Transmission Operations - Reminiscences

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Photographs taken by Martin Briscoe

Martin has contributed a DVD containing over 5000 pictures taken at various transmitter sites.  They range from transistors to towers, with all sorts of things in between.  Many of them show work in progress and some sites are untidy to say the least, but it is quite interesting to see this as it provides some insight to the work that had to be done.  Some of the equipment in the pictures was removed many years ago.

It would be a very time consuming task to put all 5000 pictures on BBCeng, so here is a compromise.  All pictures for the first four sites are on pages accessed from the first four links below, then there is just one sample picture from each site (click on the thumbnails to enlarge them and then use your browser's back button to return).  Allow time for the pictures to load as, unlike most pictures on BBCeng, they have not been compressed

If you are looking for other pictures from any of the sites below then click here to send me an email.  I will either respond myself or forward your request to Martin Briscoe.  (Of course BBC Transmission had many more sites than those listed below.)

1. Acharacle
2. Ardgour
3. Arisaig
4. Ballachulish
    
5. Bellanoch
6. Belmont
7. Borve
8. Bowmore
9. Bruernish
10. Burghead
11. Bwlch Mawr
12. Cairndow - not built
13. Campbeltown
14. Carradale
15. Castlebay
16. Clachan
17. Clettraval
18. Cow Hill
19. Daliburgh
20. Dalmally
21. Darvel
22. Durness
23. Dychliemore
24. Easdale
25. Eitshal after fire
26. Fiunary
27. Fort Augustus (Picture removed on 24th June 2015 by request)
28. Fort William
29. Gigha Island G
30. len Convinth
31. Glendocherty
32. Glengorm
33. Grantown
34. Heathfield
35. High Keil
36. Keelylang Hill
37. Kilbride
38. Kilmelford
39. Kingussie
40. Kinlochbervie
41. Kinlochleven
42. Kintraw
43. Kylerhea
44. Lisnagarvey
45. Llanddona
46. Loch Feochan
47. Lochgilphead
48. Lochinver
49. Lochmaddy
50. Mallaig
51. Meldrum
52. Midhurst
53. Miscellaneous
54. Moel y Parc
55. Newhaven
56. Oban
57. Onich
58. Penifiler
59. Pontop Pike
60. Port Ellen
61. Portnahaven
62. Reigate
63. Skriaig
64. South Knapdale
65. Spean Bridge
66. Staffin
67. Strachur
68. Sutton Coldfield
69. Tarbert Loch Fyne
70. Taynuilt
71. Tighnabruaich
72. Torosay
73. Tunbridge Wells
74. Uig
75. Ullapool
76. Wester Erchite
77. Winter Hill

Some of Martin Briscoe's pictures are also available for viewing on his Picasa web site.

Due to the limit of 500 pictures per album on Picasa they are presently split into the following two albums:

Album 1 (colour).   (You might find it convenient to right click and open the page in a new tab or window.)

Album 2 (monochrome)

They aren't in any particular order and initially (July 2008) they are unlabelled.

Here is a particularly good picture of Torosay on the Island of Mull in Scotland.

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