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Unusual place for a Yagi
Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about
a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? |
Unusual place for a Yagi
On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:09:25 +0100, ureds wrote:
Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? What's under the bridge? -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:09:25 +0100, ureds wrote: Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? What's under the bridge? A Troll...... |
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"Graham." wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:09:25 +0100, ureds wrote: Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? What's under the bridge? A very long run of co-ax ........ |
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People go to any lengths to get TV ...
http://www.macfh.co.uk/Temp/wtf.jpg On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:09:25 +0100, ureds wrote: Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? -- ================================================== ====== Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
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"ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. .....biblical internets? |
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On 30/08/2015 19:22, _Unknown_Freelancer_ wrote:
"ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? Why not just use a dish? |
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James H wrote:
On 30/08/2015 19:22, _Unknown_Freelancer_ wrote: "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? Why not just use a dish? Possibly because neither an aerial nor a satellite dish wd be welcome on the church (a listed building) or within its grounds? -- Robin reply to address is (meant to be) valid |
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:49:23 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:
In the other direction there's another property on the same side of the road as the church...and a railway signal??! http://tinyurl.com/oxvsx6o Rescued from the closed Railway nearby? http://tinyurl.com/pgh7jwt http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3686941 |
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In article , Chris Hogg
scribeth thus On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:22:37 +0100, "_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote: "ureds" wrote in message . .. Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? In the other direction there's another property on the same side of the road as the church...and a railway signal??! http://tinyurl.com/oxvsx6o Aww sweet;) Pity the railway is no more anyway.. That might be about the only position where any signal can be had just there. Or it Might be a sort of self help system they do exist in areas like that where a receive aerial gets the main signal and sends it down a long co-ax to an amplifier to other aerials that re transmit the original signals... -- Tony Sayer |
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In article ,
ureds wrote: Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I, somewhere, have a photo of an aerial coming out the sea. At low tide it can be seen to be at the end of a jetty. That was in Loch Fyne. -- Please note new email address: |
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In article ,
Robin wrote: James H wrote: On 30/08/2015 19:22, _Unknown_Freelancer_ wrote: "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? Why not just use a dish? Possibly because neither an aerial nor a satellite dish wd be welcome on the church (a listed building) or within its grounds? and it is possible that the high ground to the SE is blocking the satellite path, -- Please note new email address: |
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In article , tony sayer
wrote: In article , Chris Hogg scribeth thus On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:22:37 +0100, "_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote: "ureds" wrote in message . .. Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? In the other direction there's another property on the same side of the road as the church...and a railway signal??! http://tinyurl.com/oxvsx6o Aww sweet;) Pity the railway is no more anyway.. Beechinged, I fear. Close in 1966. That might be about the only position where any signal can be had just there. Or it Might be a sort of self help system they do exist in areas like that where a receive aerial gets the main signal and sends it down a long co-ax to an amplifier to other aerials that re transmit the original signals... My memory tells me that I visited the house and found that the only available signal was on the far side of the road from the house. This was before the era of satellites. -- Please note new email address: |
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In article , tony sayer
scribeth thus In article , Chris Hogg scribeth thus On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:22:37 +0100, "_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote: "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? In the other direction there's another property on the same side of the road as the church...and a railway signal??! http://tinyurl.com/oxvsx6o Aww sweet;) Pity the railway is no more anyway.. That might be about the only position where any signal can be had just there. Or it Might be a sort of self help system they do exist in areas like that where a receive aerial gets the main signal and sends it down a long co-ax to an amplifier to other aerials that re transmit the original signals... Yes, the TV station is just down the road but I bet that house with the railway signal is juts too screened there... http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=411 -- Tony Sayer |
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Aww sweet;) Pity the railway is no more anyway..
