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DSO Transmitter Work is well under way
One of my favourite websites is the MB21 Transmission Gallery. Updated regularly, it shows UK Terrestrial broadcast transmitter sites from around the country. Since the UK is preparing for DSO beginning in November this year (in the Border Television area), all of the transmitters will need updating. The latest updates on the gallery are as follows: Also, some very interesting work coming up at the Sutton Coldfield transmitter which serves Birmingham and The West Midlands. From Wikipedia: Wow - what a tall mast for just a temporary installation! Exciting stuff!!!
Mendip DSO Work
Digital switchover is scheduled for the West Midlands in September 2011. In preparation for this, major engineering works will take place at Sutton Coldfield. The mast will be extended from its existing height of 245.0 metres (804 ft) to a new height of 270.5 metres (887 ft) and the existing analogue and digital television antennas will be replaced. In order to accomplish this, a temporary 240.2 metres (788 ft) mast will be erected to broadcast all the area's services so that the main mast is worked on 'cold'.
Also, be aware if you have one of the setup top boxes listed here and receive your television signal from Sutton Coldfield or one it's dependent relays: http://www.freeview.co.uk/help/getting-freeview/q24 Some older set-top boxes are not compliant with the DSO standards and may well stop working from the end of May! They reverted a change in January to enable these boxes to work, but from the end of May, that's it!
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