TV Signal Developments
From Moriston Matters, Issue 9, October 1978.
The following is an extract from a letter received from the BBC Engineering Services supplied by Mr Everett for publication in Moriston Matters.
The final planning and preparation for the installation of the Fort Augustus station is progressing in a normal manner. If all continues well, the station will be in operation in the second half of this year, most probably in the autumn.
The position with Glenmoriston and Dalchreichart is not so hopeful. The high hills will ensure that few, if any, in the Glen will benefit from the new station at Fort Augustus. The number of people living in the glen is too small for them to qualify for a relay station in the present phase of transmitter development. This phase caters for communities of 500 or more people who are reasonably close together so that they can be served from one small transmitter. There are so many stations of this type required that we think the building of them will take until the end of 1982.
Some houses at the mouth of Glenmoriston may be able to join together to use a wired distribution scheme, picking up signals from Fort Augustus when this is an operation. The BBC cannot provide financial help for such schemes but we are prepared to give advice if required. We would be prepared to visit the area to give this advice once signals are available from Fort Augustus. There is no hope of any improvement in the 405 line service, but it is expected that it will continue in operation until 1982. The service will have to close around that time but that the date has not been fixed.