Talk:Belmont transmitting station

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Should this page actually be titled something like "Belmont Mast"? The term "transmitter" actually describes a piece of equipment, usually housed in a building close to the base of the mast. The transmitter is then attached to feeder cables that run up the mast to the antennas at the top. So describing the "mast" as a "transmitter" is not correct. Chillysnow 22:51, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi I added a little more practical information to this article namely that one of the digital mux's is off frequency. I added a link to a rough article outside wikipedia which gives the info needed to get digital tv from the belmont transmitter (needed for tv cards anyway )

really the details of the six uk mux's should be somewhere they apply nationally afaik and will assist in tuning. Blackest knight 22:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How high?

In two paragraphs, plus the photo caption, three versions of the mast's height are given. It does appear probable that the original height was either 1,263 or 1,265 feet and the present height is 1,272 feet, but since none are given in past tense it can confuse a reader. Impressive height in any case, but in the interest of accuracy (& consistency) shouldn't some editing be done? Hertz1888 13:46, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a new picture is needed

Is this really the tallest structure in the EU? I thought there was a radio mast in Poland that was the tallest structure in the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisSlllllllllll (talk • contribs) 15:41, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

It was. It's gone. See Warsaw radio mast. (P.S. Please remember to sign your comments, using four tildes (~)). Hertz1888 16:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How's it made?

I'm intrigued that this is (even potentially) the tallest structure in Europe.

But how is it made? The "Radio masts" page tells me a tubular steel mast is "Constructed out of steel tubes", but what kind of size are we talking about? Something like scaffolding poles (Two inches or so in diameter)? Or the Forth Bridge (many feet in diameter)? Or what?

Obviously, a picture would be ideal (Can you guess how I got to this page? :-). But even a few words of explanation would be nice...

RobertII (talk) 10:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC)