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It was beyond repair sadly.

It's more than just a "Bit of Metal" FFS

It’s weird, Filey has always been a Bilsdale dependant despite being further south than Scarborough/Oliver’s Mount which is fed from Emley.

they try to wiggle out as normal i say dont renew you licence next year and tell them you got used to no tv thow them .

The thing is that people don’t realise that this had to be their last option because it is extremely expensive, and to even get permission to do this took weeks. Now they have to lay foundations because an 80m mast will not be light, then using helicopters to transport materials because by land it isn’t as accessible. And then using helicopters to build the mast, and I’m sure you’d know that just one helicopter ride is so expensive. They are actually now trying their best but it will take time, I have all my HD channels back yet people in the same area don’t have anything because it also varies by location.

Perhaps you should look at the engineering effort to get this built as it is, there’s a big difference between 80M and 314M…

Building a 1000+ foot mast is no trivial matter. If the existing mast needs to be replaced it will take considerable time to get it down, safely, before work can even begin on the new - and that's without the challenge of an ecologically important moorland site. Broadcast suppliers don't often have spare 1000ft masts lying around "just in case" - it'll all have to be custom made. I genuinely feel sorry for all those affected by this, and I'm not Arquiva's biggest fan for many reasons - but I cannot see what more they could be doing here. It's a massive undertaking.

@@timhague882 You're a master of the obvious, and your comment is as empty as a vacuum.

@@paulh5293 You say you're not a fan but yet defend their incompetence - they clearly had no prior plan for such a disaster. They took weeks to get access, and now plan to deflect harsh criticism by doing something they think they are cappable of - erecting an 80m mast. The suspicion is that they are not capable of erecting a new 314m mast. Their claim of providing service to 90% with the 80m mast is hot - unverifiable - air. By the way, the company is Arqiva not Arquiva - you're not paying attention.

@@jamesalton8703 Yep, concentrate on the spelling mistake rather than the content. You clearly don't understand either mechanical or broadcast engineering. Nobody "plans" for a massive mast fire. Just like nobody has a spare Forth Road Bridge, or stadium, or petrol refinery lying around in case of disaster. What you do is reinstate as much as you can using other infrastructure - often a compromise but useable - whilst you get the prime system rebuilt. Arqiva re-engineered a number of relay transmitters (including my local one) to get as much working as they could. Go read up about what happened at Emley Moor, Ostankino, Peterborough and Waltham in years past and see how they worked around those problems. Oh, and as you're so keen on spelling - it's "capable", not "cappable".

Can the aerial not be aligned to Pontop pike ?