Sutton Common BT Tower
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Radio masts and towers
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. They are among the tallest man-made structures...
built of reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcement bars , reinforcement grids, plates or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen the concrete in tension. It was invented by French gardener Joseph Monier in 1849 and patented in 1867. The term Ferro Concrete refers only to concrete that is...
at Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Macclesfield is a market town within the unitary authority of Cheshire East, the county palatine of Chester, also known as the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The population of the Macclesfield urban sub-area at the time of the 2001 census was 50,688...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
, England
England
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. It is one of the few communication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete. It is part of the 1960s 'backbone' network, relaying signals to Heaton Park
Heaton Park BT Tower
Heaton Park BT Tower is a telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete close to the banks of Heaton Park Reservoir, at Heaton Park, Manchester, England...
in the north and Pye Green
Pye Green BT Tower
Pye Green BT Tower is a 388 ft tall, telecommunication tower built of reinforced concrete at Pye Green, Staffordshire, England . Standing in Cannock Chase it is one of the few telecommunication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete...
to the south.
Sutton Common is notable because of it was originally conceived as part of the 1950s 'Backbone' chain designed to provide the UK and NATO with survivable communications during nuclear war.
Building a wind farm near the transmitter was considered, but wasn't able to happen due to interference that may have been caused by the wind turbines to the radio waves.
Analogue radio
| Frequency | kW | Service |
|---|---|---|
| 96.4 MHz | 0.24 | Signal 1 Signal 1 Signal One is a British Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from studios in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent to Staffordshire and Cheshire on 96.4 , 96.9 and 102.6 MHz FM for Cheshire, Stafford and North Staffordshire respectively. It also broadcasts on the Stoke "UTV-EMAP Stoke-on-Trent"... |
| 106.9 MHz | 0.15 | Silk FM |
Digital radio
| Frequency | Block | kW | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 227.360 MHz | 12C | 0.2 | MXR North West MXR North West MXR North West is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves the North West of England.- Transmitter sites :MXR North West currently broadcasts from the following sites:-Stations carried:... |
| 229.072 MHz | 12D | 0.5 | Stoke & Stafford |
See also
- British Telecom microwave networkBritish Telecom microwave networkThe British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom, operated at first by the General Post Office, and subsequently by its successor BT plc...
- BT Tower (disambiguation)BT Tower (disambiguation)BT Group owns at least 200 radio masts and towers in Britain. Of these, twelve are reinforced concrete towers. The rest are of steel lattice construction....
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