Rugby Radio Station
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Rugby Radio Station was a large British government radio transmission facility just east of the Hillmorton area of the town of Rugby, Warwickshire in England. The site straddled the A5 trunk road, wit
A view of the tallest masts in 2005.
1922 diagram of the transatlantic radio network.
Strain insulator supporting the cage antenna, 1938
View of the site, 2005
Skelton Transmitting Station
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The Skelton Transmitting Station is a radio transmitter site at grid reference NY433376 near Skelton, Cumbria, England, about 5 miles north-west of Penrith. It is operated by Babcock International and
Rugby Radio Station
…submerged submarines. Criggion radio station acted as a reserve. The GBR transmitter was shut down on 1 April 2003 and was replaced by a new one at the Skelton transmitting station. In 1927, a second transmitter was installed to initiate the first transatlantic commercial telephone service; linking New York and London on 60 kHz…
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The lattice mast