19-08-2019, 02:28 PM
IIRC Tacolneston planned to use band three but for some reason couldn't, so was shoehorned into band one after the continental co-channel station was already on air. Seem to remember reading somewhere that band three channels 6, 7, 12 & 13 could not be used till into the 60's, ITV was already using ch's 8, 9, 10 & 11 so no room for the beeb there. Belmont BBC1 eventually fired up on ch 13, I suppose if Tacolneston could have used that instead of ch 3 it would have done, but then what ch would Belmont have used? I sometimes think "could I have planned the channel plan any better?" But don't think I could have made any more improvements to the system, kudos to the channel planners for doing the job they did...
