All posts by KMJ, Derby
Below are all of KMJ, Derby's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mike Thomas: In most cases an outdoor aerial will vastly improve reception of FM signals. There is however the possibility of interference on 105.2 from Sutton Coldfield which could muddy the waters! The coverage area maps tend to be rather conservative, so it is not unusual for good reception to be possible tens of miles beyond the boundaries shown, nearby hills permitting.
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Nigel: If your tv has a channel delete facility, try deleting some channels you do not use, such as adult channels or connect channels.
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Vic Savy: Digital UK are showing 17th June 2014 for the start of COM7 transmissions from Fenham.
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RH: I'm guessing that you normally receive BBC London from Crystal Palace, so it is likely that your reception of Look East is from Rouncefall, which is about 3 miles away @ 50 degrees from your location.
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Mr Ellis: It is planned to transmit the Kent local multiplex from Swingate in order to serve Dover, also the BBC national multiplex is on the list of improvements for Dover. I am not able to give a precise date for this, but the current phase of improvements to reception on the BBC national multiplex should be completed by the end of 2015.
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Derek Hirons: Com4, otherwise known as the SDN multiplex was transmitted on C62 from Oxford until the frequency was changed to C50 in order to clear the C61 to C69 section of the UHF spectrum for 4G mobile usage. So manual tune to C50 at present.
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MikeB: It would be interesting to see a 24" or 32" version of the curved screen for the smaller lounge where the viewer sits about 5 feet away from the tv.
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Michael Davies: It is planned to transmit the local multiplex for Cardiff/SE Wales from Mynydd Machen. This would add 48,000 households to the service area according to Ofcom data. Due to the BBC national multiplex being an SFN over the whole of the UK any radio stations intended to serve only parts of the UK are carried on local multiplexes, in the required areas.
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darren.c: Historically, due to a shortage of available frequencies in Northern Ireland, digital TV was only transmitted from the main stations at Divis, Brougher Mountain and Limavady. Following DSO the owners of the COM multiplexes declined to add the sevice to any relay masts on the grounds that the extra costs involved could not be justified given the relatively small number of extra viewers that might be gained. Ofcom only required that the service continued to serve those homes that were served before switchover, so viewers wishing to receive more than the PSB muxes must either install an aerial on a main station, where reception is possible, or equip themselves with a satellite receiver, which will offer most of the services carried on Freeview.
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Monday 2 June 2014 9:19PM
Marjorie Wann: If you want to use the Freeview tuner built into a TV or STB you will need a UHF TV aerial, in most areas this needs to be mounted outside to receive a reliable signal. You could, of course, continue to use your Sky box which will still receive the free-to-air satellite channels after Sky have "switched off" reception of the subscription channels.