I am at SG14 2TN (Hertford). Apparently I am serviced via the Crystal Palacetransmitter. Our Switchover is not for another 12 months. Like many of the people on this blog thread, signalquality to my iDTV's has become either poor or non-existant over the last 3 weeks. For the previous 12 months all channels have been just fine and working perfectly. I have changed nothing on either of the 2 iDTV's in my house, other than undertaking the recommended automatic re-tuning process. No success. Reception signal is now so poor I can not even receive ITV1, Ch4 or Ch5 let alone the Freeview channels. I have also totally lost analogue connection. I spoke with UKDigital who told me that they could detect poor signal and that I should expect no Freeview channel reception for another year. So how come I have been getting perfect Freeview for the last 12 months? UKDigital could not answer that question. So they put me in touch with ARQIVA who manage the transmitters. ARQIVA told me there is no problem with the Crystal Palace kit and I should be getting a strong signal as far as they are concerned and were at a loss as to why UKDigital would be telling me otherwise. WHAT IS GOING ON? Seems to me from this blog thread and other similar ones that hundreds (possibly thousands?)of people are experiencing the same or similar degradation in signal all at once, all since mid/end April and in several different parts of the UK. We can't all be experiencing aerial malfunctions or raging Isobar pressures all at the same time, surely?
Monday 9 May 2011 6:08PM
Hertford
I am at SG14 2TN (Hertford). Apparently I am serviced via the Crystal Palace transmitter. Our Switchover is not for another 12 months. Like many of the people on this blog thread, signal quality to my iDTV's has become either poor or non-existant over the last 3 weeks. For the previous 12 months all channels have been just fine and working perfectly. I have changed nothing on either of the 2 iDTV's in my house, other than undertaking the recommended automatic re-tuning process. No success. Reception signal is now so poor I can not even receive ITV1, Ch4 or Ch5 let alone the Freeview channels. I have also totally lost analogue connection. I spoke with UKDigital who told me that they could detect poor signal and that I should expect no Freeview channel reception for another year. So how come I have been getting perfect Freeview for the last 12 months? UKDigital could not answer that question. So they put me in touch with ARQIVA who manage the transmitters. ARQIVA told me there is no problem with the Crystal Palace kit and I should be getting a strong signal as far as they are concerned and were at a loss as to why UKDigital would be telling me otherwise. WHAT IS GOING ON? Seems to me from this blog thread and other similar ones that hundreds (possibly thousands?)of people are experiencing the same or similar degradation in signal all at once, all since mid/end April and in several different parts of the UK. We can't all be experiencing aerial malfunctions or raging Isobar pressures all at the same time, surely?