Mendlesham transmitting station
Location | Mendlesham, Stowmarket, Suffolk |
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Mast height | 305.4 metres (1,002 ft) |
Coordinates | 52°14′04″N 1°06′27″E / 52.234444°N 1.1075°E |
Grid reference | TM123640 |
Built | 1959 |
ITV region | Anglia Television (1959-1985) |
The Mendlesham transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated close to the village of Mendlesham, near the town of Stowmarket, in Suffolk, United Kingdom (grid reference TM123640). It is owned and operated by Arqiva.
It has a 305.4 metres (1,002 ft) high guyed steel lattice mast. Constructed in 1959, it came into service on 27 October of that year. It was at the time the highest television mast to be constructed in Europe and the first of six of the same height subsequently used at other Independent Television Authority stations. It was fabricated in Hereford from zinc-galvanised steel, and was erected by British Insulated Callender's Construction Co. (BICC), now known as Balfour Beatty.
It was originally commissioned to bring ITV signals (provided by
When
However, in 1997, the site was chosen to be a main transmitter for new regional commercial radio station Vibe FM (renamed
Channels listed by frequency
Analogue radio (VHF FM)
Frequency | kW[1] | Service |
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106.4 MHz | 20 | Greatest Hits Radio Ipswich & Suffolk |
Digital radio (DAB)
Frequency | Block | kW | Operator |
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222.064 MHz | 11D | 1 | Digital One[2] |
225.648 MHz | 12B | 4.3 | BBC National DAB[3] |
Analogue television
VHF analogue television was transmitted from Mendlesham from its launch in 1959 until the nationwide shutdown of VHF signals in 1985.
Frequency | VHF | kW | Service |
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204.75 MHz | 11 | 200 | Anglia |
See also
- List of masts
- List of tallest buildings and structures in Great Britain
- List of radio stations in the United Kingdom