| This visit to the Hunger Hill site should have been made in bright sunshine according to the BBC weather forecast (what a fool I was for even thinking they might have got it right that day), but it actually turned out to be covered in very low cloud, and was grey, wet and miserable.
Having trekked all that way I wasn't planning to leave without taking a few shots, and thankfully the wind did start to get up a bit, and some of the cloud lifted allowing me to get some shots of the full mast. Many of the images are a little darker than I would have liked, so I plan to re-visit the site in better weather and take a few more. This site is used exclusively to broadcast the TETRA signals, and from the site, which is up in the hills to the north of Greater Manchester, the take off is very impressive, as you can see on a few of the pictures, taken when the cloud was starting to lift. This site was previously used for PMR services and the original mast came down in the early 80s and was later replaced. Only the TETRA phased vertical UHF antennas, and what looks like a microwave dish are now to be seen on this mast. The site number, according to: http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ is LNC 046, and the operator is O2, this is also what is shown on the plate on the compound entrance. NOTE: early February was unusually nice, so I paid the site another visit and have added a few more shots, this time with a little blue sky and sunshine in evidence. |
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A good take off that's for sure, the tall buildings in the distance are in the centre of Manchester! 950x712 goodtakeoff.jpg |
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'scuse me whilst I touch the sky! 650x867 hungerhill14.jpg |
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My hand-held transmitter looks puny next to this one as it sits atop the local Trig Point 950x715 hungerhill19.jpg |
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you can see why they chose this spot - that's the 554ft Beetham Tower in the centre of Manchester over there! 950x712 hungerhill21.jpg |
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