Big dish in redditch

17-08-2005, 15:56

Going to Redditch yesterday I saw a massive Satellite dish on the Ravensbank Drive where it meets the Coventry highway.

Any ideas what this is for

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...multimap.y=223

That is the location

marky · 17-08-2005, 16:04

ufo spotting

yep thats it ufo spotting
how big is big roughly

17-08-2005, 16:06

About 40 foot high. It was pointing away from me so i could only see the back of it

Gareth · 17-08-2005, 16:10

No idea, but as a kid I was always fascinated by the BBC's Radio 4 masts in Droitwich, which I used to see regularly when going to see my grandparents in Bromsgrove. Even now, whenever I see them, it reminds me of my childhood.

Roy MM · 17-08-2005, 16:14

Anything like this:- http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/conte...s/2002_465.JPG

marky · 17-08-2005, 16:19

you must be able to find somthing in planning by

Raistlin · 17-08-2005, 16:22

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Originally Posted by markymoan

you must be able to find somthing in planning by

Only applications to erect satellite dishes on residential properties

Stuart · 17-08-2005, 16:43

I went on holiday in Bude (Cornwall) a few years back, and about half a mile up the coast, there were a whole load of satellite dishes (10 of them), ranging from 3 metres to 20 metres. We stopped, my friend sat there happily taking photos (it *was* an impressive site), then we noticed the GCHQ signs...

17-08-2005, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

I went on holiday in Bude (Cornwall) a few years back, and about half a mile up the coast, there were a whole load of satellite dishes (10 of them), ranging from 3 metres to 20 metres. We stopped, my friend sat there happily taking photos (it *was* an impressive site), then we noticed the GCHQ signs...

Them dishes are from goonhilly in cornwall i think

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Originally Posted by Roy MM

Anything like this:- http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/conte...s/2002_465.JPG

No no not that big

ntl customer · 17-08-2005, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

I went on holiday in Bude (Cornwall) a few years back, and about half a mile up the coast, there were a whole load of satellite dishes (10 of them), ranging from 3 metres to 20 metres. We stopped, my friend sat there happily taking photos (it *was* an impressive site), then we noticed the GCHQ signs...

Yes, apparently there's some sort of GCHQ installation there. I'm sure anyone who has been in Gloucester would not have failed to notice the big donut sitting in a field - that's the GCHQ building.

The big dishes which you refer to are probably part of BT's teleport installation which I believe links the UK to America.

quadplay · 17-08-2005, 17:52

Having stood next to some of the dishes that ntl use to receive TV signals, I have to agree that they can be pretty impressive things.

andygrif · 17-08-2005, 21:49

I've stood next to some of the dishes used to upload to satellite - now that's impressive.

It could be an old tech's tales, but I was told that if you throw a cold Big Mac up infront of an uplink dish it comes back down piping hot!

17-08-2005, 21:51

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Originally Posted by andygrif

I've stood next to some of the dishes used to upload to satellite - now that's impressive.

It could be an old tech's tales, but I was told that if you throw a cold Big Mac up infront of an uplink dish it comes back down piping hot!

So if i ever go past a uplink site and see the techs chucking big macs about now i know why

lol