Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote:

The past is like a foreign country they do things differently
there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they
can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around
3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part.

Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF broadcasting array
was about 100 miles away from the NPL which was, and is, in Teddington.

"John Rowland" wrote in
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote:

The past is like a foreign country they do things differently
there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway
so they
can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL
around
3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part.

Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF
broadcasting array was about 100 miles away from the NPL which
was, and is, in Teddington.


Indeed it is - I work there!

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in
Cumbria.

Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the
750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work.

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MatSav

In article , MatSav
scribeth thus

"John Rowland" wrote in
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote:

The past is like a foreign country they do things differently
there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw

Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway
so they
can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL
around
3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part.

Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF
broadcasting array was about 100 miles away from the NPL which
was, and is, in Teddington.


Indeed it is - I work there!

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the
750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work.


I would too but I need to cart a load of spares and test equipment
around all the time being on call most all of the week;!..
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Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , MatSav
scribeth thus

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT. Tx Maintenance is their
call, not NPL's, so I can't tell you why it's down so often.
However, 72 hours in about 17,000 hours for scheduled mainenance
(less than 0.5% of the available hours) doesn't seem excessive to
me.

--
MatSav

"MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot |
com wrote in message
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"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article ,
MatSav
scribeth thus

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT...


Correction - VT.

--
MatSav

In article , MatSav
scribeth thus
"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , MatSav
scribeth thus

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT.

Shouldn't that be VT comms?..

Tx Maintenance is their
call, not NPL's, so I can't tell you why it's down so often.
However, 72 hours in about 17,000 hours for scheduled mainenance
(less than 0.5% of the available hours) doesn't seem excessive to
me.

Well we're on NPL's mailing list and it seem to happen quite a lot..
Haven't actually counted the intervals but seems every couple of
months..
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , MatSav
scribeth thus
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
MatSav
scribeth thus

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn,
in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT.

Shouldn't that be VT comms?..

Later corrected in another post. It was BT until 2007.


Tx Maintenance is their
call, not NPL's, so I can't tell you why it's down so often.
However, 72 hours in about 17,000 hours for scheduled
mainenance
(less than 0.5% of the available hours) doesn't seem excessive
to
me.

Well we're on NPL's mailing list and it seem to happen quite a
lot..
Haven't actually counted the intervals but seems every couple
of
months..

It is. The scheduled maintenance planner can be found at
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technol...es/msf-outages.

--
MatSav

In article , MatSav
scribeth thus

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , MatSav
scribeth thus
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article ,
MatSav
scribeth thus

Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn,
in
Cumbria.


Why's that down for maintenance so much?...

The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT.

Shouldn't that be VT comms?..

Later corrected in another post. It was BT until 2007.


Tx Maintenance is their
call, not NPL's, so I can't tell you why it's down so often.
However, 72 hours in about 17,000 hours for scheduled
mainenance
(less than 0.5% of the available hours) doesn't seem excessive
to
me.

Well we're on NPL's mailing list and it seem to happen quite a
lot..
Haven't actually counted the intervals but seems every couple
of
months..

It is. The scheduled maintenance planner can be found at
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technol.../products-and-
services/msf-outages.


Around every three months then. What do they do with it?.

Surely the TX chain is duplicated so perhaps they have to do something
with the aerial system?...
--
Tony Sayer

On 24 May, 14:25, "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot |
pipex | dot | com wrote:


Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the
750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work.



Why? are they a particularly poor paying employer?

"NM" wrote in message
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On 24 May, 14:25, "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl |
dot |
pipex | dot | com wrote:


Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of
the
750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work.



Why? are they a particularly poor paying employer?

No. The availability of facilities for cyclists (such as showers
and secure parking) and the location (on the edge of Bushy Park)
make access by bike attractive. Plus, believe it or not, some
people actually enjoy cycling.

--
MatSav