Where was this - Aerials from the local history centre

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[Surrey 455]

An IBA engineer once told me that an aerial in the loft loses six sevenths of the signal through the roof tiles.

I suppose it only becomes an issue the further you get "downwind" from one of these brutes

Ah, you could be right. I forget whether I was talking to him about reception from Crystal Palace (17 miles away) or trying to pick up Southern TV from Hannington (36 miles away). It was a long time ago. No IBA or Southern TV any more.

[bobm]

On a roll now



(L-R Crystal Palace and Hannington)

[TonyK]

For the life of me, I can't work out whether this is going of-thread or not.

[bobm]

Wildly.  I apologise.

[Chris from Nailsea]

(but please Grahame, it’s aerial photography…)

I've retitled this thread to avoid confusion with the font (or indeed the Shakespearean character)...

Thanks - that's a real help.

That's what happens when you let grahame type his heading for a topic. 

[CyclingSid]

On a roll now

(L-R Crystal Palace and Hannington)

Remarkably difficult things to identify from vertical aerial photography. I have been trying to identify one next to the line from Godalming to Guildford. Not on OS^▸ (Ordnance Survey) maps and virtually invisible on aerial photography (and StreetView isn't in focus enough to read the signs on the gate), obviously have to be investigated on the bike.

[bobm]

This one?

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=2

[JayMac]

For the life of me, I can't work out whether this is going of-thread or not.

Wildly.  I apologise.

I'll join in the fun!


Emley Moor

[stuving]

This one?

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/gallerypage.php?txid=2

Well, it depends what "next to" means, but ... that TV mast is over a mile from the railway at its closest point, at which point the railway is inside both Guildford and a tunnel. So I'd guess not!

[CyclingSid]

This is the one https://goo.gl/maps/i8ZPShTJ3omgRqNF6

[TonyK]

Remarkably difficult things to identify from vertical aerial photography. I have been trying to identify one next to the line from Godalming to Guildford. Not on OS^▸ (Ordnance Survey) maps and virtually invisible on aerial photography (and StreetView isn't in focus enough to read the signs on the gate), obviously have to be investigated on the bike.

Also remarkably difficult to spot from a light aircraft. Fortunately, there are relatively few and they are marked on the charts, but they are tall and slender, with little to see in some lighting conditions. The diagonal cables are all but invisible, and there are frequent warnings throughout the textbooks. You can't even count on sympathy if you black out a million TV sets at a crucial moment in Eastenders.

[stuving]

This is the one https://goo.gl/maps/i8ZPShTJ3omgRqNF6

That's "the Independent Radio AM transmitter mast at Peasmarsh, serving Guildford and Surrey."