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Huntshaw Cross (Devon, England) Full Freeview transmitter
Friday 6 February 2015 10:56AM
Holsworthy

Hello

I live in EX22 7TQ. until a few days ago my Freeview reception both on the in built TV receiver and via You View box was fine then I lost block of channels including ITV1, ITV2, Ch. 4 Ch. 5 etc. on both. Tried re-tuning with initially no effect but now after further re-tune attempts I have them back but with Pixelation etc. indicating weak signal. As I say all fine before so is there any cause for this change like work on transmitter, change of signal strength etc.?

Also as an on going issue I do not get full strength BBC DAB signal here - commercial stations like Classic FM are always 100% so why can't BBC ones be if they come from same transmitter mast?

Thanks


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Hi Dave

Thank you for your kind comments, I will follow up the lead on 4G and will let you know

Regarding DAB I suspect the answer is in your last paragraph which indicates BBC are not willing to put out a strong enough signal that would give me comparable results with such as Classic FM (which I assume is on D1 National DAB). Is there anything that could be done to encourage them to?

All I know is that at home I get a great signal all the time, almost anywhere, with Classic but with BBC it is variable and non-existent in parts of the house, even where Classic is good.

I have one DAB radio with a meter function and just now I got the following readings off it: Classic, Bit Rate 128kbps and Signal Level 100% whereas BBC, Bit Rate 80 kbps and signal level 91/96 % (fluctuating).

I am not sufficiently technical but you may understand the meaning of these readings

Keith

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