Sandy Heath, Sudbury, Heathfield, 9 relays have extra retunes on 27th June 2012
Brian Butterworth published on UK Free TV The following changes, in addition to those in the North and East Kent switchover completes on Wednesday 27th June event:
- Sandy Heath: D3&4, BBCB, ArqB using transitional S1 antenna until 27th June 2012.
- Tunbridge Wells - SDN from 13 to 27 June 2012, services will be restricted to 100W
- Wivenhoe Park: From 20 July 2011 to 27 June 2012, Wivenhoe Park will broadcast D3+4 on C64, C54afterwards; BBCB on C57 before, C49 afterwards.
- Woodbridge: From 20 July 2011 to 27 June 2012, Woodbridge will broadcast D3+4 on C64 before, C52 afterwards; BBCB on C57, C54 after that.
- Sudbury: SDN will temporarily operate on C49 (at 14kW ERP) from the first stage of Sudbury's switchover until 27th June 12. Arqiva A Until 27 June 2012, services will be provided on C54 at 3,000W. Arqiva B from 16 November 2011 until 27 June 2012, services will be provided on C63 at 2,200W.
- Burnham On Crouch - BBCA from 6 July 2011 until 27 June 2012, Burnham on Crouch will broadcast onC48 at 100W. D3+4 From 20 July 2011 to 27 June 2012, Burnham on Crouch will broadcast at 100W. BBCB from 20 July 2011 to 27 June 2012, Burnham on Crouch will broadcast on C51
- Clacton - BBCA from 6 July 2011 until 27 June 2012, Clacton will broadcast on C48
- Felixstowe - BBCA from 6 July 2011 until 27 June 2012, Felixstowe will broadcast on C52
- Heathfield - SDN until 27 June 2012, services will be provided on C48 at 2,000 Watt
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Friday, 29 June 2012
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Mark Fletcher12:04 AM
Lytham St. Annes
I always retune at least once a week minimum,sometimes i have to perform wee tests where i have no option but to delete my current set up to assist others on this forum,for example retuning temporarily to another nearby transmitter and checking if that particular mast is functioning as it should be.I always take my set-top box,set-top aerial and amplifier with me everywhere i stay for a week or more.Last week i stayed in Barnsley,S71 5BT location (my brother's rented abode),conducted tests and only Emley Moor broadcasts were available albeit indoor set-top aerial reception (with/without booster) there was mostly unsatisfactory with occasional pixellations on all mux's.No Belmont,Winter Hill or even Bilsdale there.Now on my hols (between 23-30 June 2012) in St Annes on Sea,FY8 1HW location,had to retune due to different regional programming,the establishment im staying at is served with a communal aerial aimed at Winter Hill,perfect reception there,yet BBCA (BBC1 Wales) from Moel-Y-Parc on frequency 45 (in the 800's) largely badly pixellated yet no signal with amplification.
Yet with my set-top aerial in without signal booster first,nothing from Moel-Y-Parc whatsoever but once the amplifier was powered on my set-top aerial once i found that sweet spot picked up both the BBCA on fr 45 and D3+4 (ITV1 Wales/S4C) on fr 49 multiplexes from Moel-Y-Parc mast perfectly 100% quality,69% strength both,even BBCB (HD) mux on fr 42 0% quality,69% strength despite my set-top box being non-HD can be attainable in my current temporary location.But the commercial multiplexes from Moel-Y-Parc however was less satisfactory SDN on fr 51,ArqA on fr 52 and ArqB on fr 48 all were badly pixellated,this was with my set-top aerial/amplifier on.
So yes it does pay to retune ones set-top box every week minimum,and obviously i have to retune yet again upon my arrival back in Halifax soon as Winter Hill transmissions there are rather unsatisfactory and no way will Moel-Y-Parc be available there.
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KMJ,Derby5:41 PM
The best advice is surely to do a retune if and when you wish to make a change to the services being received. Personally, I retune when there IS tropospheric ducting, in order to find out what is available, but as Dave Lindsay says, this would clearly be inadvisable for anyone trying to find lost channels. Retuning is also unnecessary for an old lady (for example) who sticks to news and soaps for her daily viewing and would not watch any extra channels even if she had them. Likewise, viewers who live in overlap areas with resulting difficulty in getting the correct frequencies tuned in might prefer to leave well alone.
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Mark Fletcher7:08 PM
Lytham St. Annes
A few spammers above it appears ?
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mr clark8:10 PM
i live in halstead and after the retune on the 27 june i had 122 channels. today i have 38 tride retuneing again still nuthing
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Saturday, 30 June 2012
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link6:03 AM
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Jimbo11:50 AM
I live in Colchester, since Wednesday I have lost all but a few channels. I can receiv the ITV ones but no BBC. Returned both tv and bt vision box, is there a problem with the teamster or something.
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Katharine12:13 PM
Seem to loose channels on each freeview return at the moment, lost ITV from channel 10 on Wednesday and never been able to get it back, receive from Sudbury is rotten weather anything to do with it?
Thanks
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Katharine: See the posting I've just made to Jan Gibson who is also using Sudbury:
Freeview reception - all about aerials | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Your aerial may need replacing if it is a Group B one. Before Wednesday, the COM4/SDN multiplex which carries ITV3 was on a frequency within Group B and now it is not, so that could be your problem.
Try manually tuning if your set allows. I've covered this in the posting linked to above.
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