All posts by Simon27
Below are all of Simon27's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Hi thanks Micheal and Dave for your advice, as for the "red tip" the only thing i can see using the camera zoom is what looks like a grey stopper on each end not sure if that's what you mean, I will have to get up there tomorrow as next-doors worried about it falling on her conservatory, I' ll swing it round to the SE and see what happens. Seems strange network planning as SE news frequently mentions Dartford yet reception is difficult another anomaly is sandy heath reception at 82km away is better than Bluebell hill at only 26km away.
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Clive B: sorry only just seen your post. Turning the aerial worked fine the aerial had 15 identical fingers on each side plus a few others and no red tips, The picture is now good no blocking, dropouts etc, However the signal is about half of what it was at my parents despite my parents living further away from the transmitter CT5 1QS (same box) but this makes no noticeable difference in picture quality, also the wire tension bolts were corroded I am lucky my company has a small workshop so i refurbished the bracket. I've posted current received signal strengths above 15 from a HD box.DA1 2TG. hope this helps remember I'm no expert.
uhf channel 22 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 23 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 25 signal strength 78 signal quality 85
uhf channel 26 signal strength 78 signal quality 75
uhf channel 28 signal strength 78 signal quality 80
uhf channel 30 signal strength 59 signal quality 50
uhf channel 39 signal strength 40 signal quality 70
uhf channel 40 signal strength 41 signal quality 60
uhf channel 43 signal strength 38 signal quality 80
uhf channel 45 signal strength 32 signal quality 60
uhf channel 46 signal strength 36 signal quality 60
uhf channel 54 signal strength 33 signal quality 60
BTW. If I remember correctly my parents sky box had various bbc regions maybe your virgin box has SE hidden somewhere (CT5 1QS)
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Clive g There is a issue with some equipment in setup they only allows you to load London or Southeast on selecting southeast you load ALL the weaker SE channels however this isn't a problem for me, also the previous owner left a echostar box and loading southeast to this box is impossible the channel list just ends up in a confusing mess and no way of resolving it.
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Friday 14 June 2013 12:51AM
Dartford
Hi I'm no expert and also have zero funds so no fancy boosters for me, I recently moved into a property in Dartford DA1 2TG. when i moved from my parents in Whistable and first tried the TV bbc southeast worked without a re-tune, however the signal was very poor. Would turning and fixing the existing leaning aerial from a west to a southeasterly direction work? as i prefer the south east local news.