Emley Moore mast

Milz · 27 Jul 2006 at 01:21

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/5214240.stm

Hi, I couldn't find a forum to that best suited this, however I just thought of a couple things that could be raised be the maintenance on the tower.

I'm curious as to why it has to be run on low power so that they can install the Aircraft warning lights. Will the radio waves emitted be so powerful as so that they cause internal damage to the personal putting them up? That would be quite worrying if you lived near by, good signal, but at what cost?

Sorry if I posted in the wrong forum ^^;

Carzy · 27 Jul 2006 at 01:59

Millions of people in Yorkshire will be unable to watch daytime television for up to two weeks while work is carried out on the Emley Moor transmitter.

How horrible that must be. The people of Yorkshire having to engage their brains for once. The consequences could be far-reaching.

Milz · 27 Jul 2006 at 02:08

Carzy said:
How horrible that must be. The people of Yorkshire having to engage their brains for once. The consequences could be far-reaching.

Maybe its not maintenance! Maybe its a ploy, wasn't it West Yorkshire, the county which is most obese in England? To get people off the couch and outside...were there's sun!

Fat chance of that when I have my PC

Daytime TV sucks anyway.

But anyway, only recent reports I've read that microwaves are powerful enough to penetrate the skin, and cause damage in your eyes (boils the water in aqueous humor causing irreversible damage) and brain, leading to tumours. However I've heard nothing of the sort to do with radio waves.

Meridian · 27 Jul 2006 at 06:08

Milz said:
But anyway, only recent reports I've read that microwaves are powerful enough to penetrate the skin, and cause damage in your eyes (boils the water in aqueous humor causing irreversible damage) and brain, leading to tumours. However I've heard nothing of the sort to do with radio waves.

Microwaves are next to radio waves in the E-M spectrum, and yes, you have the same effect with radio waves if they are strong enough.

M

Gilly · 27 Jul 2006 at 08:50

Carzy said:
How horrible that must be. The people of Yorkshire having to engage their brains for once. The consequences could be far-reaching.

scarab · 27 Jul 2006 at 12:46

About five million people could lose their analogue services, but cable and satellite signals should not be affected.

Thought most people had digital now anyway..............

sinister_stu · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:09

Carzy said:
How horrible that must be. The people of Yorkshire having to engage their brains for once. The consequences could be far-reaching.

Indeed, maybe we should cull them as a preemptive measure?

Pinter75 · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:09

scarab said:
About five million people could lose their analogue services, but cable and satellite signals should not be affected.

Thought most people had digital now anyway..............

Cable and sat are not dependant on the transmitter mast. Analogue and digital transmissions are.

Dougsnake · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:27

Carzy said:
How horrible that must be. The people of Yorkshire having to engage their brains for once. The consequences could be far-reaching.

Sleepy · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:40

Milz said:
I'm curious as to why it has to be run on low power so that they can install the Aircraft warning lights. Will the radio waves emitted be so powerful as so that they cause internal damage to the personal putting them up? That would be quite worrying if you lived near by, good signal, but at what cost?

Someone working on the mast will be exposed to much more EM radiation than some one living a few hundred meters away. The exposure follows something called the inverse square law.

People living a couple of hundred times further away than a worker climbing the mast will be exposed to (approx) 40,000 times less EM radiation.

Andelusion · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:41

Oooh ooh I can see Emely Moor mast from my house :cool:

Get in.

EDIT: *Sudden realisation* My reception on my new telly has been dodgy for the past few days, I thought my tuner had nackered but now it seems it might just be them tinkering with the mast...

Carzy · 27 Jul 2006 at 13:44

Gilly said:

I pretty much said that just to see your reply

Gilly · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:34

sinister_stu said:
Indeed, maybe we should cull them as a preemptive measure?

When you're big enough.

We're already the best, dont cull the ones that watch daytime telly. You'd be trimming the fat and improving us more

Melm0 · 27 Jul 2006 at 15:47

So that's why my television suddenly went all fuzzy a few days ago! Also, my freeview didn't have signal on a few channels.

Damn them doing it in the school holidays!

I want Jeremy Kyle & Carbooty!

sinister_stu · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:01

Gilly said:
When you're big enough.

We're already the best, dont cull the ones that watch daytime telly. You'd be trimming the fat and improving us more

Big enough for what?

Good point about improving the gene pool though, we wouldn't want to do that.

A5H · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:04

*Insert clever southern comment that mocks yorkshire folk*

Gilly · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:45

sinister_stu said:
Big enough for what?

OK, when you're clever enough if you didn't get the last one

Xinn · 27 Jul 2006 at 16:48

Carp all on daytime telly anyways

FishFluff · 27 Jul 2006 at 17:06

Gilly said:
When you're big enough.

We're already the best, dont cull the ones that watch daytime telly. You'd be trimming the fat and improving us more

I'm in complete agreement with Gilly on this one.

Edinho · 31 Jul 2006 at 01:22

FishFluff said:
I'm in complete agreement with Gilly on this one.

Me too except those from Leeds dont count.