Freeview Light on the Whitby (North Yorkshire, England) transmitter

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11:04 AM

Chris: The Commercial broadcasters were not mandated to mirror the coverage of the PSBs. This is down to politicians not requiring them to do so as a requirement for their licences.

Chris
11:09 AM
Whitby

Oh, I appreciate that Dave. It's just that, as you say, it's a bit of a let-down especially after being assured by both the Roadshow, and the official switch-over chap that checked my Fathers installation, that we'd be getting the FULL line-up.

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11:28 AM

Chris: If your father's is on , then he "may" be able to receive all and "may" need a replacement aerial in order to do so. It is only really possible to determine if the current aerial will function once the signals are on the air.

Chris
12:06 PM
Whitby

He's right in line with the and we were assured by the chap (one of the ones that was doing the pre-switch over checks and installing free boxes for the over 75s etc) that the house was OK and that we'd get everything.

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1:09 PM

Chris: From an point of view he is correct; the will receive all broadcast by the .

Clearly, with the prior knowledge that one's transmitter is Lite, then some would probably opt to spend a bit more (with the Scheme) and go for instead.

Chris
3:08 PM
Whitby

You hit the nail on the head, there. "prior knowledge" - Prior knowledge via the Scheme roadshow vans and the Help Scheme chap that did the check assured ALL (inc Dave) via Frewview. Definite case of message being lost somewhere along the line.

Thanks for the help, and reassurance that we're getting what IS being transmitted and nothing is 'missing'.

Cheers.

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Mark Edwards
5:58 PM

Mark Edwards : Thanks for the update. All present and correct - though I'd have rather had ITV3 than Gay Rabbit!!
I agree with the threads above. I live with elderly mother, and we applied to the helpline. Because we use TV in front and rear of large house, I wanted satilite at the back when died. Was told they couldn't run wires through the house because of the chimneys, and we couldn't have a box at the back because of the angle. We weren't told our was to have ; if we had I'd not have paid for a

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DS
7:22 PM

I'm feeling a bit let down by the lack of Dave and some other stuff as well. Besically, we've got the minimum that could be gotten away with, which is about par for the course.

I'm in a flat on Bagdale (a listed building so no for me :( ), and am getting good BBC but rather less good on the others, with artefacts and occasional break-up (probably due to crammed multiplexes). Looks like I'll have to get my old and knackered external replaced with a new w-band one. Harumph.

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7:57 PM

DS: In a marginal area like , get a Group K for if you're lucky enough to have any chance of receiving from it:

Bilsdale TV Transmitter

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8:49 PM

DS: I was reading your posting and just out of curiosity was wondering that when you mention you are getting good on the BBC but less so on others, are you purely referring to transmissions from ?