All posts by SomeGuyFromBristol
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KMJ,Derby: My aerial is pointing towards the Mendip transmitter and I live at the top of a hill which is at the bottom of a bigger hill. I am able to receive channels like Channel 4, ITV West and the BBCs with Channel 4 being the difficult one that sometimes ends up on channel 8 but it seems that in good weather that the signal is worst. I don't understand how it works but it may have something to do with the fact that the Wenvoe transmitter is higher than the Mendip transmitter and the signal has been boosted because of the difficult Welsh terrain to help provide a signal across the Severn but it's interfering with the Mendip signal, which is weaker because the terrain is flatter. This however still doesn't help me understand why the Bristol local channels' signals are not boosted to compensate for the Wenvoe transmitter and the fact that the Mendip transmitter is 40 miles away from Bristol and has a weaker signal (for no understandable reason).
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I hate Welsh channels but I'm stuck with them because I have a Goodmans recorder with NO manual tune. Can anyone tell me why the Welsh channels are boosted to such a point that the Mendip transmitter can't provide the local channels for Bristol and the West.
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Saturday 6 September 2014 11:11PM
I live in Bristol and I cannot receive any of the Bristol local broadcasting channels. All that I receive in terms of local broadcasting are the Cardiff channels. This cannot be avoided as my box does not have a manual tune function. Can anyone tell me why I can receive the Cardiff channels and not the ones for the town that I actually live in.