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Sheffield (MW) Radio Transmitter             OS Grid Ref SK 348 849

Sheffield (MW) may well qualify as one of the oldest transmitter "masts" in the country. One end utilises the old chimney from the boiler house for Heeley swimming pool which
was built in 1907. Thus this picture combine two of my four great interests in life, swimming and television transmission. The other two are railways and my wife, not necessarily in
that order !  
Radio Sheffield puts out 1 kW of MW at 1035kHz and whilst talking to a chap at the pool he complained that it interferes with some of the phones. He moaned that "all we get out of them is bloody Praise Or Grumble" (one of the programmes) ! Interestingly the TX is not at any great height. At the MW frequency which it transmits on, "line of sight" is not so vital, in fact Andy (a "Radio Ham") assures me that a good signal earth is more important. Thus explaining why many MW TX`s are located near rivers or wetlands.
 

The sun was in the wrong direction when I took this shot ( ! ) but the wire which actually transmit`s the signal is just about discernible stretching to the left from the boiler house chimney.                                                                          Picture JustinSmith (ATV).

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