[sclug] Finding my transmitter

[Stuart Ward]

Chaps

Some maps:

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/mapsys/anatv/index.php
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/transmitters/tv/index.shtml
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tech/transmaps/
http://www.aerialsandtv.com/digitalnationwide.html#DigitalTransmitterMap

-- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143



2009/12/13 Dickon Hood <dickon-ml at fluff.org>:
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 09:35:25 +0000, Neil Haughton wrote:
>
> : > : What's the best way of figuring out what transmitter I'm on?
>
> : > IME, a compass and a map. ?Use the compass to see where your aerial is
> : > pointing, and locate anything likely-looking on the map.
>
> : PMFBI but I guess you are referring to some app called 'compass' that
> : integrates with GPS and googlemaps or something like that. Sounds cool. So
> : where can I get the source code?
>
> : I simply don't believe you can seriously be suggesting standing outside in
> : the wind and rain with a magnetic pointy thing and a piece of printed paper.
>
> Of course I did :-)
>
> I wasn't entirely serious. ?Just a quick peek at its rough direction and a
> site which lists your likely transmitters based on your postcode (such as
> the BBC's /reception/ I pointed at earlier) is quite good enough.
>
> : That's soooo not the Linux way.
>
> Pah :-)
>
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> Dickon Hood
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