All posts by Colin Mason
Below are all of Colin Mason's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
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Romaldkirk (County Durham, England) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 3 October 2012 8:03PM
Barnard Castle
Following the full switch over on the 26th September I now get over 80 tv channels all with high signal levels and picture quality. The only exception is itv 3 with a medium signal strength but good picture quality. I also get the other junk and radio channels making a total of 116. We have just experienced a period of heavy rain which had no effect on signal strength and with trees in full leaf at the moment I don't envisage any deterioration in signal in futer. I would think it would be worth the other village residents purchasing a K group aerial. and tuning in to the Bilsdale transmitter and enjoying full freeview services.
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Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitterWednesday 24 July 2013 1:43PM
Barnard Castle
Granted at Eggleston I live on the fringe of programs from Bilsdale but since the power was increased at the change over I have been able to receive all the channels with excellent signal strengths. I can receive all the programs from Com5 which is only 50k output but since The Drama channel started on Com4 which again is 50k output I have little or no signal from any of the channels including ITV3 and ITV2+1 etc. I have carried out a setup retune but still no good. Why if Com4 is the same output has Com 5 cant I receive programs.
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Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitterMonday 23 September 2013 5:53PM
Barnard Castle
I live at Eggleston DL12 0AQ. I have an aerial at an height of 10 metres on the roof of my bungalow. I am lucky enough to receive most programs at full strength on all channels from Bilsdale without needing an amplifier. My question is why can I receive programs on COM 5 Arqa which transmits at 50,000W but can't get a signal for programs from COM 4 SDN which also transmits at 50,000W. I use a group K aerial horizontally polarised. I have tried full retunes including manual retunes but no good.
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Wednesday 5 September 2012 4:25PM
Barnard Castle
Back in April I attended a meeting in the Eggleston village Hall and was informed that after the switch over I would only be able to receive a limited number of channels from The Romaldkirk transmitter. After reading the very informative A.T.V web site I decided to purchase one of their XB10K high gain aerials and positioned it on my bungalow roof and aligned it to the Bilsdale Transmitter. I was delighted to tune into 84 channels all with signal strengths of medium to full. My bungalow is on the Middleton in Teesdale road which is at the lower part of the village. Surely it was false information we were given as Im sure that when the transmitter power is increased the majority of the village residents should be able to enjoy a full service from the Bilsdale transmitter