All posts by David Howard
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Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview transFriday 1 April 2011 6:53PM
Northampton
Mike Dimmick: Many thanks for your help. I didn't expect it would be straightforward - looking out across the rooftops from my study/bedroom window I see aerials pointing East, West and South ! My two roof aerials are indeed linked together (there's a brown plastic box which is presumably the diplexer, happily located in the loft)so it seems that once the switchovers are completed in the autumn I'll be receiving all available channels from one transmitter or the other, and which is which will only be an issue as regards regional news programmes and the like. If necessary when the time comes I can no doubt "unlink" the two leads from the roof aerials to check what I'm getting from each in terms of channels, signal quality and strength etc. Assuming they are OK individually would it be feasible to incorporate a switching facility ie along the lines of the audio source selector I use in my hi-fi set up,in order to choose aerial A or B or, perhaps, A+B or would this cause problems eg with the box re-tuning itself every time? At any rate it seems there'll be little if any advantage in leaving the aerials linked once the switchover is completed so if necessary I'll just make a choice between them - I guess I must be in a better position than many people and shouldn't complain about having too much choice !
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Friday 1 April 2011 3:54PM
Northampton
I've recently been given a digi-box (Goodmans GDR-10)which I thought would be handy for the upstairs TVs following the switchover. Existing set-up is: Skydish for the main lounge TV,2 x professionally-installed roof aerials aligned to Sandy Heath and Sutton Coldfield also serving the main TV, and a D-I-Y loft aerial aligned to Sandy Heath serving the upstairs TV. Original plan was to re-route the roof aerials post-switchover to the bedroom TV(s).
Tried the digi-box yesterday & got good reception on Ch 27 and patchy on one or two other channels using the roof aerials,also good on Ch 27 (but nothing else) from the loft aerial. Having spent a couple of hours on this very helpful site I've decided my best bet is probably to wait until after 13th April and then see how things look before spending any time/money on aerial re-routes / upgrade? Secondly, although I seem to be equi-distant from 4 transmitters the aerials I have do seem to be aligned on the best two ie Sandy Heath and Sutton Coldfield but will there be any "interference" problem during the period April to September when one has switched over to digital & the other hasn't? Or will the stronger digital signal simply "swamp" the analogue one?
Any comments will be gratefully received.