On 02/11/2021 11:22, Woody wrote:
I hear that two new Freeview-Lite relays have been installed for the
mini-Bisdale area
They are Loftus and Thirsk. Anyone officially know where the sites
actually are? My money says Loftus will be on the old Home Office
(Durham Police/Fire) site atop Boulby cliffs (the highest cliffs in
GB) a little up the coast from Loftus, and Thirsk will be on the
former BBC (radio) site at Woolmoor. (The hill is actually Kirkby
Knowle east of Thirsk but it was called Woolmoor after the large house
that used to sit on top of the hill but long since demolished.
If I am right Thirsk could have minor issues as many users in and
around Thirsk can receive Emley and the PSB2 channel for Thirsk is 33
which is also used on Emley.
Thirsk NGR SE 4465 8243 Ch 30, 26, 23 50w ERP Hor P (Seems to be
due east of the town here https://goo.gl/maps/ctSuP55LjzF12E6BA )
Lofus NZ 7130 1763 Ch 29, 31, 37 50w ERP Hor P (South of the
town, here https://goo.gl/maps/yA55LJ7zPLvbPEze7 )
Can't see any existing structures in either location. The idea is they
are sited 'in line-ish' with Bilsdale so existing aerials will work.
I hear that two new Freeview-Lite relays have been installed for the mini-Bisdale area
They are Loftus and Thirsk. Anyone officially know where the sites
actually are? My money says Loftus will be on the old Home Office
(Durham Police/Fire) site atop Boulby cliffs (the highest cliffs in
GB) a little up the coast from Loftus, and Thirsk will be on the
former BBC (radio) site at Woolmoor. (The hill is actually Kirkby
Knowle east of Thirsk but it was called Woolmoor after the large house
that used to sit on top of the hill but long since demolished.
If I am right Thirsk could have minor issues as many users in and
around Thirsk can receive Emley and the PSB2 channel for Thirsk is 33
which is also used on Emley.
On Tue 02/11/2021 11:35, Mark Carver wrote:
On 02/11/2021 11:22, Woody wrote:
I hear that two new Freeview-Lite relays have been installed for the
mini-Bisdale area
They are Loftus and Thirsk. Anyone officially know where the sites
actually are? My money says Loftus will be on the old Home Office
(Durham Police/Fire) site atop Boulby cliffs (the highest cliffs in
GB) a little up the coast from Loftus, and Thirsk will be on the
former BBC (radio) site at Woolmoor. (The hill is actually Kirkby
Knowle east of Thirsk but it was called Woolmoor after the large
house that used to sit on top of the hill but long since demolished.
If I am right Thirsk could have minor issues as many users in and
around Thirsk can receive Emley and the PSB2 channel for Thirsk is
33 which is also used on Emley.
Thirsk NGR SE 4465 8243 Ch 30, 26, 23 50w ERP Hor P (Seems to
be due east of the town here https://goo.gl/maps/ctSuP55LjzF12E6BA )
Lofus NZ 7130 1763 Ch 29, 31, 37 50w ERP Hor P (South of the
town, here https://goo.gl/maps/yA55LJ7zPLvbPEze7 )
Can't see any existing structures in either location. The idea is
they are sited 'in line-ish' with Bilsdale so existing aerials will
work.
This site https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/bilsdale-where-services-have-already-been-restored
says 26, 30, and 33?
Well my info came from a pretty authoritative source, and also the
Freeview site seems to agree with my source ?
30, 26, 23 https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/channel-information-bilsdale-temporary-mast-eston-nab-arncliffe-wood
Using 33 in Thirsk would be nuts (because of Emley COM 4) so rxtv info
is presumably wrong
On 02/11/2021 12:07, Mark Carver wrote:
Well my info came from a pretty authoritative source, and also the
Freeview site seems to agree with my source ?
30, 26, 23
https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/channel-information-bilsdale-temporary-mast-eston-nab-arncliffe-wood
Using 33 in Thirsk would be nuts (because of Emley COM 4) so rxtv info is
presumably wrong
It was a typo and whoever corrected it did it in bold by accident!
