11-04-2018, 10:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-04-2018, 10:15 PM by peter scott.)
Apparently the aerial damage took place on the 14th of Decemeber 1936 and both sound and vision aerials were damaged. The horizontal arms which carry the aerial arrays were hinged in the centre and these were bent upwards as a result of the stays breaking. Efforts were immediately made to remedy the problems and the "ordinary BBC engineers" climbed the mast in spite of the high winds. They succeeded in repairing the sound aerial so an announcement could be put out at 9-00 pm. High powered studio lights were used to illuminate the mast to aid the repairs.
Was D.C. Birkinshaw not the Chief Engineer?
Was D.C. Birkinshaw not the Chief Engineer?
