All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Roger: Sandy Heath is having engineering work, and liable to interruption, but not for very long, and there is no indication that power has been reduced.
Looking at the terrain plot, there is something interrupting the line of sight about 7-8km from you, so if there was a lower power level, that might be a contributing factor. The other thing to consider is your own system - check your cables to see if one is loose, etc - this can cause lower powered signals to disappear.
If there was a problem, then Dallington Park transmitter is only one km from you, and is a light transmitter.
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Alistair: Your relatively close to Black Hill (19km) witha clear line of sight, so you probably dont need the booster, in fact its possibly making reception worse. Yes, its having engineering work, but it should be fine.
However, you should get both audio and video together. If you've connected things up via scrat, check that they are fitting properly, since thats the sort of thing that can cause the problem your having.Check aerial cables, etc as well, and if possible, use hdmi rather than scart. Any loose connection can cause problems, so follow the chain.
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Lily Bryson: As I said earlier, there doesnt seem to be any problems with the ytransmitter, even though its having engineering work.
If you've got more than one tv running from the same aerial, check the cable - no signal means that, so its possibly a broken or loose cable or connection. Sometimes you can have the strongest channels coming through, but not all.
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R.Barrett: Sandy Heath seems fine, despite the engineering work, and your 28km away with a clear line of sight, so I suggest you check your signal level. If its too high, then strong signals (like BBC ones) will lead to break up.
See here:https://ukfree.tv/fullstory.php?storyid=1107051892
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AlgernonBlack: Freesat is an excellent system, and of course has no problems with local weather.
However. it seems that many of your problems might have been caused by too much signal strength, rather than too little. Digital via terrestial has been successful for most people, most of the time, and once problems have been overcome, offer excellent service with little need for extra expense.
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Ben Whittle: Any F Samsung (2013) has a Freeview HD tuner. Waltham is certainly fine, since thats what I'm using (albeit in SD). Could be your aerial isn't picking up the higher frequency? Perhaps one of the reception/aerial gurus can help.
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Steve Lee: Unfortunately, you havn't supplied a postcode, but its a fair bet that an automatic retune or something similar has changed your transmitter from the main to a light transmitter, hence the fewer channels.
Your signal strength is perfect, btw.
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Thursday 24 October 2013 5:43PM
paul: If the programme has subtitles available, you should select by pressing the 'subtitle' button on the remote.