View source for Brecon VHF-FM transmitting station

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{{Infobox UK transmitter
|name            = Brecon VHF FM
|image           =
|map_name = Wales Powys
|coordinates = {{coord|51.959551|-3.412355|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|height          = {{convert|48|ft|m|0|disp=flip}}
|gridref         = SO030299
|built           = 1966
|demolished      =
|collapsed       =
|relay           = [[Wenvoe transmitting station|Wenvoe]]
}}
The '''Brecon VHF FM transmitting station''' in [[Powys]], [[Wales]] was originally built by the [[BBC]] in 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/reports/1966-17.pdf|title=TRANSMITTING AERIAL FOR THE BRECON V.H.F. SOUND STATION - Technological Report No. E·117/3|website=BBC|date=July 1967}}</ref> as a relay for VHF [[FM broadcasting|FM]] radio. It consists of a pair of 15&nbsp;m wooden telegraph poles - one carrying the transmitting antennas, and the other carrying receiving aerials pointed at [[Wenvoe transmitting station]] near Cardiff. These stand on land at Pencrug Farm, about 244&nbsp;m above sea level.
The station does not radiate television, and never did. TV for the area comes from a different site at [[Brecon transmitting station]] a few km to the east.
==Channels listed by frequency==
===FM Radio===
====20 December 1965 - January 1977====
As built, the transmitter re-radiated Wenvoe's three original FM transmissions with horizontal polarisation and with a radiation pattern favouring the town of [[Brecon]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!{{No2}}Frequency
!{{No2}}kW
!{{No2}}Service
|-
|88.9&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 2|BBC Light Programme]]
|-
|91.1&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 3|BBC Third Programme]]
|-
|93.3&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 4|BBC Welsh Home Service]]
|}
====January 1977 - 1989====
The launch of Radio Cymru saw the replacement across Wales of the English-language Radio 4 Wales service.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!{{No2}}Frequency
!{{No2}}kW
!{{No2}}Service
|-
|88.9&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 2|BBC Radio 1 & 2]]
|-
|91.1&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 3]]
|-
|93.3&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio Cymru]]
|}
====1989 - present====
Bandplan changes allowed more frequencies in [[Band II]], Radio 1 gained its own frequency and National Radio 4 could be transmitted. About this time, the transmitting aerials were changed to the present configuration, radiating a slant-polarisation signal in a fairly omnidirectional pattern using a Lindenblad Array<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amsat.org/amsat/articles/w6shp/lindy.html|title = The Lindenblad: The Ultimate Satellite Omni Antenna|website=[[Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Frequency
!kW
!Service
|-
|88.9&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 2]]
|-
|91.1&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio Wales]]
|-
|93.3&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio Cymru]]
|-
|98.5&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 1]]
|-
|104.7&nbsp;MHz
|0.01
|[[BBC Radio 4]]
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/brecon-vhf.php The FM radio transmitter for Brecon]
*[http://www.ukfree.tv/radiomaps.php?tx=SO030299 UKFree's listing for the Brecon FM transmitter]
{{Transmitter sites in Wales}}
{{FM radio transmitter sites in Wales}}
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