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ZS
ZiggyShadowDust
StuartPlymouth posted:
I must say it wasn't a very high-tech operation turning off BBC TWo analogue, as this unceremonious event by an un-named individual at the transmitter shows:

http://www.rp-network.com/tvforum/uploads/dso.jpg
The full event here (in moving digital images):

WindowsMedia (0.5Mb)

© BBC


I would have thought the switch would be the size of a laptop and would talk four men to pull it.
SP
Spencer
GoodDoctorClarkson posted:

I would have thought the switch would be the size of a laptop and would talk four men to pull it.


I was hoping for a Smashie and Nicey style 'let's rock' lever.
BA
Bail Moderator
Random eBay browsing, found this, made me chuckle.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120172023224
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Stuart
Bail posted:
Random eBay browsing, found this, made me chuckle.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120172023224

You are easily amused I see Wink
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Tumble Tower
StuartPlymouth posted:
nok32uk posted:
Right ok! If its not a Digital aerial..what do I mean? Booster aerial?

No. I have used a booster on my aerial since I moved to Plymouth. The analogue signal is still awful, which is why I (and all my neighbours) have Sky (there is no cable on this road).

If you're living in Plymouth, why are you picking up Caradon Hill? Surely you should be picking up PLYMPTON - a relay of Caradon Hill.

For your information, Plympton broadcasts:
Analogue BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 (fed from Caradon Hill)
Analogue Five (yet Caradon Hill doesn't!)
DTT muxes 1, 2, A, B, C, D (it's the only RELAY in the ITV1 Westcountry region to have done so since launch of DTT in autumn 1998).
ST
Stuart
Tumble Tower posted:
If you're living in Plymouth, why are you picking up Caradon Hill? Surely you should be picking up PLYMPTON - a relay of Caradon Hill.

I don't know, I didn't fit the aerial, it was already here when I moved in. Even though I can see the Plympton transmitter from my front room window all the aeriels on this road point towards Caradon Hill.

Assuming Plympton was operating in 1996 when the houses were built there must have been a reason why Caradon Hill was chosen as the preferred signal by aerial installers.

My aerial is actually in the loft anyway, so I could easily turn it round and see whether I get a better signal from Plympton.
ZS
ZiggyShadowDust
Not sure if it deserves it's own thread but it's relevant to the digital switchover discussion.

Quote:
The BBC is to close down BBC 2W in the run-up to digital switchover as part of plans to achieve 3% annual efficiencies at BBC Wales.

The channel launched in November 2001 and was designed to offer "a unique experience unavailable anywhere else with the watchwords of topicality and style, intelligence with an occasional touch of irreverence, shining through" for Welsh audiences.

Today, BBC Wales controller Menna Richards said: "Once Wales goes digital, we will not be able to sustain two different versions of BBC Two. Therefore, BBC 2W - BBC Wales' digital-only service - will come to an end in the run-up to digital switchover in 2009, with BBC Two Wales being carried across all digital platforms from that point. We need to offer just one service, and that needs to be the very best of both network and BBC Wales television."

BBC Wales is facing job cuts of between 145 and 155 over the next five years.
BR
Brekkie
As said elsewhere, that was inevitable. Either BBC Two Wales or BBC 2W effectively had to close as the two merge into one, and though it would have been nice to keep the BBC 2W brand, it never stood a chance really.
GO
gottago
Bail posted:
Random eBay browsing, found this, made me chuckle.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120172023224
Good luck to the poor sod that buys that awful box. It's not even good enough for my bedroom TV!
MA
Markymark
Tumble Tower posted:
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If you're living in Plymouth, why are you picking up Caradon Hill? Surely you should be picking up PLYMPTON - a relay of Caradon Hill.


Plympton doesn't cover the whole city, nor is it intended to. It primarily serves the town of Plympton, the east, and south east parts of Plymouth, and bits of the city centre, There is another relay (Plymouth North Road) on top of the railway station office block which serves streets to the north of the railway line, and almost into Devonport. This only carries analogue currently. The rest of Plymouth is better served by Caradon Hill.
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Tumble Tower
Markymark posted:
Tumble Tower posted:
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If you're living in Plymouth, why are you picking up Caradon Hill? Surely you should be picking up PLYMPTON - a relay of Caradon Hill.


Plympton doesn't cover the whole city, nor is it intended to. It primarily serves the town of Plympton, the east, and south east parts of Plymouth, and bits of the city centre, There is another relay (Plymouth North Road) on top of the railway station office block which serves streets to the north of the railway line, and almost into Devonport. This only carries analogue currently. The rest of Plymouth is better served by Caradon Hill.

Well actually, according to this, Plympton covers quite a big area for a relay.
ST
Stuart
Tumble Tower posted:
Well actually, according to this, Plympton covers quite a big area for a relay.

I think I'll stick with Caradon Hill for the time being. It looks as though most from the Plympton relay is outside the range of my Group A aerial, whereas after 30th July 2009 all six muxes from Caradon Hill will be within range, and they are increasing to 18 times its current power!

I only watch freeview when I am recording 2 things simultaneously on Sky+ anyway.

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