Visit to Baldock Radio Station

Visit

Visit the Baldock radio monitoring station which is Ofcom's "listening ear" on the radio spectrum. A vital station for keeping the spectrum clean for authorised users, particularly the emergency services and especially during the Olympics.

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Date and Time

08 May 2013 - 14:30-16:30

Location

WALLINGTON, United Kingdom - Baldock Radio Monitoring Station  (See map)

Organiser

Organised by the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire local network.

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With the ever increasing demand for radio based services, monitoring of the radio spectrum plays a vital role today in keeping the spectrum clean for authorised users, particularly the emergency services. It is also an essential and integral part of the spectrum management process, producing and evaluating data to aid spectrum managers in their day to day work. The radio monitoring station, located near Baldock in Hertfordshire is Ofcom's "listening ear" on the radio spectrum.

The monitoring station today has a much broader spectrum monitoring capability than when it began life in 1929. Its original role was to monitor the international HF radio circuits operated by the GPO, which followed on from historic first trans-Atlantic radio telephony services received at the site from New Jersey, USA.

The Operations Room provides Ofcom's 24-hour focal point of contact for interference reports and monitoring over a frequency range of 9 kHz to 3 GHz. It can provide field strength measurements, direction-finding and spectrum occupancy information. It helps to protect safety-of-life services and also makes a major contribution to the International Monitoring System of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as well as providing information for the UK's spectrum managers.

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Registration is essential.

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