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THE new Northern Ireland Regional Station of the British Broadcasting Corporation was opened on March 20 by the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ireland. This new transmitting station is situated at Lisburn, about nine miles south-west of Belfast. An illustrated technical description of the station given in World Radio of March 20 shows that the design is based upon the experience obtained by the B.B.C. in the erection and operation of the other regional stations. The total power output of the new transmitter is 100 kw., and its electrical circuit is very similar in general design to that of the longwave national transmitter at Droitwich. In normal circumstances the power supply for the station is obtained from the system of the Electricity Board for Northern Ireland, which has installed duplicate overhead feeders connected to its 33,000 volt ring main. An emergency supply has, however, been installed, in the form of a 600 horse-power Diesel engine driving a 400 kw. three-phase alternator. In addition to the transmitter hall and machine room, the station building contains a control room and office and studio accommodation.
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New Northern Ireland Broadcasting Station. Nature 137, 524 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137524a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137524a0