Bill
Surely, if they are replacing bilsdale by more than one transmitter, they should replace all channels covered by the original transmitter?Unknown at present
Are they intending to rebuilt the big mast on the original site with the
same transmitter powers and polar diagrams?
Also what happened to the radio services on the mast?
On 03/11/2021 09:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Surely, if they are replacing bilsdale by more than one transmitter, theyUnknown at present
should replace all channels covered by the original transmitter?
Are they intending to rebuilt the big mast on the original site with the
same transmitter powers and polar diagrams?
Also what happened to the radio services on the mast?FM services have moved to Eston Nab. National DAB muxes have been
reinstated from the temporary 80m mast
On 03/11/2021 09:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Surely, if they are replacing bilsdale by more than one transmitter,Unknown at present
they
should replace all channels covered by the original transmitter?
Are they intending to rebuilt the big mast on the original site with the
same transmitter powers and polar diagrams?
Also what happened to the radio services on the mast?FM services have moved to Eston Nab. National DAB muxes have been
reinstated from the temporary 80m mast
On Wed 03/11/2021 09:58, Mark Carver wrote:
On 03/11/2021 09:44, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Surely, if they are replacing bilsdale by more than one transmitter,Unknown at present
they
should replace all channels covered by the original transmitter?
Are they intending to rebuilt the big mast on the original site with
the
same transmitter powers and polar diagrams?
Also what happened to the radio services on the mast?FM services have moved to Eston Nab. National DAB muxes have been
reinstated from the temporary 80m mast
Arqiva have applied for planning permission to replace the original
mast at Bilsdale with a 78m triangular free-standing tower with its
base at the NE corner of the original buildings. This location will
put it a little higher than the present mini-Bilsdale.
If they get approval I would expect they will replace FM from EN to new-Bilsdale and posibly put a small relay at EN or even a bit down
the hillside. The area with the smaller structure that suffers is
directly over the escarpment to the West, but that is covered by
Woolmoor which I suppose could be up-powered a bit to help.
It's also stopped the ludicrous overspill Bilsdale had for these
stations to the south. As far as the BBC are concerned that was just
Tees overlapping with BBC York's patch,
On 05/11/2021 16:16, Woody wrote:
On Fri 05/11/2021 15:40, Mark Carver wrote:I'm sure Arqiva's accounts dept will be processing all those lunch claims !
Enjoy
https://youtu.be/o9tdrXwrZNA
Ah, know Stonehouse Bakery in Saltburn well, and boy do they make good
sarnis and stickies!!
On 05/11/2021 16:16, Woody wrote:
On Fri 05/11/2021 15:40, Mark Carver wrote:I'm sure Arqiva's accounts dept will be processing all those lunch claims !
Enjoy
https://youtu.be/o9tdrXwrZNA
Ah, know Stonehouse Bakery in Saltburn well, and boy do they make good
sarnis and stickies!!
Bake-off- this week’s challenge is to construct a TV transmitter….
However we visit Saltburn-by-the-Sea quite often as it is quicker and
easier to get to from here than Scarborough and it just a plain 'nice
place.' Then we drive down the coast to Whitby (passing Loftus) and visit Elizabeth Botham's bakery who make even better cakes and sarnis - indeed almost as good as Betty's!
For anyone interested the prog Architecture the Railways Gave Us currently being repeated on Yesterday did a section about Saltburn, its pier, and
the oldest cliff lift in the UK only a few weeks ago. You should be able
to find it on UK TV Play.
On Fri 05/11/2021 15:40, Mark Carver wrote:
Enjoy
https://youtu.be/o9tdrXwrZNA
Ah, know Stonehouse Bakery in Saltburn well, and boy do they make good
sarnis and stickies!!
Enjoy
https://youtu.be/o9tdrXwrZNA
The FM services moved to Eston are all running at 375 watts (300 V and
75 H)
Smooth FM that was always at Eston is 5kW (equal H and V split)
Bilsdale Temp has no FM services at present, but the three national DAB
muxes are there at 2kW each
Can anyone confirm that all services have been moved to the new tower?
Ulrich Onken wrote:
Can anyone confirm that all services have been moved to the new tower?
The most recent news page says
"Local TV will return in due course as well as radio."
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