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No satellite signal been received on Aerial reception from Mt Leinster

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    #32
    Dan Jaman
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    Looks chilly.
    As long as they don't melt the yellow snow for tea. :) 
    Вашему собственному бычьему дерьму нельзя верить - V Putin




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    #33
    Gerry Wicklow
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    I don't know if I should thank RTENL, the weather gods or what, but Mt Leinster DTT is missing all day which means I can see my Preseli favourites for the first time in weeks. Here's hoping it continues this way.:D


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    #34
    Bob_Harris
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    DTT from Mt Leinster is fine, on channel 45 anyway.


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    #35
    Gerry Wicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 4,542 ✭✭✭Gerry Wicklow


    Mt L definetly on reduced power. Spent all evening watching Dave, Quest etc. Some interference on Ch45 but others OK from Preseli.


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    #36
    FREEBBC
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    More Music wrote: »
    It's not generally done. This is the backup sequence for RTE main sites:

    1. Microwave Link
    2. Off-air rebroadcast signal from another site
    3. Sky Digital

    They are feeding some low power relay sites on a temporary basis with Sky Digital while they carry out some works at the main sites.

    That's because when they reduce the power at the main site (to work on the mast) the relay site may not get a strong enough signal to rebroadcast. So they just use their Sky feed instead. Cost effective solution (when it works).
    My 4th one can be is the Internet, this day in age that we have the internet and they can use the online stream of RTÉ, TV3 and TG4 because that would be pretty useful from Sky. I bet RTÉ tv License payers pay for their own sky. :P
    Oh what about cable? Can the cable wire reach up high to the transmitter? Like UPC have relations with RTÉ.
    bothyhead wrote: »
    Bingo! These photos were taken at Kippure yesterday, I believe.

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    Well completely snowed in. How would you get up there.

    Plus the transmitter needs some snow off from the microwave drums, or the drums melt them itself. :D Well it's pretty dangerous going up in snowy conditions if they have heating inside the building.

    Well done to RTÉ NL! :pac:


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    L1011
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    The masts are in mountainous areas often thousands of metres from the nearest dwelling and I'd suspect in all cases, even further from the nearest cabled dwelling. If RTE were to run cabling up to the masts, it'd be a fibre feed, not UPC...


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    #38
    tlaavtech
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    FREEBBC wrote: »
    Oh what about cable? Can the cable wire reach up high to the transmitter? Like UPC have relations with RTÉ.

    NTL in waterford was screwed up by the Mt. Leinster problem, so cable would not be the the soloution either! TG4 was completely gone! Bit of chicken and egg!!

    If it was a power problem, no amount of back-up feeds would help!


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    #39
    Sam Russell
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    The only solution would be fibre optic, but the main requirement is for power. The antenna up there look completely frozen up, I would worry about the safety of using them at that low a temperature.

    Even the people deserve a little warmth.

    I would never have thought such conditions would exist in Ireland.


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    #40
    MACHEAD
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    Bothyhead & STB, Great set of photos guys. Conditions up there must have been deadly, (or 'deady') as it's more commonly pronounced these days!
    Cheers!


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