Don't complain about TX engineers ever again

Not exactly presentation, but essential to the process of getting the programme to the viewer, so it is sorta ...

What it's like climbing 1768 feet to work

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20-09-2010 @ 23:17

An interesting video, but nevertheless even that's making me feel a tad queezy.......

Some people aren't that happy with the video. Apparently 'freeclimbing' as seen in this video isn't standard practise

http://www.wirelessestimator.com/t_content.cfm?pagename=Tower%20Worker%20Video

That's in America - transmitter engineers over here are usually far more sensible and have special cage lifts or cherry pickers to access masts.

Yes - in the UK transmitter masts are operated by very large companies (Arqiva own most these days), who can afford to provide these facilities. The broadcasters effectively out-source their transmission to Arqiva.

In the US many transmitter masts are owned by their individual stations (and their maintenance operations run on much lower budgets) - with transmitter engineers also the people who fix VT machines, and drive their sat/microwave trucks...

I don't think they go to 1700+ feet. Unless they're moon cherries.

As long as they're not uranus cherries!

I thought they were called "dangle cherries" - but I may be confused.

Well if it's a toss up between climbing up there or missing Dickinson's Real Deal I think I know which one I'd go for.

It took me three attempts to watch that all the way through...

Poor internet connection?

Nerves.