Peterborough transmitting station

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Morborne Hill site from west
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Peterborough transmitting station (Cambridgeshire)
Location Cambridgeshire
Mast height154 metres (505 ft)
Coordinates 52°30′28″N0°20′36″W / 52.507778°N 0.343333°W / 52.507778; -0.343333
Grid reference TL127913
Built1959 (original)
2006 (current)
Collapsed2004 (original)

The Peterborough transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility at Morborne Hill, near Peterborough, England (grid reference TL127913 ).

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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]

Arqiva mast

Original steel lattice mast collapsed, showing contact with building at the base. Morborne mast collapsed.jpg
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

Analogue radio

FrequencykWService
90.1 MHz 40 BBC Radio 2
92.3 MHz40 BBC Radio 3
94.5 MHz40 BBC Radio 4
95.7 MHz5.1 BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
99.7 MHz40 BBC Radio 1
101.9 MHz40 Classic FM

Digital radio

FrequencyBlockkWOperator
216.928 MHz11A5 SDL National
221.352 MHz11D5 Digital One
225.648 MHz12B10 BBC National DAB
229.072 MHz12D4 NOW Peterborough

BT concrete tower

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.

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References

  1. Engineers, Institution of Electrical (1959). Electronics & Power. Institution of Electrical Engineers.
  2. "Mast fire 'could be deliberate'". 1 November 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2021.