23-02-2022, 05:29 PM
IanJRedman post_id=69783 time= user_id=958 Wrote:Steve in Pudsey post_id=69664 time= user_id=942 Wrote:This new 80m temporary mast is required because the first temporary mast at Bilsdale Quarry wasn't designed to withstand the winter, but it seems to have coped pretty well with what has been thrown at it by the various storms so far. You kind of wonder if redirecting all those aerials to Pontop was worth the effort.
This is probably a naive question, but is there a reason why they built a temporary mast which then needed replacing, rather than simply building this 'new' temporary mast to begin with?
The first temporary mast had to be built outside of the original(damaged) mast's exclusion zone. That mast was demolished on Oct 6th I think. Temp Mast number 1 came on air a week later. In the mean time Arqiva had to apply for planning permission for the temp tower (that has come on line today). The first temp mast wasn't thought to be sturdy enough to survive the winter (but in the end it did !) ,