All posts by Mike Davison
Below are all of Mike Davison's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Brian M. Leahy: No. This website can do nothing to influence the broadcasters. You should address your complaint directly to the broadcaster or Ofcom but I fear nothing will happen as this service is not considered to have a 'Public Service' remit.
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Classic FM on Freeview - biggest digital joke so far. 64kbit/s MONO - WHAT ??? Digital Radio is continuing to be the current biggest con-trick in the UK, (after SKY in my opinion). Compare the quality of services elsewhere in Europe(Germany in particular)
DIGITALBITRATE : Digital channels bitrate Satellite, Dtt and more - -
The site is a bit techy but shows compromise after compromise features in current British broadcasting, TV and Radio all in the name of quantity versus quality. .
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MikeB - yes, that's a good alternative and perhaps the internet is making all broadcasting obsolete. I am involved with community radio(Tempo FM) and locally, and obviously, Band 2 FM is our major outlet but we have an internet stream available and where there is internet, we can be heard, effectively leap-frogging DAB. I am sure this is the most effective alternative to DAB. It's certainly easier and cheaper to setup for what you get.
P.S. the 'S' instead of 'D' was a touch of dyslexic fingers.
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What size dish is required to recieve broadcasts from the AstraWednesday 18 February 2015 11:28PM
Wetherby
nor: Lyngsat will guide you what satellites will serve the coast of Southern Spain. I fear that BBC1,2,3,4,News,CBBC and CBeebies also ITV and Ch4, will be out of reach unless you can use a huge dish, maybe 2-2.5metres as they are on a tight UK only beam. There are some secondary channels that are open to all but even some of them may need 0.9 to 1.2 m dish.
Europe, Africa & Middle East - LyngSat
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Why are some channels free on Freeview but paid-for on satellitFriday 20 February 2015 4:30PM
Wetherby
Chaz: A little more information would be helpful for you to get an answer.
1) What model Technisat receiver do you have or can you say whether it is a satellite receiver or terrestrial channel
receiver and HD or non-HD?
2) What is your postcode so which terrestrial transmitter is likely to serve you can be determined if a DVB-T/T2 receiver is what you have?
3) 'Normal aerial' is a bit vague. Do you mean dish or UHF 'toast-rack'?
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David Ison - a postcode would be useful and you say ch.56 is fine but you don't say on which channels your BBC and ITV are registered. I suspect you are receiving BBC and ITV from Bilsdale and not Emley Moor. Ch 56 is unique to the Yorkshire area at present so that is why it stands out. When you re-scan your channels, start it with the aerial disconnected until ch.30 is reached and you should avoid the Bilsdale channels for ITV and BBC. You could also reset everything on your TV then manually select the channels for scanning. If it's an HD capable TV then start with channels 32 and 41,then the channels that all TV's can receive, 44, 47,48,51,52 and lastly 56.
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Wednesday 10 December 2014 6:21PM
Test transmission from North Yorkshire 10C multiplex this afternoon received in Wetherby. Test 1 was BBC Radio York promo' loop. Tests 2 and 3 Stray extra and More Minster. All three 128kb/s. Now off air at 18:00.