Beechinged, I fear. Close in 1966. That might be about the only position where any signal can be had just there. Or it Might be a sort of self help system they do exist in areas like that where a receive aerial gets the main signal and sends it down a long co-ax to an amplifier to other aerials that re transmit the original signals... My memory tells me that I visited the house and found that the only available signal was on the far side of the road from the house. This was before the era of satellites. Blimey!, just how any places like that have you been to over time Charles?.... -- Tony Sayer |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , tony sayer scribeth thus In article , Chris Hogg scribeth thus On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:22:37 +0100, "_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote: "ureds" wrote in message t... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I notice there's one tar line across the width of the carriage way (just about where that hyperlink plonks you), but its only a single, so unlikely to be traffic data telemetry. Back towards the church there's been a trench across the road at some point and then backfilled. ....biblical internets? In the other direction there's another property on the same side of the road as the church...and a railway signal??! http://tinyurl.com/oxvsx6o Aww sweet;) Pity the railway is no more anyway.. That might be about the only position where any signal can be had just there. Or it Might be a sort of self help system they do exist in areas like that where a receive aerial gets the main signal and sends it down a long co-ax to an amplifier to other aerials that re transmit the original signals... Yes, the TV station is just down the road but I bet that house with the railway signal is juts too screened there... I wonder if anyone has tried it since DSO? Ghosting could have made analogue unwatchable but DTTV is a whole differnt ball game. |
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A comment on the sub line of this thread.
... As the Bishop said to the Actress. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? |
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I don't suppose it is there any more, as this was back in the 80s. but on
Guernsey, there is a flooded valley with a damn for retaining water. One year when I was over there and still had reasonable sight, we went there to see the old village which was flooded as parts of it were visible when levels were low. I distinccctly recall a no aerial, which looked to me like band three looking a little worse for wear, just poking up along with the church spire. Had to use Binoculars to really see it though. I often wonder when they flood old houses etc, whether anything toxic is removed first or they just rely on the filtration equipment. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "charles" wrote in message ... In article , ureds wrote: Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? I, somewhere, have a photo of an aerial coming out the sea. At low tide it can be seen to be at the end of a jetty. That was in Loch Fyne. -- Please note new email address: |
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En el artículo , ureds
escribió: https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? A property where planning law prohibits roof-mounted aerials? -- (\_/) (='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke! (")_(") |
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ureds wrote:
Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? Hmmm. Rotate the view around and you'll see an estate entrance that has an old railway signal. Click on the railway signal to move towards it. There's a house on the left. Look down the road in the direction that the aerial is pointed and you'll see that there is a tree-lined ridge that must be between the house and the transmitter. |
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In message , Mike Tomlinson
writes En el artículo , ureds escribió: https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? A property where planning law prohibits roof-mounted aerials? In remote places, the signal sometimes 'is where it is' - and 'where it is' is where you have to place the aerial. -- Ian |
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"ureds" wrote in message
... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? On the subject of noticing something unusual whilst driving, I was driving along, minding my own business, when this caught my eye: https://goo.gl/maps/f8YUW I wasnt even looking for it! On further inspection it was not locked, so I took the opportunity. |
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"_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote in message ... "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? On the subject of noticing something unusual whilst driving, I was driving along, minding my own business, when this caught my eye: https://goo.gl/maps/f8YUW I wasnt even looking for it! On further inspection it was not locked, so I took the opportunity. http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/ind...PostLochcarron |
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"Jim GM4DHJ ..." wrote in message
... "_Unknown_Freelancer_" /dev/null wrote in message ... "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? On the subject of noticing something unusual whilst driving, I was driving along, minding my own business, when this caught my eye: https://goo.gl/maps/f8YUW I wasnt even looking for it! On further inspection it was not locked, so I took the opportunity. http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/ind...PostLochcarron http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/db/989477564.html http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/lochcar...6-03-08.t29017 |
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En el artículo , Jim GM4DHJ ...
