Were the pre DSO transmitters recycled following DSO?
Richardcoulter
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I'm just wondering what happened to the existing digital transmitters when DSO took place at various times around the country.
Were they reused to provide existing or new services after DSO?
Were they scrapped as they would have been a few years old and possibly superseded by new and more efficient technology?
Anybody know?
Thanks.
Were they reused to provide existing or new services after DSO?
Were they scrapped as they would have been a few years old and possibly superseded by new and more efficient technology?
Anybody know?
Thanks.
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Presumably the best of the best was kept and the oldest/non supported/not upgradable stuff dumped
That would make sense.
Modern transmitters are a fraction of the size and a fraction of the cost ,plus very much more efficient.
The reason in my opinion why they were not scrapped is because this would have reduced the value of the capital assets on the balance sheet of our wonderful monopoly operator of our broadcast infastructure.
Aren't monopolies wonderful ,they benefit us all ,cough splutter .
Also charges are made to the TV companies for the floor space in the transmitter rooms and consequent higher operating costs .
Consequently a bigger footprint and higher opex and possible capex costs could be the results
More dosh for bankers bonuses !
My opinion is it could be a bit of Tesco accounting !
Trouble is engineers like myself are being given the heave ho to reduce costs .
This for a short period increases profits ,but engineering skill is compromised in the organisation .
But this is the type of short term managment that often occurs to maximise the sale of companies .
This is happening so I believe to many privatised companies such as BT and mobile phone companies merging , but the result could be poor engineering and poor quality to customers .
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