1966 RELATED STORIES

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THE NEW GBR TRANSMITTER

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THE AERIAL TUNING INDUCTOR (THE RUGBY COIL)

The Aerial Tuning Inductor (ATI) was enormous. It consisted of five coils, each of eight turns of cable. These were 17ft diameter and mounted on wooden formers, each consisting of six arms made from American Whitewood...
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AERIAL SYSTEM

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STAND-BY POWER

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OPENING BY CAPTAIN WAKE-WALKER

The official opening ceremony for the new GBR transmitter took place on 30th November 1966. After speeches from Mr C W Sowton, Staff Engineer of the Post Office External Telecommunications Executive and Mr H Stanesby...

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ENHANCED SECURITY

1966 saw security at Rugby Radio Station greatly increased. A 12ft high fence (around 5 miles long) was erected around the whole of the ‘A’ and ‘C’ (Main Building) site. A further inner fence of the same construction was also added...

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CND MARCH

On 21st April 1981, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) marched past the Rugby Radio Station. The protesters painted CND logos on the Moors Lane and Kent railway tunnels and a tied hundreds of ribbons onto the station’s security fence. They then headed for Brownsover, where a rally was attended by about 5000 people...

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FLAT ROOFS LEAK

In the mid-1980s, the flat roof above the large Aerial Tuning Inductor (ATI) coil started to leak, causing minor burning damage to the coil and forcing the shutting down of the GBR transmitter. A plan was devised to suspend a polythene sheet over the top of the coil. The transmitter was brought back on-air and all seemed to be going well until the sheet caught fire.

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LIGHTNING STORMS

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