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Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Steve Donaldson Jody: It s because the TV which has not done the swap pre-dates the capability to do the swap!
Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Steve Donaldson: Yes it s annoying. I ve used my Channel manager to move my HD channels to 1, 2, 4, 5 but not ITV as it hasn t yet implemented full local re
Wenvoe (Cardiff, Wales) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Steve Donaldson: Thanks for that excellent detailed analysis Steve. I was contemplating taking a closer look but thought I d wait and see what Tony1234 said
Bath (Bath and North East Somerset, England) Freeview Light tra
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Chris.SE John Taylor: Without a full postcode we can t check your predicted reception and which transmitter you should be receiving. Which way is your aerial poi
My ITV/C4 Freeview channels have disappeared - what can I do?
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Steve Donaldson Jen Franklin: Which transmitter does your aerial point to? Which way does your aerial point and are the elements horizontal (flat) or vertical (up/down)? Loo
Lancaster (Lancashire, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Steve Donaldson The Freeview Detailed Coverage Checker conflicts with other sources on the ERP of the Lancaster COMs. It says they are 1kW, half power with respect to the PSBs.
The Wrekin (Telford and Wrekin, England) transmitter
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Chris.SE Paul: It s a 167kHz frequency offset (well IIRC 166.***kHz to be precise, not that it matters). It s there to help reduce co-channel interference where that
Chatton (Northumberland, England) Full Freeview transmitter |
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Chris.SE Ken w moore: Can t find any current reports of any recent faults, and the transmitter isn t currently listed for Planned Engineering (though sometimes the l
Tim Davie: full speech to BBC staff on a digital-first future
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Nicholas Anderson It is sad that the BBC has decided it is necessary to close all its late night local radio services and not renewing the contracts of presenters who broadcast o
Freeview reception - all about aerials | Installing
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Chris.SE Adrian: Hi there, well that s good of them to send an external filter even if has no effect/is not essential at present, it ll give you good protection for
Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE MossMan: :D I know what you mean.
Freeview reception - all about aerials | Installing
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Chris.SE Adrian: The very variable terrain in your locale gives some very variable predictions depending on precise location. In some spots I can get predicted recep
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) DAB transmitter
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Chris.SE Ian Jackson: There s been a lot of engineering work on many main transmitters this year and some people in weaker signal areas have had some reception diffi
Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Stu: Hi again. How old is your amp/spliiter? Unless it s very new, the chances are that the filter in it, is what is often termed a 4G/LTE filter for 800MH
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) DAB transmitter
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Chris.SE Ian Leslie Jackson: I/we are not working on a transmitter, this is an independent FREE Technical helpsite. Freeview publish a list of Planned E
Weymouth (Dorset, England) Freeview Light transmitter
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Dave I live in Weymouth and using the Weymouth Transmitter with my vertical rooftop aerial that has been installed for many years. When connected to my tv via an am
Weymouth (Dorset, England) Freeview Light transmitter
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Steve Donaldson Dave: Is this a new or recent issue, or is it a longstanding one they you ve never found a solution to?
Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Robert jones: You are in quite a good location there, and in normal circumstances should have very good reception of all of Mendip s multiplexes including t
Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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StevensOnln1 nick : 277 on Freeview is UK Radio Portal, which allows various radio stations to be streamed on supported internet connected TVs. If it works on your TV you sh
Tim Davie: full speech to BBC staff on a digital-first future
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JCS Jackson With Reference to the speech. All very disappointing and depressing! I m 82. Care to bet on who dies first - me or Auntie?
Read this: Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland a
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StevensOnln1 Nicholas Anderson: The number of people using AM only radios is probably tiny. The number who don t have access to FM, DAB, Freeview, satellite or internet rad
Read this: Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland a
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Chris.SE Nicholas Anderson: What is wrong is not increasing the number of FM and DAB transmitters to cover the areas where there is now no coverage.
Freeview reception - all about aerials | Installing
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Chris.SE Nicholas Anderson: Try asking them, and see if you can get a sensible technical response as to why the current mode of streaming in
Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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nick Steve, thanks for that. What a shame they don t tell us that. My box is not connected to internet. Rather defeats the object of freeview via an aerial.
Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE james innes: Hello James. This sounds very much as though it could be a local interference problem. How long has it been going on? Has it been like it all
Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE The_Highwayman: Forgot to add, did you retune when you had no signal? That s never advised as it usually just clears your correct tuning, you can t tune to
Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE The_Highwayman: I don t suppose anyone made a phone call as I m sure they would have posted here had they read the post and were getting no ArqB signal. The
Olivers Mount (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmit
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Chris.SE Pam Copley: Did you not read the post immediately before yours? Without a full postcode we can t check your predicted reception or offer other advise.
Sudbury (Suffolk, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Stephen Potts: Can t find any reports of faults for Sudbury at this time and it s not currently listed for Planned Engineering, nor is there any atmospheric
Full technical details of Freeview
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Chris.SE Roger Barsby: As there are several transmitters (some nearer) that you might receive in your locale, although Sutton Coldfield is predicted to be far the st
Mendip (Somerset, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Sim B: It could be anything to be quite frank. As mentioned in the previous post, and umpteen times around this site, reception predictors don t work on par
Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
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Chris.SE Chris Horn: LCN71 was rebranded by the broadcaster as That s 60s on the 18th October. At present it seems scheduled to broadcast only between 4am-6am and t
Bristol Kings Weston (City of Bristol, England) DAB transmitter
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Steve Donaldson Pete Howell: This is a problem with automatic tuning in situations such as yours, where more than one transmitter is being picked up by the aerial. It was equal
Dover (Kent, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Sam: I m afraid Arqiva never give details of the Engineering work, some of which could be weather dependent and so subject to delays in completion etc. Man
Read this: UK Government under pressure to protect 'lifeline' F
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Chris.SE Chris Bratchell: Clearly a badly worded article which is talking about the protection of Broadcast DTT and as it mentions Radio, then DAB as well. Whether t
Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) DAB transmitter
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Chris.SE JONATHAN L PROUT: You have posted on the DAB transmitter page rather than the TV Freeview page where you can see that the Transmitter is currently listed fo
Penryn (Cornwall, England) Freeview Light transmitter | free a
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Chris.SE Neil: Hi there. I can t find any reported faults for the Penryn transmitter. How long has this problem been going on/when did it start? As you haven t gi
Hazler Hill (Shropshire, England) DAB transmitter
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Chris.SE Christopher Davis: Without a full postcode and some confirmation about which direction (approx. compass bearing) your aerial points, and whether it s rods (
https://ukfree.tv/radio/prediction/
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StevensOnln1 Phil Smith: Poole and the wider Dorset area has had DAB and DAB+ stations available for many years. Put your postcode into the link below and it will show which
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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paul 4g mast locations seem to be shown at but, for Cambridgeshire, does not show which of them may have also had 5G services tur
Read this: Bauer to turn off AM services in Scotland, Ireland a
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Willie Bone Bauer Media has already calculated around 85% per cent of its audience have gone digital which is a far higher percentage proportion of the national average! So
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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S bresland Chris.SE We have had bad pixelated tv for two days now. How long will this be for? As unable to watch it as it is?
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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Gordon Durrant Pixilation on bbc1 for 2 days making it impossible to watch. Is this a problem you are working on?
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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paul I don t know if HD is working again this am/27th [Data on Sandy Heath seems inconsistant the map had not listed Sandy Heath as having issues
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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Chris.SE Luke Bellamy: It certainly seems that it was a widespread issue judging by the information now available. I am rather surprised that the BBC were that slow
Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview trans
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Chris.SE S bresland: Gordon Durrant: Paul: Nigel: Tom: Unfortunately, as I ve posted quite a few times before, and it s very frustrating on a number of occ
Guildford (Surrey, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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StevensOnln1 Mike O Sullivanm: The 250+ range is streaming channels, which don t appear to be compatible with your TV.
Guildford (Surrey, England) Full Freeview transmitter
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Chris.SE Mike O Sullivanm: What model of Sony is it, and how old? LCN100 Do you get a full display of Apps and programme for Catchup LCN555 Does that work? Do
Why do the six Freeview "multiplexes" have twenty different nam
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Chris.SE Deb: Whilst the Nottingham transmitter is the nearest to you, there are two other main transmitters you may receive. However, whichever it is, all 3 happen
Exeter St Thomas (Devon, England) Freeview Light transmitter
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Chris.SE Stewart Price: As you can see from the post before yours, the transmitter is the subject of Planned Engineering. There have been several reports in the las