In the interests of wasting no time, Alan and the team from Commtronix have been working on-site all day, and have completed the installation of all cabling, racks and equipment at the new Winchester transmission site. This is a major milestone achievement, and take us a big step closer to the re-launch of Winchester SS-DAB.
The only item left to be installed is the antenna, which we’re expecting delivery of next week.
Since power, etc, was now all in place, we were able to power up the equipment rack, with the transmitter into a dummy load, (dummy antenna simulator!), and validate that everything was working as expected.
Due to some legal & regulatory aspects which still have to be completed, we are project planning for the re-launch of Winchester SS-DAB early next year – though this is subject to final approval from Ofcom.