German Analog Closedown

[mrhoover]

There's a good video on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KFYaR-Woqc

Of the German Channel E2 Grunten transmitter closing down in November
last year.I remember receiving this testpattern (called FUBK) years ago
with the Grunten id.They put it on this time as a "special".
Look for the waving hand right at the end !!

There's also some related videos that appear alongside.
Virtually all Germany is now DTV.

[mrhoover]

Just before this closedown clip there was a slideshow & text of Grunten's
history from the 1950's & it leads into the closedown clip as on youtube.

Bear in mind there are a lot of technical German words but it's quite
interesting.

http://blog.ctk.at/gruenten_e2_2007-11-27_05h35_abschiedsshow.avi

The download is quite big-Over 500MB

Hugh