At around 6:00pm this evening, ITV1, C4 and C5 were off air on analogue from Emley Moor transmitter. BBC 1 & 2 were OK though. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know why?
hmm I thought it was only meant to be a momentary loss when it got hit - I think I read that the way the people up the tower know they've been hit is that they lose their off-air reception of Winter Hill for a few seconds.
Well, something should be done to stop this from happening. Twice within six months is quite a worry. No matter how rare it happens, the results are terrible.
Well, something should be done to stop this from happening. Twice within six months is quite a worry. No matter how rare it happens, the results are terrible.
Good grief!
It is only television - hardly worth getting angry about! I can understand the results of somebody's house being struck by lightning being terrible, but a transmitter... come on!
And exactly what do you suggest they do to stop it happening? Pray to the weather god every morning? Install a huge faraday cage around it? (before some geek points out that the cage would block signals... I know).
Alternatively... you could take this break in programming (at a time that is hardly essential viewing) as an oppurtunity to venture out and get a real life - meet real people - give your poor tv a bit of a rest!
Well, something should be done to stop this from happening. Twice within six months is quite a worry. No matter how rare it happens, the results are terrible.
Good grief!
It is only television - hardly worth getting angry about! I can understand the results of somebody's house being struck by lightning being terrible, but a transmitter... come on!
And exactly what do you suggest they do to stop it happening? Pray to the weather god every morning? Install a huge faraday cage around it? (before some geek points out that the cage would block signals... I know).
Alternatively... you could take this break in programming (at a time that is hardly essential viewing) as an oppurtunity to venture out and get a real life - meet real people - give your poor tv a bit of a rest!
What kind of an arrogant moron would send such a reply like this? I make one comment and I get an essay full of criticism. I think you need to get a life spending time writing such a long piece of criticising writing.
And you shouldn't forget that many main transmitters also broadcast radio - so if the mast gets hit by lightning, then it might be likely that the radio stations broadcast from the mast would be affected too. And as a lot of people rely on tv and radio to tell them what's going on in the world, if none of them are working and something important happens - what then?
[quote="James Vertigan"]Exactly. - And you shouldn't forget that many main transmitters also broadcast radio -[quote]
Mr E Scrooge, FCA - Chartered Accountant of Kent House, London SE1 - also writes accasional policy papers for the BBC, and is a personal friend of Mr Birt and others at the Cabinet Office
Don't forget that the main UHFstack tends to be at the top of the mast, so con get zapped whilst VHF stuff further down stays intact. Its wierd for a mere lightning strike to take out the main UHF broadcasts from a mast for a prolonged period. Even if the feed backed-out, and didn't restore then you'd expect the reserve antenna and feed to come up without intervention.
Perhaps Emley took a hit on its 11Kv, but then again even at the minor main sites there are usually more than one of these. In any case isn't Emley on underground 33Kv?