Moel Y Parc - final analogue switch off, 25/11/09

Recorded using a Bauer 1004 1/4" VTR and camera, pointed at a Bush TV350 portable, the last analogue TV signals from the Moel Y Parc transmitter in north Wales, just after 12.54am on the 25th of November 2009. BBC1 (CH52), ITV (CH49) then S4C (CH42) die off, showing Graham Norton, sport and an advert for a rubbish club music CD compilation respectively. Hardly a fitting epitaph for 38 years of UHF service, "Calvin Harris", is it?

You may also note that there were no warnings, no captions, no sense of occasion, no final words. Nothing, apart from a cringeworthy 'infomercial' on S4/C, about 10 minutes beforehand. Quite different to the way final DSO has been treated in most other countries. Oh well, here's to a brave new world of digital artifacting, and repeats of repeats of repeats on 78 channels.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• dso
• analogue
• uhf
• moel
• parc
• bauer
• vtr
• monochrome
• digital
• tv
• stinks

[Synthematix]

end of an era

[TrouserBowser]

Bloody hell, that was a bit harsh !

Just cut off like that...

Dr. Watts

[Coffeebeard]

"Calvin Harris Ceremony" could become a term for major things that occur without recognition. Hah.

[mathiasvolta]

Thank you for upload !

☆☆☆☆☆ from me...

[scorpiofootiemad]

Once again,no ceremony,there will have to be one when the last analog transmission comes to an end in 2012.