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The postcode is dd8 2sj ..... and yes I should have said what you replied -->##ITV4 is broadcast by the Angus transmitter on COM6 / C49.##
.....ITV4 on COM6/C49 and the others listed above at COM6/C49. The rest of what I posted still stands with corrections ##and there is No signal, but as I read that there is work going on and a ''weak signal ' I'll have to accept that C49 /ITV4 and others , for example, are unavailable just now . The shame is that there appears to be No info as to when the work will finish, why can't they indicate any date to an end to their work ?##
Possible I should have linked to another message this one -->Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Transmitter engineering
4:30 AM
ANGUS transmitter - MainPossible weak signal [DUK]
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And thank you for the quick response.
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Hi jb38
9:56 AM , again, I've done as you asked using the manual scan function in the ''set top box'' as a signal meter , but not scanning.
The signal strength varied between 28% most of the time and up to 40%, the quality was zero , with a very few odd moments when a pixilated picture showed only to freeze, and the [No or bad signal ] message appeared. So it looks like we'll just have to be patient until the work ends .
Re your info quote -> ##the Angus transmitter (@ 11 miles / 236 degrees) is not quite line-of-sight to your location by being obstructed from around 1.5 miles prior to it, obstructions to a signal always having a greater effect when they occur close to the receiver, ##
Dunnichen Hill is sort of south-south west of us, so that is probably the ''Obstruction''
Maybe later on we'll get a taller pole put up on the chimney stack to carry the aerial..
........so thanks for all the info and maybe when they switch back on after their work we'll go back to watching the Tour De France on ITV4 even if it is pixilated some of the time ..
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Tuesday 30 June 2015 2:25PM
I have tried your tip -->> ##Try using the manual tuning function. Go to it and select/enter UHF channel 31 (554MHz) but don't press the button to scan/add services immediately. Rather, wait and see what readings of strength and quality you get and whether they are stable or variable, maybe having viewed it for a minute or two. By not pressing the button to scan/add services you have a signal meter whereas by pressing it it will simply determine whether it's good enough or not.##
and there is No signal, but as I read that there is work going on and a ''weak signal ' I'll have to accept that channel 24 , for example, is unavailable . The shame is that there appears to be No info as to when the work will finish, why can't they indicate any date to an end to their work ?