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Further to the above post, I see there is another Nick so I will change my posts to Nick A.
Just to say the time is now 1100 and the signal quality is back to a steady 100%. Any ideas ?
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Hi Dave
Thanks for that. I looked at the website which addresses signal 'strength'. But my issue is with 'quality' not 'strength'.
The signal 'strength' stays consistently at 80%, even when the 'quality' fluctuates down to 20% .
So, I am still stymied. Thoughts ?
Regards
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Thank you all.
Questions:
1. the site Dave sent me to says that any signal above 75% is too high. Yet, that is what it has been registering since the day I installed it a year ago and without any problems. The problem has arisen and been intermittent since the signal boost at Sudbury in June. If I install an attenuator will it fix the problem ?
2. it does seem odd that I am the only person having this problem (or at least reporting it on this website). this leads me to believe it could be a localised issue. Yet, I have done the usual debugging (including the tip from KMJ, thank you). No difference.
And thank you to Les. I did toy with a Freesat, but am now fully invested in Freeview. So for the time being, and provided I can fix this, I will keep the status quo.
Sign me Nick A, frustrated but still working it !
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Me again. Every channel is now completely stable. No reboot since this morning and signal strength at a steady 80%, signal quality at 100%. Hmmmmmmm.....
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and now it is back to the intermittent quality issue.......
i am assuming that if the signal 'overstrength' was an issue then the 'quality' would be consistently poor. it is not. it fluctuates from 100% down to 40% and back, and then is perfectly fine at 100% for half an hour or more.
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Hi Dave
Sorry, our posts went up at the same time. Thanks for your further notes. I will try a few things.
The aerial is in another location. I tried moving it off about 15 degrees and have reduced the signal strength down to 70%, but the quality problem is still there. So i will totter out and get an attenuator tomorrow.
But logic says to me, if i can reduce the signal to within tolerance and the problem remains, then the strength issue may not be the problem.
Yours ever hopeful,
Nick A
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Wednesday 11 July 2012 10:19AM
Bures
I am posting this at 1000 on July 11. I live at Alphamstone, about two miles west of the Sudbury transmitter. For the last three weeks or so I have noticed a major fluctuation in signal quality from the Sudbury transmitter. It is intermittent, mostly at this time in the morning about twice a week, dropping from 100% to 40% and back again. The signal strength does not change (80%). I have a very powerful aerial and am processing through a Humax PVR 9300 T. I did a retune about a week ago and all was fine.
This problem, which has only started recently, creates dropouts in picture/sound. I should point out that the weather is clear right now, just in case that is an issue.
Any help from this forum would be gratefully acknowledged.
Kind regards
Nick