Evening all,

I'm troubleshooting a problem we have at home, currently in a rented flat (in Romsey, Hampshire). We are unable to receive any on COM7/8 (yep, that ol' chestnut).

I haven't been able to get any detailed info off the landlord yet, but I have got a photo from ground level (forgive the angle - it's 7 storeys up):

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I'm trying to find out whether that's a Group A aerial (explaining why we can't get COM7/8), or if it's a aerial (and our problems are elsewhere). Can anyone confirm?

Thanks.

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Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter
Thursday 21 May 2020 7:14AM
Romsey

Hi Chris,

Thanks for the quick response. Yep, I've checked and everything here (except one older device) is DVB-T2 capable - they pick up the T2 stuff on 470MHz no problem, too.

Those are the closest looking matches I've seen so far so you could be on to something there. It may well be a group K then - it would fit in with the I can/can't receive. I don't have any binoculars, just the 40x zoom camera which got that photo, so that's about as good a view as I can get - the bungs certainly look black (or very very dark grey, to quote Lego Batman) rather than any of the other bright colours used.

Thanks again. I can't imagine the landlord would be keen on replacing it anyway, but at least it (probably) answers the question of why I can't get the channels!

Chris

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