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The 150 kW station at the new site. is now in operation. The building is also designed to house the Midland Regional transmitter, of 50 kW.
The BBC and Mr Noel Ashridge, the Chief Engineer and his colleagues in.particular, are to be congratulated on the completion of Droitwich, the latest of their transmitters, which, as the National station, commenced transmissions last week.
It is, perhaps, scarcely correct to refer to the station as complete, because although a part of the machinery is already installed for the Regional transmitter, this equipment will not be ready for operation for some time.
The group of pictures appearing on this page gives a general idea of the layout of the station and the general arrangement. The control table located in the gallery is of special interest, as from here the entire equipment is supervised. The planning of the station has also been so arranged that the engineer at the control table has an almost complete.view.of the distributed equipment.
The BBC has stated 'it will not be possible to determine the exact performance of the station until it has been in regular service for at least a year', but already listeners will have noted with satisfaction the very great improvement in signal strength and quality in almost every part of the country.
The aerial transformer house and National aerial down-lead termination.
The high-tension machine room.
One of the mercury arc rectifiers.
Ground floor of the transmitting hall.
One of the 50 kW valves in the final push-pull modulated-high-frequency stage..
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