escribió: http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/ind...PostLochcarron God, that's depressing. I think I'd sooner go up topside and watch the bombs land than stay in that hole. A similar place is the "Secret Nuclear Bunker" in Hack Green: http://www.hackgreen.co.uk/ These facilities were in use up to he 1990s, all the more remarkable when you look at how primitive they are. The phone exchange in Hack Green is electromechanical so it wouldn't be affected by a nuclear EMP, and the signs in the operations room showing the war state (DEFCON in US, I forget what we call it here) are signs illuminated by incandescent bulbs. They have a couple of nuclear bombs (minus warhead, of course) and what struck me is how small they are compared to what you see in the movies (cf. Dr Strangelove). Well worth a look if you're in the area. -- (\_/) (='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke! (")_(") |
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The sad bit is that they have (had) one of these local bunkers 50ft
down under John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster. Do the Russians like beer? -- Woody harrogate3 at ntlworld dot com |
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En el artículo , Woody
escribió: The sad bit is that they have (had) one of these local bunkers 50ft down under John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster. Do the Russians like beer? /me has visions of drilling a hole in the ceiling under one of the tanks and installing a tap. Then you wouldn't care about the bombs. -- (\_/) (='.'=) Bunny says: Windows 10? Nein danke! (")_(") |
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On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:44:35 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote: En el artículo , Woody escribió: Do the Russians like beer? No, they like vodka! Something of a cold-war classic this ... "Frankfurt (AP) - Four Soviet soldiers lost while on manoeuvres in Czechoslovakia sold their tank to a pub owner for two cases of vodka, then were found sleeping it off in a forest two days later. The tank was nowhere to be found. Authorities later learned that the publican had broken up the tank and sold the pieces to a metal-recycling centre, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported at the weekend. The article was by Mr Ota Filip, a Czechoslovan emigré author. Yesterday he said the episode occurred during Warsaw Pact exercises in Czechoslovakia last year. He only learned of the incident in a letter from reliable sources bought to him by "friends" three weeks ago. Mr Filip's article quoted a report by police in eastern Bohemia. The tank crew got lost as darkness was falling. It was cold, rainy, and foggy and they were running out of vodka, since rations had been cut as part of a Soviet campaign against alcoholism. Around 9pm the tank drove a into a village where the only pub was still open. The crew parked in a shed behind the building and went into the pub as it was about to close The soldiers had money for one bottle of vodka, but got three more after the tank commander plunked down his gold wedding-ring. At 11.15, the crew was spotted leaving the pub with two cases of vodka and more than 61b of herring and pickles. The men were found slumbering in a forest two days later. They told local authorities and the Soviet military police they did not know what had happened to the tank. The first clue turned up 10 days later, when the head of a metal-recycling plant said he had just bought a large amount of high-quality, sawn-up steel from a pub owner. Investigators soon found the shell of the tank in the shed behind the pub. The proprietor told the authorities he had acquired the tank for 24 bottles of vodka, with herring and pickles thrown in "as a gesture of comradeship". Mr Filip said the fate of the pub owner and the Soviet soldiers was not known. In the 1960s, Mr Filip wrote several novels that angered the Czechoslovak authorities. In 1970 he was jailed, then freed after 15 months and later allowed to emigrate." -- ================================================== ====== Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
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In article ,
Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Mike Tomlinson writes En el artículo , ureds escribió: https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? A property where planning law prohibits roof-mounted aerials? In remote places, the signal sometimes 'is where it is' - and 'where it is' is where you have to place the aerial. indeed, so. -- Please note new email address: |
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Strange things can happen in the old days of analogue before we had anything
other than bbc 2 on uhf, I found that an aerial about ten feet off the ground on my shed aimed at thedirection of Germany would regularly pick up Tropo signals from German transmitters, whereas one mounted on top of a 30 ft mast did not. I never did quite get this sort of thing, but presumably as tropo is a kind of ducting it mainly was at a low level in my area due to the terrain or something. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "Ian Jackson" wrote in message ... In message , Mike Tomlinson writes En el artículo , ureds escribió: https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? A property where planning law prohibits roof-mounted aerials? In remote places, the signal sometimes 'is where it is' - and 'where it is' is where you have to place the aerial. -- Ian |
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On Sunday, 30 August 2015 18:09:28 UTC+1, ureds wrote:
Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? From its spacing, the aerial appears to be in broadcast TV band, but orientated for vertical polarisation. IMO this means it is pointed at a nearby relay mast, in this case very likely Ballachulish at NN0591592 - just 3.6W. Interestingly there is what looks like a telecoms (probably BT) manhole on the opposite side of the road, however whether this is connected or the aerial just serves the house nearby is moot. |
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"Brian-Gaff" wrote in message ...
