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Shown below are pictures of the BBC receiving station at Crowsley Park taken in 1979 and contributed by Guy Stanbury .

Further down the page are pictures of Crowsley Park taken in 1968 and contributed by Vaino Lehtoranta.

The above contributors are owners of the original pictures and the copyright holders.

This facebook link (contributed by Mark Palmer) might also be of interest.

Bandscanning position

Bandscanning position: G Judson

Bandscanning position: microprocessor driven bandscanner

F1 SIO position

Winter 1979 External Services schedule

F2 F3 measurements position

F3 measurement position

Field strength measurement hut: crossed loop antenna

Ground winch

Library-rest room_LtoR_K Harmer, G Mitchell, G Harrison, G Stanbury, R Kneebone, P Ousley

Library-rest room_LtoR_K Harmer, G Mitchell, G Stanbury, G Judson, R Kneebone, P Ousley

Shift Supervisor office

VHF-UHF tower

VoA RCI Relay: Room_Andrew Tett, Geoff Mitchell

VoA RCI Relay Room: control desk LH _ centre

VoA RCI Relay Room control desk RH

VoA RCI Relay Room control desk LH

VoA RCI Relay Room control desk: R Kneebone, P Ousley

VoA RCI relay room: Plessey PRD600 diversity receivers

VoA RCI relay room: Plessey PRD600 diversity receivers: day maintenance staff D Crisp, K Ryan

Walter Huber FBS electromechanical bandscanners

Engineering Interception Room

Engineering Interception Room: P Wilkinson

Experimental DF system

21 MHz fixed bearing Yagi

40 degree Beverage antenna

Biconical antenna

Curtain array; 21 MHz fixed bearing Yagi

Curtain array counterbalance

Curtain array 1

Curtain array 2

Curtain array 3

Curtain array 4

Curtain array 5

Curtain array 6

Curtain array 7

Curtain array 8

Curtain array 9


Shown below are pictures of the BBC receiving station at Crowsley Park taken in 1968 and contributed by Vaino Lehtoranta.