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All posts by Chris.SE

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nobody:

Sorry, getting ahead of myself, it's in the summer TalkTV are going, not the Spring.

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Sunday 17 March 2024 2:27PM

Brian Butterworth:

And of course where they thought it was commercially viable, ie a large enough urban conurbation where there could be a large enough audience?

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TIM wardlaw:

A lot of main transmitters (and some others) have been having extended maintenance during the last 12 months or so. I believe I previously explained that it's over 10 years since DSO and it's highly probable that extended maintenance is likely, it's not only transmitters and antennae but the structure as well, eg. to ensure that is remains safe and not likely to come down in severe weather. You may have noticed that there've been some severe storms of late!
We know that on some transmitters the work has involved such things as the greasing of stay cables and so on to inhibit corrosion etc. So it's highly probable that's taking place at Rowridge. It'll take considerable time and reduced power or interruptions will be needed when working close to the antennae.
I believe it was also mentioned that if you have your aerial in vertical polarisation all the multiplexes are transmitted at 200kW.

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Andrew Cottrill:

The post before yours (now at the bottom of p50) states that there is still Planned Engineering work continuing.
A lot of main transmitters (and some others) have been having extended maintenance during the last 12 months or so. It's over 10 years since DSO and it's highly probable that extended maintenance is likely, it's not only transmitters and antennae but the structure as well, eg. to ensure that is remains safe and not likely to come down in severe weather. You may have noticed that there've been some severe storms of late!

We know that on some transmitters the work has involved such things as the greasing of stay cables and so on to inhibit corrosion etc. So it's highly probable this is the sort of work that's taking place.. It'll take considerable time and reduced power or interruptions will be needed when working close to the antennae, hence it states there could be "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels"

If you give a full postcode we can check your predicted reception which may indicate how vulnerable you might be to these problems.

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