Sign of the times, new aerial for digital TV
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Sign of the times, new aerial for digital TV
Image: © John Goldsmith Taken: 30 Sep 2011
Last week the digital TV switch-over started in this area, with BBC2 switched off. The aerial used to be mounted in the roof and receive just 4 analogue channels from a repeater transmitter on the sugar factory. We were advised that we needed new equipment for digital transmissions, and it would be better to add a tall mast and get the signals from the main transmitter at Tacolneston, providing all the Freeview channels right away. Here the shiny new aerial glints in the sun.
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