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Neil Jones
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And a third one:
Any particularly good reason why Channel 5 in this area comes from Lichfield and not Sutton Coldfield? Is Litchfield a relay or SC backup or what?
Any particularly good reason why Channel 5 in this area comes from Lichfield and not Sutton Coldfield? Is Litchfield a relay or SC backup or what?
SP
Channel 5 comes from different sites in a few places, in London it's from Croydon rather than Crystal Palace.
Cynics would say it's because ntl have a mast sat there with plenty of spare capacity (redundant since the closure of 405 lines service in many cases) which they can use rather than having to pay Crown Castle for the use of their mast which provides 1-4.
Cynics would say it's because ntl have a mast sat there with plenty of spare capacity (redundant since the closure of 405 lines service in many cases) which they can use rather than having to pay Crown Castle for the use of their mast which provides 1-4.
SP
I've often wondered how that's supposed to work. Surely if everyone's aerials are pointing at Crystal Palace, they're only going to get a crappy signal on Five if it's coming from Croydon.
Do Five expect people to have an extra aerial pointing the other way or something?
Steve in Pudsey posted:
Channel 5 comes from different sites in a few places, in London it's from Croydon rather than Crystal Palace.
I've often wondered how that's supposed to work. Surely if everyone's aerials are pointing at Crystal Palace, they're only going to get a crappy signal on Five if it's coming from Croydon.
Do Five expect people to have an extra aerial pointing the other way or something?
SP
I think they're close enough together for it not to make too big a difference. Croydon can also transmit ITV and C4 in the event of CP going down, and I believe they swap over in the middle of the night once a week to test it
DV
See this page from mb21 (an invaluable resource) showing pictures of both Crystal Palace and Croydon together.
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It's because Channel 5 awarded it's complete transmission contract to NTL and their ere no rules about co-siting sites with the other channels. Lichfield is a former ITV site, therefore now owned by NTL so they used that, same for Croydon.
A former member
Neil Jones posted:
And a third one:
Any particularly good reason why Channel 5 in this area comes from Lichfield and not Sutton Coldfield? Is Litchfield a relay or SC backup or what?
Any particularly good reason why Channel 5 in this area comes from Lichfield and not Sutton Coldfield? Is Litchfield a relay or SC backup or what?
It's because Channel 5 awarded it's complete transmission contract to NTL and their ere no rules about co-siting sites with the other channels. Lichfield is a former ITV site, therefore now owned by NTL so they used that, same for Croydon.
:-(
Yes, aerials aren't that directional, the 2 are only about a mile apart so for most people the angle of diffrence between the 2 is negligable. The only people that would need aerials in diffrent directions are those living near or between the 2.... but then they are all so near they can use a piece of wet string as an aerial
A former member
Steve in Pudsey posted:
I think they're close enough together for it not to make too big a difference. Croydon can also transmit ITV and C4 in the event of CP going down, and I believe they swap over in the middle of the night once a week to test it
Yes, aerials aren't that directional, the 2 are only about a mile apart so for most people the angle of diffrence between the 2 is negligable. The only people that would need aerials in diffrent directions are those living near or between the 2.... but then they are all so near they can use a piece of wet string as an aerial
SP
Churchdown Hill is an odd one, that's a former BBC 405 line site. Seems strange that they'd use that, Ridge Hill carries Channel 5...