All posts by KMJ, Derby
Below are all of KMJ, Derby's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
John Thompson: The digital UK postcode checker predictd good reception at your location, subject to there being no local obstructions such as trees or tall buildings blocking the signal path. A group "A" aerial should (preferably) be used for best signal pick up on the required channels, aerial pointing NE and set for horizontal polarisation.
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Lucy Gibson: According to Wikipedia, The Hits is the largest digital radio station in Europe. It is owned by Bauer Media, who also run Q Radio, Heat Radio, Kiss and Magic. It is transmitted on Freeview from main transmitters and some of the larger relays on channel 711. It is also on DAB on one of the London multiplexes. Their website at www.thehitsradio.com has a listen now facility.
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andy: There does not appear to be any information with regards to an air date, or for that matter any delays to the proposed November 2012 launch. It was mentioned by MuxCo that the installation of the transmitters at Moel-Y-Parc, Wrexham-Rhos and St John's Beacon is weather dependent, especially M-Y-P which is in an exposed location. As the government is once again turning its attention on a possible analogue switch-off date for radio it is reasonable to assume that every effort is being made to minimise any delays to extending DAB coverage.
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Mal: Further to Dave Lindsay's reply, the relay mast at Maesteg transmits the PSB muxes on the same frequencies that are used for the COM muxes at Kilvey Hill, thereby blocking reception of the COM muxes that might otherwise have been possible at your location.
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Joe: A couple of things spring to mind. Firstly, you might not watch a show on BBC directly but if you watch a channel such as Gold it shows material that was financed initially by the licence fee! Second point, if you subscribe to, for example, Sky Sports, you will also pay for the channels in the basic package that you possibly do not watch. Many countries have a licence fee, I read that Germany is about to charge every household irrespective of whether they have a TV or not.
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mrdtv: On the other hand, if the selling of spectrum to mobile phone companies is seen as particularly lucrative it could be full steam ahead throughout Europe!
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mike: The Samsung UE40D5000 is fitted with a DVB-T (standard definition) tuner. To receive the Freeview HD channels you will need a Freeview HD box incorporating a DVB-T2 tuner.
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martin: This problem is often the result of the memory of the stb being full before the BBC channels are found, so these are lost when the box is turned off. If you have a "channel delete" facility do a scan, then try deleting channels that are scrambled ( Top up TV, Sky Sports, Gold etc) or ones you might not want, such as rabbit or the adult channels in order to free up some memory.
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John Melville: The aerial sounds like a group "B" type which is intended for use on the frequency range of C37 to C53. That would mean only PSB2 (ITV1/2, Ch4, S4C and Ch5 etc) and possibly SDN (ITV3, QVC) would be expected to give good reception, with the BBC channels possibly giving the most problems. Carmel at present uses group C channels, so a small log periodic would probably be your best bet for reception of present and future frequencies. That advice being given on the basis of you having, as you say, line of sight with Carmel.
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Saturday 17 November 2012 9:44AM
Chris Oyitch: Waltham is scheduled to change frequency on Mux BBCA in May 2013. Belmont is already using C60- so will not require a retune to introduce an offset for this phase of changes for 4G. The question remains whether the amount of spectrum available for 4G will be extended in the not too distant future to take in C49 to C60. This requires agreement from the other countries in Europe, but if implemented would see another round of retunes with the COM muxes possibly taking up temporary frequencies in the C31 to C37 part of group A, with a possible move to nationwide SFN working on C22, C25, C28 in the longer term. This would require the use of DVB-T2 on all COM muxes plus the PSB muxes at Belmont, Sandy Heath and Bilsdale to work, so is likely to be controversial if or when implemented.