Spencer post_id=34091 time= user_id=891 Wrote:Let’s hope they keep with the Yorkshire tradition of replacing disaster-hit tubular masts with a magnificent concrete tower. 
Certainly more elegant than the German replacement for their disaster-hit tubular mast in 1985, and thank goodness the CAA don't insist our masts and towers are painted red and white !
I'll let someone else Photoshop a picture of Emley !
https://www1.wdr.de/sendemastpdf100.pdf
BcastCornwall post_id=34129 time= user_id=950 Wrote:80m temporary mast to be installed near Bilsdale site to restore services to a large percentage of viewers who have lost signal. Estimated completion around 2 weeks.
https://www.arqiva.com/news-views/news/u...sdale-mast
80 metres. Possibly a better signal in Doncaster, than it will provide in the Middlesbrough area !
I suspect in the mean time Eston Nab will be pumped up with extra height and power. I wonder once the temp Bilsdale site is running, whether they will keep Eston as is, and put the two sites into an SFN ?
So question, I assume when they turned Eston Nab from vertical to horizontal they rotated the antennas on the mast physically?
aaron_scotland post_id=34184 time= user_id=735 Wrote:So question, I assume when they turned Eston Nab from vertical to horizontal they rotated the antennas on the mast physically?
Yes, a very simple job (in Eston's case) becuse they are simple log perioic types
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage...ageid=2307
mb21 has located a correspondant in the area, so we might be seeing up to date shots soon
aaron_scotland post_id=34184 time= user_id=735 Wrote:So question, I assume when they turned Eston Nab from vertical to horizontal they rotated the antennas on the mast physically?
And the aerials at Bilsdale might well soon be turned from horizontal to vertical..... by physically rotating the mast :lol:
Inspector Sands post_id=34196 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:aaron_scotland post_id=34184 time= user_id=735 Wrote:So question, I assume when they turned Eston Nab from vertical to horizontal they rotated the antennas on the mast physically?
And the aerials at Bilsdale might well soon be turned from horizontal to vertical..... by physically rotating the mast :lol:
Ha yes! I'm told by an unimpeachable source that no one has been permitted within the 300 metre exclusion zone still because of obvious safety concerns. So the emergency camp of the 80m mast etc will need to be set up away from that. All this is going to be a very long haul
But at some point someone is going to have to go in and inspect the damage, I wonder what circumstances will trigger that to be allowed. Of course it might just be waiting for someone qualified/experienced to be available.
The temporary site will have to be away from the existing one because of that exclusion zone so presumably that means it won't, in the short term, be able to use the power or programme feeds that supply the site already? They'll be using generator power, satellite and RBL?
Inspector Sands post_id=34205 time= user_id=1003 Wrote:But at some point someone is going to have to go in and inspect the damage, I wonder what circumstances will trigger that to be allowed. Of course it might just be waiting for someone qualified/experienced to be available.
The temporary site will have to be away from the existing one because of that exclusion zone so presumably that means it won't, in the short term, be able to use the power or programme feeds that supply the site already? They'll be using generator power, satellite and RBL?
I would imagine they will RBL Pontop for the six main muxes. I doubt the local Teeside TV mux will be appearing any time soon, and I also suspect we've already seen the last of COM 7 at Bilsdale, period.
Surely just diverting the fibres will work and there is less SI issues for the 6 muxes
And although probably lower priority COMUX May get local mux connected …
You could almost do it on four ADSLs with ST2021-7 hitless switching .
But com 7 is doomed,
Does diverting the fibre cause issues when the permanent replacement is built?
technologist post_id=34212 time= user_id=1158 Wrote:Surely just diverting the fibres will work and there is less SI issues for the 6 muxes
Though that would mean getting into the site and extending the fibres from there?
If the temporary site is right on top of one of the fibre routes I suppose they can dig it up and splice a junction into it, otherwise it means digging up the SSSI, I think they're having enough problems with finding a place for it
Steve in Pudsey post_id=34213 time= user_id=942 Wrote:Does diverting the fibre cause issues when the permanent replacement is built?
I suppose it's no different to repairing it if a digger etc goes through it. However at the site there is possibly the added complication of having to protect the moorland wildlife and fuana, so digging holes may not be straightforward. Some of the other site sharers will be playing their utility service wayleave cards of course!