A comment on the sub line of this thread. .... As the Bishop said to the Actress. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "ureds" wrote in message ... Spotted on a recent trip to Glencoe, pointed at Ballachulish which is about a mile to the north. https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? My aunt lives just round the corner from Ballachulish - the mountain was restricting Sky so she now has a Freeview aerial on a bridge at the end of the garden and a long piece of coax. |
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On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:20:27 +0100, Mike Tomlinson
wrote: En el artículo , Jim GM4DHJ ... escribió: http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/ind...PostLochcarron God, that's depressing. I think I'd sooner go up topside and watch the bombs land than stay in that hole. A similar place is the "Secret Nuclear Bunker" in Hack Green: http://www.hackgreen.co.uk/ These facilities were in use up to he 1990s, all the more remarkable when you look at how primitive they are. The phone exchange in Hack Green is electromechanical so it wouldn't be affected by a nuclear EMP, and the signs in the operations room showing the war state (DEFCON in US, I forget what we call it here) are signs illuminated by incandescent bulbs. They have a couple of nuclear bombs (minus warhead, of course) and what struck me is how small they are compared to what you see in the movies (cf. Dr Strangelove). Well worth a look if you're in the area. I must pay a visit with my pal who is ex RAF. I often use the SDR though. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On 31/08/2015 18:44, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artículo , Woody escribió: The sad bit is that they have (had) one of these local bunkers 50ft down under John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster. Do the Russians like beer? /me has visions of drilling a hole in the ceiling under one of the tanks and installing a tap. Then you wouldn't care about the bombs. That's John, not Sam Smith. Mind, Sam's use slate containers. Not easy drilling holes for taps... Andy |
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charles wrote:
In article , Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Mike Tomlinson writes En el artículo , ureds escribió: https://goo.gl/maps/9YyII maybe the property over the road is using it? A property where planning law prohibits roof-mounted aerials? In remote places, the signal sometimes 'is where it is' - and 'where it is' is where you have to place the aerial. indeed, so. You'd be amazed at some of the places I've put aerials. Bill |
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Brian-Gaff wrote:
Strange things can happen in the old days of analogue before we had anything other than bbc 2 on uhf, I found that an aerial about ten feet off the ground on my shed aimed at thedirection of Germany would regularly pick up Tropo signals from German transmitters, whereas one mounted on top of a 30 ft mast did not. I never did quite get this sort of thing, but presumably as tropo is a kind of ducting it mainly was at a low level in my area due to the terrain or something. Brian Winter Hill is not normally receivable at this side of the Pennines. Here in Micklebring Winter Hill can be received at a certain altitude. This coincides with ground level half way up my back yard, and 8ft above ground level near the house. I have an aerial there, dating from the days when alternative ITVs were worth having. At that time I experimented extensively and I could not receive WH on the roof or at the top of the yard or anywhere else. It has to be at that altitude. It hasn't changed in 30 years, despite transmitter changes. Bill |
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Vir Campestris wrote:
On 31/08/2015 18:44, Mike Tomlinson wrote: En el artículo , Woody escribió: The sad bit is that they have (had) one of these local bunkers 50ft down under John Smith's brewery in Tadcaster. Do the Russians like beer? /me has visions of drilling a hole in the ceiling under one of the tanks and installing a tap. Then you wouldn't care about the bombs. That's John, not Sam Smith. Mind, Sam's use slate containers. Not easy drilling holes for taps... Andy I don't drink John's because it's **** and I don't drink Sams on principle because of their attitude to their tenants. Bill |
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