Rugby Radio Station
Description of this historic site
A long-wave radio station dating from 1926 and located east of Rugby. The installation included 12 masts, a water-cooled VLF transmitter, and buried fuel tanks. It is used to transmit time signals, and may have had a defence role during the Cold War.
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Notes about this historic site
1 A long wave radio station with the transmitter at grid ref SP553747, which originally transmitted in Morse Code with a world wide range. Its recent function has been to transmit time signals of guaranteed accuracy. It is believed to have had a defence fuction communicating with nuclear submarines during the Cold War.
2 Desk-based assessment considering implications of redevelopment of the site.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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