08-04-2022, 11:47 AM
Markymark post_id=77892 time= user_id=1078 Wrote:Steve in Pudsey post_id=77816 time= user_id=942 Wrote:Thanks, I thought I'd heard Dover (likely from your good self) but Tacolneston (or the Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft relays) look like a shorter sea path.
I think the main Rx station was near Zeebrugge, more or less due east from Dover. From there the signals were distributed by microwave and cable into the Netherlands (as well as around Belgium and Luxembourg)
I do recall talking to the owner of an electronics shop in Amsterdam early 90s. He told me he used to directly receive BBC 1 405 lines from Tacolneston using an aerial on his roof. He'd found the UK's continued use of 405 into the 80s rather quaint !
Hello, first post here!
As of today, Dutchies get the BBC London feed (except for me, since I only get BBC One HD at home...). BBC Two is also available, BBC Three/Four are usually in premium packages. BBC World News and BBC First (with NL subtitles) are generally available in ordinary cable packages.
Side note: the commercial European BBC channels are legally Dutch channels
