All posts by Kenneth Johnson
Below are all of Kenneth Johnson's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.K
Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmitterMonday 20 November 2017 11:08AM
Lochwinnoch
MikeP:
Today at 11.00 the reception is good. On the affected channels today, signal strength is 75% and quality is 100%. I did not check these parameters yesterday, but the last time this happened (on 2 November) I found that signal strengths on BBC1 and 2 were around 70% but quality was 0 to 10% and varying a lot.
At no time were then HD channels affected, so we could watch TV but our PVR only receives standard definition signals, hence the failure to record on occasions. It appears as if it is channel 60 from the mast that is failing while the other two channels continue to operate.
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Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmitterTuesday 21 November 2017 4:55PM
Lochwinnoch
I have contacted at800.tv and they reply that there is no 4G mast currently in operation near here, so that is one solution ruled out apparently.
I have tried just now and the reception from multiplex 60 is good: strength 90 to 91% and quality 100%.
I will keep checking and report on the values if reception fails again.
One thing that concerns me is that this seems to be the only way of drawing attention to reception problems. If any other service fails (gas, electricity or water) there is an number to call to report it. Why is there no similar facility for TV, which although called "Freeview" can only be legally received if you have paid the TV licence. Surely Ofcom or TV Licencing should have a Freephone number for reporting failures, or is it left up to the broadcasters to somehow become aware that their transmissions are not getting to their target audience?
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Lochwinnoch (Renfrewshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmitterFriday 24 November 2017 3:55PM
Lochwinnoch
Thanks Steve and Mike. Knowing who is actually responsible for the masts (Arqiva) is useful.
I had the whole lead from roof to set renewed a few years ago when I was having problems receiving Darvel. The aerial contractor could not get all the channels from Darvel as my address is in a marginal area and two large trees in the line of sight do not help. Further up the hill the signal is fine. So we decided to go for the reduced number of services from Lochwinnoch. I have a spare connecting lead or two so I will try one the next time the signal quality goes off. That has not happened for a few days. I wonder if it is weather-dependent, but I would not have thought that tropospheric interference would affect reception over such a short distance (less than 2 miles.)
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God knows how they drew these conclusions from the survey. As has been pointed out, under 25's don't watch any news programs unless they concern pop groups.
Personally I'd dump the National News broadcast and extend Reporting Scotland to the full hour.
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Sunday 19 November 2017 5:36PM
Lochwinnoch
No reception of BBC1, BBC2 and other standard definition channels from Lochwinnoch transmitter. Seems that one multiplex is down. This has happened several times in this month and during October when I was away, several programmes failed to record from these channels due to poor signal. ITV and STV programmes are all OK.