All posts by Philip Hawkins
Below are all of Philip Hawkins's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Well whoopy doo!
I came across a "Creative USB dongle" bought years ago, which had not produced anything in the past, installed it on a laptop running Windows XP (as stipulated)and plugged in the outside aerial - success.
It gives good clear pictures on both the non-HD multiplexes, without using the aerial booster.
Probably now time to get a Freeview tv . . .
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BBC radio 4 VHF went off-air ~7:03 this morning - moments before the lights flickered.
Suggests lightning strike?
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As now revealed, Ventnor transmitter went off on 10th October - help, panic, who can tell me what's happening? Was it doing the re-tune a few days early?
It appears to have been a "normal" fault - nothing to do with the re-tuning, but it was very difficult to find out ANYTHING!
Just hope all goes ok on 16th . . .
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Saturday 17 September 2011 5:59PM
Ventnor
Hi,
We live in what is known as "The undercliff" and can only get a poor analog signal from Ventnor. Are things likely to be better or worse after switchover?
Because of the poor off-air reception we are on Sky, so why am I worrying about Freeview? We need to replace a small tv/VHS combo, and a tv with USB record/playback would be ideal - but they only work on Freeview . . .