Amusing notice at Durris transmitter

In message , tony sayer
writes
In article , Bill Wright
writes

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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There some real saddo's who take these sort of piccys all the time!.

Oi oi oi! Watch it you!

Bill



Yep!, He's one of 'em!.

Just have a look at the bottom one, the one with the autobiography writ
thereon .. and a man surveying the holy land i.e. gods kingdom of
Yorkshire;-!...

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/contributors/index.asp

"I was born in 1949 and very soon became interested in TV aerials."

Classic. :¬)

Mark Carver there too.
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Ian

PeterW wrote:
"Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote in
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The main office building ( now rather deserted ) has a sky dish on the
front! Nothing for the visiting engineers worth watching on the
transmission feeds?


When I visited the RTE Mount Leinster transmitter as a student about 30
years ago, the staff were watching perfect a BBC Wales picture which they
had picked up using the equivalent of a metal coat-hanger.

What's 'equivalent' to a metal coat hanger. Did they use 10SWG aluminium
or steel wire?

C'mon - we *know* they really used a *genuine* coat hanger - what are
you trying to hide!?

"Ian" wrote in message
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"I was born in 1949 and very soon became interested in TV aerials."

Classic. :¬)

Mark Carver there too.
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Ian

Yes it's all very well but if the other buggers don't put longer and more
interesting autobiographers on there I'm going to withdraw mine. Mine being
longest makes me look like an egomaniac.

Shut you at the back!

Bill

Linker3000 wrote in
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PeterW wrote:
"Ron Lowe" ronATlowe-famlyDOTmeDOTukSPURIOUS wrote in
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[snip]
The main office building ( now rather deserted ) has a sky dish on
the front! Nothing for the visiting engineers worth watching on
the transmission feeds?


When I visited the RTE Mount Leinster transmitter as a student about
30 years ago, the staff were watching perfect a BBC Wales picture
which they had picked up using the equivalent of a metal coat-hanger.

What's 'equivalent' to a metal coat hanger. Did they use 10SWG
aluminium or steel wire?

C'mon - we *know* they really used a *genuine* coat hanger - what are
you trying to hide!?


It's a long time ago. It looked like a coat-hanger, or maybe a folded
dipole.....?

It wasn't a wooden coat-hanger though... ;-)

Manned (staffed) transmitters went out with the 405 era.

Are any of the original 625 line UHF transmitters installed for the
start of colour still operational, or will they have been replaced?

Also, when Channel 5 started, some transmissions eg Burnhope and St
Hilary were from former 405 line TX sites which were reopened for the
purpose. Does this mean that the sites and masts remained in IBA (as
was) ownership rather than being demolished and/or disposed of.

In article . com,
AnnieslandJohn wrote:
Manned (staffed) transmitters went out with the 405 era.

Are any of the original 625 line UHF transmitters installed for the
start of colour still operational, or will they have been replaced?

Also, when Channel 5 started, some transmissions eg Burnhope and St
Hilary were from former 405 line TX sites which were reopened for the
purpose. Does this mean that the sites and masts remained in IBA (as
was) ownership rather than being demolished and/or disposed of.

They had other uses; people wanted to rent space on the masts, so they
stayed up, making money for their owners. You can see this as you drive
along the M4 past Membury services (another 405 ITV mast).

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From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

AnnieslandJohn wrote:
Manned (staffed) transmitters went out with the 405 era.

Are any of the original 625 line UHF transmitters installed for the
start of colour still operational, or will they have been replaced?

Good question. Probably not, but some bits of associated kit might still be.

Also, when Channel 5 started, some transmissions eg Burnhope and St
Hilary were from former 405 line TX sites which were reopened for the
purpose. Does this mean that the sites and masts remained in IBA (as
was) ownership rather than being demolished and/or disposed of.

Burnhope, as well as a few other ex-ITV 405 line sites were (and still are)
used for commercial radio services. As you say, ten years ago some were also
pressed into service for Channel 5. The IBA, who later became NTL Broadcast,
and are now called Arqiva kept all the masts that were no longer used for
broadcasting intact.
In fact I seem to recall they actually needed planning permission to demolish
Lichfield ! In the end it was a good move, thanks to the explosion of mobile
telephones and private radio systems, they make a fortune renting out mast space.

BTW St Hilary carries no TV services, not even C5. It does however carry FM
and DAB radio services.

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Mark
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charles wrote:

They had other uses; people wanted to rent space on the masts, so they
stayed up, making money for their owners. You can see this as you drive
along the M4 past Membury services (another 405 ITV mast).

Membury also carries BBC FM radio services to that patch of the M4, and a
couple of nearby villages. The Beeb equipped it about 10 years ago.

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Mark
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"AnnieslandJohn" wrote in message
ups.com...
Manned (staffed) transmitters went out with the 405 era.

Are any of the original 625 line UHF transmitters installed for the
start of colour still operational, or will they have been replaced?

Also, when Channel 5 started, some transmissions eg Burnhope and St
Hilary were from former 405 line TX sites which were reopened for the
purpose. Does this mean that the sites and masts remained in IBA (as
was) ownership rather than being demolished and/or disposed of.

The "Croydon" mast on Beulah Hill (the original 405 line ITV Tx site in
1955) was TV-less for quite a while, but continued in service for various
radio services. Now carries C5 analogue as well.