In recent years, that large, ground-floor room has been referred to as the ‘old boxing club’. It would have been big enough to accommodate a boxing ring to which the description refers.
But in that room, 75 years ago, something more constructive and important than men punching each other, happened …
But in that room, 75 years ago, something more constructive and important than men punching each other, happened …
For that room would have been humming with the sound of electronics. Because that was where the Marconi transmitter was housed. The transmitter had the job of encoding (or modulating) the signal, from the studio above, onto a sine wave (carrier). From there, it was sent upwards to the high antenna (mast) above – still there, still used – and broadcast (or radiated) as radio waves.
The Palace authorities have recently agreed that this room shall, once again, be known as The Transmitter Hall. A small amount of progress, but progress nonetheless.
The Alexandra Palace Trust Board occasionally meets there; one Councillor-Board member said she prefers that room to the grandiose Londesborough Room; it seems possible that in future, all Board meetings will be in The Transmitter Hall.
The Alexandra Palace Trust Board occasionally meets there; one Councillor-Board member said she prefers that room to the grandiose Londesborough Room; it seems possible that in future, all Board meetings will be in The Transmitter Hall.
