M0WOF Woofferton UK '3955 Test Transmission' Verfication Letter for 03-03-2021

[Big Badfish Al]

Received this reply:

[Molvania Poacher]

Thanks Al! I received the same email verification from Dave Porter in response to a reception report for last night's test transmission. Here is the full text:

Thank you for your report and I confirm the details are correct. These transmissions are usually to fault-find on a 250/300 kW sender at the UK HF transmitter station at Woofferton but in this instance were for RF tests with signalling systems on Network Rail as the railway lines run very close to certain arrays at the TX site. Network Rail and WOF engineers were working together on these tests.
 
These duration of the usual transmitter tests can be variable as the engineers can sometimes need a long time to establish a fault or they may interrupt the test, make an adjustment and resume. This is particularly so if the fault is of an intermittent nature.
 
Encompass Digital Media, Woofferton is the only remaining UK HF sender broadcast station and also is the only one with this transmission test audio and email address.
 
The audio is contained in a file play-out system and incorporates non-copyright music and voice announcements from one of the engineers, Martin 2E1EKX at the transmitter site.

Wooferton has an amateur radio station on site with the callsign of M0WOF.  See QRZ.com.
 
Thanks for your interest.

73
 
Dave G4OYX,
 
(Retired) Senior Transmitter Engineer Woofferton 1982-2012


Check out the video presentation of Woofferton on
www.youtube.com/user/wooffertonuk
 

There is also the history of WOF on
www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/technical_reviews.htm


There is also the history of WOF on
www.bbceng.info/Technical%20Reviews/technical_reviews.htm


and more at
www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/historic-woofferton-boasts-a-modern-twist?utm_source=Selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10268&utm_content=Radio_World_TechBytes_11%2F20%2F19+&utm_term=3804814&m_i=40lTTOyhe83pfeFzFqEpDtb9ZpnKwhQzSuCCJoqa8uvPC4jxal7pwg2OfbmcjI_Rl7Gqswa9lQU46rAg2w1dDwysmFp2qNU44Z&M_BT=7238892643257


and a new issue here
www.ludlowcivicsociety.org/assets/73.pdf[/i]

[Bali_Frank]

2016 I got nearly the same text and also this