Swingate transmitting station
The Swingate transmitting station is a facility for FM-transmission at Swingate, UK (national grid reference: TR334429 ). It includes three lattice towers with a height of 111 metres, which were built for Chain Home radar before World War II. The FM transmitting antennas are attached to the middle tower, with microwave link dishes and mobile telephone antennas being attached variously across all three towers.
It is the only radar tower from the Battle of Britain in WWII still in use today.
Currently the only remaining Chain Home radar tower complete with all three cantilever platforms is at Great Baddow, Chelmsford
Channels available from this site
Analogue Radio [1]
The transmitter is the main transmission station for the BBC which serves the bulk of Kent.
| Frequency | KW | Service |
|---|---|---|
| 90.0 MHz | 11.000 | BBC Radio 2 |
| 92.2 MHz | 11.000 | BBC Radio 3 |
| 94.4 MHz | 11.000 | BBC Radio 4 |
| 92.2 MHz | 10.000 | BBC Kent |
| 99.5 MHz | 11.000 | BBC Radio 1 |
Digital Radio There are currently no DAB signals from this site at present due to its proximety to mainland Europe. The county of Kent is therefore covered with smaller, low-powered relay stations instead to avoid interferrence.
References
- ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010
51°8′16″N 1°20′9″E / 51.13778°N 1.33583°E
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