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VM
VMPhil
Rkolsen posted:
Complete with modern day ITV bugs.

Smile It’s from an ITV documentary called And Here Is the News from 2015, which explains the 16:9 cropping.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
London Lite posted:

No, my parents weren't that forward thinking.

Nor were mine, but it was a fairly common household object in the 80s


Different these days, lots of battery powered devices but not many that would be much good if there were widespread power cuts.... except those phones with FM radios in. Most of us would have to sit in the car to listen


Certainly no issues now, although my phone's FM radio is dire despite being right under Crystal Palace. I have a battery operated hand held DAB radio for emergencies,
VM
VMPhil
This has reminded me - don’t they have special weather radios in America? I’m not sure if the transmissions can be received by all radios or just by these special receivers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radio
LO
Londoner
Inspector Sands posted:
Indeed, LBC broadcast some of their breakfast show (their classic line up of Douglas Cameron and Bob Holness) from their radiocar parked outside

I think Bob Holness did 1975 to 1985 on AM.

In 1987 Peter Deeley was the co host with Doug.
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LL
London Lite Founding member
Londoner posted:
Inspector Sands posted:
Indeed, LBC broadcast some of their breakfast show (their classic line up of Douglas Cameron and Bob Holness) from their radiocar parked outside

I think Bob Holness did 1975 to 1985 on AM.

In 1987 Peter Deeley was the co host with Doug.


It was.

EL
elmarko
VMPhil posted:
This has reminded me - don’t they have special weather radios in America? I’m not sure if the transmissions can be received by all radios or just by these special receivers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radio

I think any old scanner will do it, but NOAA radios are pre-tuned
IS
Inspector Sands
London Lite posted:

Certainly no issues now, although my phone's FM radio is dire despite being right under Crystal Palace.

Probably because you're under it that it's bad, either the signals are going over your head or overloading it.

I used to walk through the park that Alexandra Palace is in and my phone FM radio used to get swamped by the two FM stations coming out of that tower, and again nearby when going past a tower block pirate
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I have a battery operated hand held DAB radio for emergencies,

These days it's the FM networks that are the ultra resilient in case of a national emergency radio. Though of course their DAB equivalents would probably work too being satellite fed but the resilience of the individual sites won't be as good as the FM ones
BM
BM11
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/2018/storm-names-2018-19
Not quite on topic but if we get to storm Saoirse how many mispronunciations will we be getting on air.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Inspector Sands posted:
London Lite posted:

Certainly no issues now, although my phone's FM radio is dire despite being right under Crystal Palace.

Probably because you're under it that it's bad, either the signals are going over your head or overloading it.

I used to walk through the park that Alexandra Palace is in and my phone FM radio used to get swamped by the two FM stations coming out of that tower, and again nearby when going past a tower block pirate
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I have a battery operated hand held DAB radio for emergencies,

These days it's the FM networks that are the ultra resilient in case of a national emergency radio. Though of course their DAB equivalents would probably work too being satellite fed but the resilience of the individual sites won't be as good as the FM ones



I suspect you're right, I'm that close that if I take the aerial out of the TV or NOW TV Smart Box, it still finds channels and most are watchable, despite being in a double glazed block of flats.

The DAB has FM, so no issue there. The tuner is more sensitive than the phone for FM.
EL
elmarko
That's ace, what's the received strength?
MO
Mouseboy33
elmarko posted:
Re TWC: I quite like how the anchoring is done mostly by people out in the field and going back to studio ("The Lab" - I mean come on) for extra explainers or whatever.

They definitely get into the heart of the action. I'll probably stream it for most of the day and then maybe switch to the locals later tonight. If people find one channel is better than another (on lots of criteria Wink ) can you let us know?

Well remember the Weather Channel uses two normal broadcast areas. Typically they use the big studio to do regular anchoring the forecasts and AMHQ. Then the Lab is a special broadcast area located within their newsroom and its used by their lead meteorologists. So typically for Hurricanes Dr Navarro and Dr Postel will be located their and they have a special space just to the left of the LAB area. They found this set up was the best place to anchore the rolling storm coverage then the normal studio. Because the speed required to get data one air.

The LAB in STORM MODE
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The LAB in NORMAL MODE - the area to the left is apparently for the lead meteorologists and forecasters.
http://images.gawker.com/gggtvcwfwqh3r2bhdazw/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg

NORMAL ANCHOR STUDIO
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RK
Rkolsen
VMPhil posted:
This has reminded me - don’t they have special weather radios in America? I’m not sure if the transmissions can be received by all radios or just by these special receivers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radio


They’re presumed, you can enter your zip code so you’ll get alerts for your area along with specific alert types such as tornado or flood warnings. Now cell phones have taken the place with WEA.

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