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[yanpa]

World’s Tallest Broadcast Tower Tokyo Sky Tree Experiences Unexpected Radio Interference, Tokyo Tower Still Chugging On

Tokyo’s Skytree was to be the answer to radio interference for broadcasting companies. Up until Skytree’s completion in May, Tokyo Tower was the tallest tower around, standing at 333 meters. Skytree, nearly double that height, stands at 634 meters.

The transfer of radio wave transmission from Tokyo Tower to Tokyo Skytree was originally planned for January of next year, but has been delayed due to an unexpected level of radio interference that will take time-consuming measures to be dealt with.

Some broadcasting companies, including NHK, have considered shutting down Tokyo Tower transmission during mid-day peak viewing periods in order to grasp the extent of the problem with transmission from Skytree. in which case, viewer confusion concerning broadcasting is to be anticipated.

TV companies broadcast from Tokyo Tower to a large area of the Kanto region. In the past 50 years since Tokyo Tower was first built, many high-rise buildings have sprung up around the tower, causing radio signal interference. To get rid of this problem and create a new and exciting tourist attraction, 65 billion yen, or $812 million US were spent on building the Skytree tower.

Skytree is over 200 meters taller than Tokyo Tower, a height that towers over the tallest buildings so that radio signal interference from surrounding buildings would, in theory, be greatly reduced. However, NHK and other private broadcasting companies cooperated in testing signals off of Skytree to get a sample of what areas could receive them. Because the radio waves were too strong, or because of antenna placement, some households received no signal, which had nothing to do with the direction or area they were in.


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[Samurai_Jerk]

[IparryU]

:rofl:

ditto

[Samurai_Jerk]

And what an exciting tourist attraction it is. A shopping mall under a tower in one of Tokyo's ugliest neighborhoods.

[yanpa]

Like Mt. Fuji, it's probably most attractive when viewed from afar.

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[Coligny]

Like Mt. Fuji, it's probably most attractive when viewed from afar.

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[mode beavis & butthead /ON] eh eh eh eh eh eh... the tower pooped... eh eh eh... whar's da TP for his bunghole ? [mode beavis and butthead /OFF]

[yanpa]

That particular piece of poop was designed by a compatriot of yours

[Coligny]

BTW... As usual, it take the superior Japanese race to completely fuck up something that have been working for decade everywhere else... At least this time they didn't kill anybody yet...

Fuck you Tanaka:

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Signed: Edouard Branly.

Fuck you Tanaka:

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Signed: Zee Eiffel tower.

[Coligny]

That particular piece of poop was designed by a compatriot of yours

If there is people stupid enough to buy golden turd shaped buildings, I don't mind being on the receiving side of the bill...(a fool and his money...)

[yanpa]

That particular piece of poop was designed by a compatriot of yours

If there is people stupid enough to buy golden turd shaped buildings, I don't mind being on the receiving side of the bill...(a fool and his money...)

That would explain the Dreadnought battleship replica he designed for St. Steve of Jobs

[Coligny]

Yeah, nobody told Jobs that in some case (mostly airplane, boats, helicopters) when you design with the minimalist+style over function doctrine you're heading for a costly wreck.

Fuck you Steve:

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Signed:Ulstein X-bow (safest, fastest, most economicalest ship evar-est)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Like Mt. Fuji, it's probably most attractive when viewed from afar.

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It does look pretty cool at night when it's lit up. I live about a 20 min walk from there so I see it every day. However, I've never understood why people get so excited by going up in towers and tall buildings. Besides, did we really need another Kua'aina Burger. That place is fucking disgusting.

[matsuki]

I've never understood why people get so excited by going up in towers and tall buildings.

It's like being in prison and getting excited over "pizza day"

[Samurai_Jerk]

I've never understood why people get so excited by going up in towers and tall buildings.

It's like being in prison and getting excited over "pizza day"

I guess that also explains why so many gaijin like Kua'aina Burger.

[Yokohammer]

I've never understood why people get so excited by going up in towers and tall buildings.

It's like being in prison and getting excited over "pizza day"

I guess that also explains why so many gaijin like Kua'aina Burger.

I went to the one in Aka-Renga in Yokohama when I lived there a couple of times, because it was so different from everything else that was available. I'm actually kind of surprised that it took me a couple of times to realize that "different" isn't necessarily "better."

[Samurai_Jerk]

I've never understood why people get so excited by going up in towers and tall buildings.

It's like being in prison and getting excited over "pizza day"

I guess that also explains why so many gaijin like Kua'aina Burger.

I went to the one in Aka-Renga in Yokohama when I lived there a couple of times, because it was so different from everything else that was available. I'm actually kind of surprised that it took me a couple of times to realize that "different" isn't necessarily "better."

It used to be OK but they started using lower quality meat and over cooking the hell out of it awhile back. I haven't been in years because of that but a couple my friends decided to give then another chance earlier this year and one of them described the patty as being like a hockey puck.

[Taro Toporific]

And what an exciting tourist attraction it is...

"Here's a girl with her hair done like Tokyo Sky Tree. As you can see, it made travelling by taxi a bit challenging."
---Mulboyne (@Mulboyne) February 18, 2015

[Coligny]

Those empty eyes...

The undead are already here, i'll tell ya...