The London Twin-Wave Broadcasting Station

The London Twin-Wave Broadcasting Station
Brookmans Park

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A Descriptive Souvenir 1930
THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
SAVOY HILL, LONDON

PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AT THE CURWEN PRESS PLAISTOW

Foreword and Index

The Regional Scheme, for providing a broadcast service over the United Kingdom, consists of a number of stations, each containing two high-power transmitters.

Thus in each Region two different programmes will be available at sufficient strength for reception on inexpensive apparatus.

Furthermore, over the greater part of the total area served by these stations, the strength of the two transmitters will be similar to a sufficient degree to ensure that each programme can be listened to without interference from the other, when using the simplest types of receiver.

The first step towards the realization of this scheme was the erection of the experimental transmitter at Daventry known as 5GB. Based on the experience gained by this and other means, the Engineering Branch of the B.B.C prepared a specification for a complete Regional Station.

The first station to be built in accordance with this plan is now in full operation at Brookmans Park, and a description of it is contained in the following pages.

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Foreword and Index
Introduction
The Aerial System
The Power House
The Battery Room
The Motor Generator Room
The Transmitter Hall
The Control Room and Studio
Wavelengths and Programmes
The Principal Contractors

Related Information:
A History of Brookmans Park Transmitting Station by Lilian Caras 1982 (revised January 2002)

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