Burghead AM transmitter

The Burghead AM transmitter is a facility near Burghead () in Scotland for long- and medium-wave radio transmission that started service on 12th October 1936. The site is owned by National Grid Wireless and houses a Long Wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two mediumwave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio Five Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz. The Long Wave transmitter is part of a network transmitting on the same frequency, the other transmitters being the Droitwich AM transmitter and the Westerglen AM transmitter.

One guyed mast is used for the medium wave transmitters. The mast has a triangular section and is insulated against ground. The mast for the longwave transmitter consists of a T-aerial spanned between two guyed steel lattice masts.

Part of the original building was demolished leaving a much smaller building for the more modern transmitters.

See also

* List of masts
* List of radio stations
** List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
* National Grid Wireless, who own the site

External links

*The Transmission Gallery - photographs of the Burghead AM transmitter