original 2006 current Collapsed2004 original There are two tall structures on adjacent sites a guyed steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva and a 98 45 m 323 0 ft tall reinforced concrete tower belonging to BT These sites are known by their owners as Peterborough and Morborne Hill respectively 1 Contents 1 Arqiva mast 2 Services available 2 1 Analogue radio 2 2 Digital radio 3 BT concrete tower 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksArqiva mast edit nbsp Original steel lattice mast collapsed showing contact with building at the base A 154 metre 505 ft guyed high steel lattice mast belonging to Arqiva is used primarily for FM broadcasting but carries many other services Originally this mast was built for broadcasting television on VHF Band I On 30 October 2004 the original mast was destroyed by a fire It collapsed seriously damaging the transmitter building at the base Services were temporarily restored by transferring them to the adjacent BT tower and two temporary masts including the BBC emergency mast which was put in use for the first time 2 A new replacement mast finished construction in 2006 and is in full service Services available editAnalogue radio edit Frequency kW Service90 1 MHz 40 BBC Radio 292 3 MHz 40 BBC Radio 394 5 MHz 40 BBC Radio 495 7 MHz 5 1 BBC Radio Cambridgeshire99 7 MHz 40 BBC Radio 1101 9 MHz 40 Classic FMDigital radio edit Frequency Block kW Operator216 928 MHz 11A 5 SDL National221 352 MHz 11D 5 Digital One225 648 MHz 12B 10 BBC National DAB229 072 MHz 12D 4 NOW PeterboroughBT concrete tower editThe adjacent tower is one of fourteen reinforced concrete towers owned by BT in the UK It is used mainly for point to point microwave links and forms part of BT s national telecommunications network It was not damaged by the collapse of the Arqiva mast See also editBritish Telecom microwave network List of catastrophic collapses of broadcast masts and towers List of radio stations in the United Kingdom List of tallest structures List of tallest structures in the United Kingdom List of tallest towers Radio masts and towers Telecommunications in the United Kingdom Telecommunications towers in the United KingdomReferences edit Engineers Institution of Electrical 1959 Electronics amp Power Institution of Electrical Engineers Mast fire could be deliberate 1 November 2004 Retrieved 28 October 2021 External links editThe Transmission Gallery Peterborough Transmitter photographs and information The Transmission Gallery FM coverage map Peterborough Transmission Mast at Structurae Map of site Peterborough Transmitter at thebigtower com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peterborough transmitting station amp oldid 1197485571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
