All posts by MikeP
Below are all of MikeP's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Amanda:
It has been suggested that the recent warm days have given rise to atmospheric conditions that can disrupt TV reception. As there are many similar reports from around the southern part of the UK, that would seem to be quite likely. Do NOT retune your TV set under such situation.
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Chancellor George 18% BBC fee cut to lowest level of BBC TV sinThursday 5 November 2015 12:58PM
Trowbridge
RichardW:
Further to that said by jb38, I agree that you should investigate using a satellite service, reception is likely to be more certain than for Freeview. Freesat is similar to Freeview but there are some differences, see Freesat Channels - Free Satellite TV, HD and Radio Channels for listings of available programmes. All these are available without subscription.
You will, of course, need to have a dish installed and obtain a suitable receiver box (if your TV set does not have the Freesat facility built in).
The other alternative is Sky - for a monthly fee of course.
I suspect from your location near Collingbourne Ducis that the available Internet service is not terribly fast (please correct me if I'm wrong) so watching TV programmes via the internet may be problematic because of the slower than necessary connection (SD TV services generally need at least 4 Mbps connection assuming there are no other usages at the same time).
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Mr Powell:
You need to give us contributors some idea of where you live, by giving a post code, so we can work out which transmitter you might be using. As far as we know, all transmitters are working but some have engineering work which usually means reduced signal strength and a few short interruptions. Any lengthy loss of signal is very unlikely to be the transmitter so you need to check all the connections from your aerial to the TV set.
Having said that, there have been reports of weather related atmospheric effects that can cause temporary loss of signal and if you tried a retune during that time you will have lost the services and will need to retune again. It is worth checking with your near neighbours to see if they are having the same problem with BBC services on Freeview.
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Terry Denman et al:
There have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Neil C et al:
There have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Phil Bailey et al:
There have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Henry:
There have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Official aerial installers guide to the TV spectrum futureMonday 9 November 2015 12:03PM
Trowbridge
Richard Baltruschat:
For us contributors to this site to have any chance of offering meaningful advice we do need to know where you live and hence which transmitter you should use. This is best give with a full post code, or that of a very nearby public building, so we can then see your location in relation to transmitters and hills, etc.
Further advice depending on feedback.
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Mrs Anne Wallace:
Without knowing your location in relation to the transmitters it is impossible to give meaningful advice.
However, there have been many recent reports of such reception problems, and there have been many reports of atmospheric affects that can cause just the situation you report. So it is quite likely that the well known 'temperature inversion' effect may well be causing your problems. In such a situation do NOT try to retune your equipment as you are likely to lose even more channels.
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Thursday 5 November 2015 12:43PM
Trowbridge
Moira:
You can use your Sky box to get the 'Freesat from Sky' service which is basically the free to air non-subscription services, such as BBC and ITV, but it is best to leave your 'old' viewing card in the slot so you get a selection of the more local sevices (the card provides information to the box about your location). The box has to still be connected to your dish of course.
To supply programmes from the box to another room, such as a bedroom, depends on what type of box you have and/or whether that other room has an output from your dish. If the box has an RF Out socket you can run a coaxial lead from that to the other TV set. If it does not have such an RF Out, then you may be able to add an external device (a modulator) such as one sold through Amazon - Global I/O Link RF Output for Sky HD Box: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics - there are other makes and suppliers available. This will provide RF signals that can be fed via coaxial cable to other TV sets. Note that the output will only be in Standard Definition and a Sky HD box can provide HD signals but not froom the RF Out systems. Note also that the programmes displayed are determined by what the Sky box is set to show and the same will appear on all TV sets connected via the coaxial leads.
Hope that helps?