{"id":7343,"date":"2013-09-18T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T21:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2013-09-18T17:45:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T21:45:40","slug":"dave-porters-video-tour-of-the-bbc-woofferton-transmitting-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/dave-porters-video-tour-of-the-bbc-woofferton-transmitting-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Porter&#8217;s video tour of the BBC Woofferton transmitting site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this brilliant video tour of the BBC Woofferton Transmitting Station, presented by Senior Transmitter Engineer Dave Porter (G40YX). The video is divided in seven parts, thus I&#8217;ve created a playlist that will automatically load each video in order.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Start of playlist\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QovPkM35aF0&amp;feature=share&amp;list=PLQwZF-uqDOfgTRiYQ_417DC0SCi0X784q\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to start the playlist on YouTube<\/a>, or simply watch the tour through the embedded video player below. Enjoy:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QovPkM35aF0?list=PLQwZF-uqDOfgTRiYQ_417DC0SCi0X784q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nMany thanks to Dave Porter for hosting this video tour and to Mike Barraclough for the tip!<\/p>\n<p><em>If you would like to read a detailed history of Woofferton, be sure to check out our post:<\/em><br \/>\n<em> <a title=\"Shortwave Radio History: 50 years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/shortwave-radio-history-50-years-of-transmitting-at-bbc-woofferton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shortwave Radio History: 50 years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this brilliant video tour of the BBC Woofferton Transmitting Station, presented by Senior Transmitter Engineer Dave Porter (G40YX). The video is divided in seven parts, thus I&#8217;ve created a playlist that will automatically load each video in order. Click here to start the playlist on YouTube, or simply watch the tour through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,288,43,1409,304],"tags":[1283,1284,2156],"class_list":["post-7343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","category-videos","tag-bbc-woofferton","tag-bbc-woofferton-history","tag-bbc-woofferton-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Ur","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34529,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/woofferton-transmitting-station-75-years-of-continuous-operation\/","url_meta":{"origin":7343,"position":0},"title":"Woofferton Transmitting Station: 75 years of continuous operation","author":"Thomas","date":"October 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Porter, who notes: Pleased to let you know that Woofferton Transmitting Station celebrated 75 years of continuous operation yesterday 17th October 2018. It is now run by Encompass Digital Media to give it its full name! Woofferton has certainly experienced and propagated a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57978,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/special-program-woofferton-transmitting-stations-80th-anniversary-on-october-17-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":7343,"position":1},"title":"Special Program: Woofferton Transmitting Station&#8217;s 80th Anniversary on October 17, 2023","author":"Thomas","date":"October 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Porter, who shares the following announcement: Woofferton Transmitting Station UK - 80th Anniversary - October 17, 2023 To mark this anniversary Encompass Digital Media at WOF will be running a special programme on HF : Tuesday 17th October 2023 from 1330 - 1430\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image1.png?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47005,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/m0wof-woofferton-transmitting-sites-new-amateur-radio-callsign\/","url_meta":{"origin":7343,"position":2},"title":"M0WOF: Woofferton Transmitting Site&#8217;s New Amateur Radio Callsign","author":"Thomas","date":"December 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Porter (G4OYX), who shares the following news: Hi All, I am pleased to report that following the efforts of two Communication Engineers at the former BBC\/VoA Transmitter site at Woofferton, Shropshire there is again an amateur radio club callsign allocated there. Jon Norton\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Woofferton_transmitting_station_2011.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/shortwave-radio-history-50-years-of-transmitting-at-bbc-woofferton\/","url_meta":{"origin":7343,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave Radio History: 50 years of transmitting at BBC Woofferton","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated radio historian and author, Jeff Cant, you can download and read an excellent history of the first fifty years of the BBC's Woofferton transmission station. Cant began his history as an internal document to the station; he later finished it in his retirement.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BBC-Woofferton.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":59538,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/patrizio-receives-detailed-information-about-the-woofferton-test-transmission-he-confirmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":7343,"position":4},"title":"Patrizio receives detailed information about the Woofferton test transmission he confirmed","author":"Thomas","date":"April 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Patrizio Cardelli, who shares the following background story (via our friend, Dave Porter) about a Woofferton test transmission received at his QTH in Italy: Hi Patrizio, Thank you for your report and I confirm the details for 9885 kHz are correct. 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