All posts by Richard Cooper
Below are all of Richard Cooper's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
MikeP: Good Afternoon, Mike. You are correct to remind me that not everyone uses social media sites. Indeed I don't myself! Fortunately, the posts that prompted this debate and which related to Bay TV Swansea, have resulted in Bay TV Swansea taking the initiative to solve the problem itself by its setting up of a new website with a 'dot com' instead of a 'dot co dot uk' domain name. Bay TV Swansea can now be found at:-
Introducing Swansea Bay TV - Bay TV Swansea
... with no 'error 404', I'm glad to report and, of course, accessible to all who have an internet-connected computer, tablet or smartphone, etc. It's a pity that nobody thought to make it a secure site starting with 'https' like this site does! The site is a little scant at present, but will no doubt develop as time marches on. Hopefully, the residents of Swansea who don't use social media can now use this new website as a source of reference and a platform for contacting Bay TV in Swansea.
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Briantist: Indeed, Brian! Also, I've just commented that no-one thought to make it a secure site starting with 'https'! Richard.
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nana eric: Good Morning, Nana. I am intrigued to hear that you are receiving one tv channel on ANALOGUE transmission in your area, because either it's Bill Wright messing around in his retirement or you are not in the UK. All analogue tv transmitters in the UK had been switched off by 24th. October 2012, nearly four years ago! It is possible that you are feeding an oldish tv set with a signal from a digital DVB-T box already, using an aerial fly-lead to feed the old tv. We call this 'an analogue rf feed'. To change channels, you need to change the channel on the set -top box, not the channel on the oldish tv set! If you really do live in the UK and receive tv from one of the main transmitters, you should get up to 60 standard digital Freeview tv channels and 25 Freeview radio channels on your tv set. Even if you are getting your tv signal from a local relay transmitter you should get 19 tv channels and 17 radio channels, so if you are in the UK, you won't be getting any analogue transmission at all, apart from as I've explained above, and you have access to a minimum of 19 tv channels already, which are transmitted digitally. Hope this is of assistance, Richard, Norwich. PS, If you are not in the UK, I am not the person to ask!
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Tony: Hi, Tony. There is only one mast at Lark Stoke, not two! Ilmington is a village a couple of miles North-East of the Lark Stoke transmitter site. Richard, Norwich. PS I never said Lark Stoke wasn't in Warwickshire. Did someone else think it was in a different county?
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Alan Firth: Hi, Alan. You can certainly listen to BBC Radio Leeds online if you want to. Its DAB schedule oughtn't to be any different from its schedules on other platforms to the best of my knowledge. Here is a link to it:-
BBC - Radio Leeds - Home
After loading this 'homepage', simply click on the 'Listen live' label with the purple background to it! PS We don't need to know where you live for 'online enquiries' but only enquiries about Freeview or radio reception via terrestrial (or satellite) systems! Richard, Norwich.
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Angela Murphy: Hi, Angela. It is possible that you have lost the group of BBC channels as a result of a deterioration in your aerial or aerial cabling, which is letting the other groups of channels through, but not the BBC ones. Ask a friend who owns a multimeter to carry out a 'continuity test' on the aerial cable to ensure that is allowing a conducting path throughout its length. Inspect the 'ends' of the fly-lead from the wall to the tv, to ensure that none of the braiding strands has frayed away with the possibility of a 'short' circuit between the inner and outer conductors. Check that the coaxial plugs and/or sockets used are well connected, with no' shorts' and that the screw threads are tight, but not over-tight. Finally, how old is your aerial? If it is ten years old or more, you should consider replacing it. TV aerials don't last forever and can be replaced with a new one for under 30 for the aerial, although if you don't fit the new one yourself or get a friend to help, a contractor would obviously charge on top for labour and VAT. Hope the above info. might help, Richard, Norwich.
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Nedbod: Good Morning, Netbod. In order to answer your question we need you to inform us of the names of the new DAB+ stations to which you are referring before one or more of us can let you know the proposed bit rates. Richard, Norwich.
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David: Hi, David. Thanks for letting us know your latest news! It sounds as if you have had superb service from Samsung, Richer Sounds and RS. I'm glad that your Samsung firmware update has worked successfully. Richard, Norwich.
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Peter Reichelt: Hi, Peter. Remember that the Grantham Newgate Lane transmitter is only an 800 watts relay of its parent, Belmont. It's not unusual for a relay to go 'off air' without anyone reporting it. I would suggest you go online and use the 'Contact Us' facility on the BBC website and report the problem so that there is a formal record that the transmitter is experiencing problems. The BBC is responsible for what is called the 'Radio & Television Investigation Service' (RTIS), regardless of whether the lost service or services are BBC or commercial. The transmitter engineering company Arqiva seems less amenable to direct contact by members of the public, so I would take the BBC route if I were you. Richard, Norwich. PS, Have you noticed whether the other BBC stations are available on DAB at your location, because if it is just Radio Lincolnshire on DAB that is the issue in Grantham, it could be an issue on the local Lincolnshire DAB multiplex which is run by a company called MUXCO. BBC Local Radio on DAB is actually carried by COMMERCIAL local DAB multiplex operators rather than by the BBC. Muxco has a website to which you can refer for more details. Richard, Norwich.
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Tuesday 16 August 2016 12:57PM
Alan: Hi, Alan. That is extremely good news for the viewers who have been posting here on UKFREE.TV about the old .co.uk website bringing up the '404' error for Bay TV Swansea. it's excellent that Bay TV Swansea has now made a new '.com' website available. Richard, Norwich.