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Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter Tuesday 20 May 2014 7:58PM
North Shields
Thanks for your prompt response Mike. I've experienced signal problems on and off since before the digital switchover. I can go for months with a decent (but not perfect) signal and then receive little or no signal for a week or two before things go back to "normal". I could understand it if the problems were persistent rather than sporadic.
According to the transmitter map, there are six mobile telephone masts within a 1.5km radius of my home; could this be affecting the signal intermittently?
Thanks again for your assistance.
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Hi Paul. I wondered that too but given the intermittent nature of the problem I'm not certain. I retuned my tv earlier and appear to have "lost" majority of channels and even BBC1 is deadful. Signal strength is around 60 (usually around the 80 mark) but signal quality is very low, varying between 17 & 36 on the best channel (quality is usually around the 70 mark. The reception has on occasions been poor during particulalry inclement weather but it hasn't been this bad since just prior to the switchover when there were ongoing transmitter works.
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Definitely on Pontop Pike. Retuned again tonight; BBC1 is unwatchable (signal strength 60, signal quality around 20) & I only have 30 channels in total. The best signal is ITV3, bizzarely, which is perfect (signal strength 80, signal quality 100).
The odd thing is that the TV has been fine all winter; the problems have occurred during the last week when it's been warm and largely dry.
I appreciate your help; I'll get up into the roof and check the cabling and connections but I know other people on the estate have problems and have resorted to Sky TV (which I'm loath to do).
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Monday 19 May 2014 10:21PM
I live in NE29 and like Dave I have had little or no signal since Saturday morning; even the BBC channels are breaking up to the point that they're unwatchable. Is there ongoing engineering work or something else that you're aware of that is interfering with the signal? Looks like I'll be watching DVDs until things improve! Thanks in advance. Scott.