All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Tony jones:
I doubt it, in the foreseeable future. The only T2 HD multiplex on Light transmitters is the PSB3/BBCB one, and the recently available capacity there they chose to lease out to TBN UK rather than put BBC4 & CBeebies HD on there, obviously they must be financially better off doing that!
So the answer to the question is unlikely to change from the last time the question was asked.
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Iain Girling:
Tricky one whilst we have this lock-down, I would have suggested the nearest "neighbour" that's got an aerial pointing at Lark Stoke just to check with.
If you still haven't got the D3&4 mux back I'd try ringing ITV on 020-7157-3000, Channel 4 on 020-7396-4444 and/or Channel 5 on 020-3580-3600 and asking if they can get someone to check the Lark Stoke transmitter as you can't get any channel 3, 4 or 5 channels, you checked everything , retunes etc and have no problem with the BBC or other multiplexes.
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Pete G, Altrincham:
As per several posts on this transmitter page and elsewhere on the site, the site owner has not had the time to keep up with all the changes due to the 700MHz clearance.
The current channel usage is in the post before yours.
The final channels after the final retune date tba, are -
For PSBs1-3 & COMs 4-8, UHF Channels 32, 34, 35, 29, 31, 37, 55, 56
& for Local muxes G-MAN, L-LIV, L-MAN, L-PTN, UHF Channels 27, 21, 24, 40.
Personally I'd use channels above 59 for the modulators.
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Jan :
Assuming it's the Heathfield transmitter your aerial is pointing at, it should be pointing virtually due W (bearing 275 degrees) with its rods horizontal, then it's possible if you retuned when there was transmitter maintenance then the set may having incorrectly tuned to a different transmitter with weaker signals.
It would be wise to first check all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old) and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes (groups of channels).
Assuming all the above is ok, I'd suggest a retune as follows - unplug the aerial and carry out an automatic full retune - this should clear all previous tuning as no channels will be found.
Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune and hopefully all channels will be correctly restored.
Check in your TV's tuning section that it has tuned to the following UHF channels for Heathfield -
C41, C44, C47, C40, C43, C46 that's in the order PSBs1-3, COMs 4-6
If it's tuned to the incorrect channels, then clear the tuning again and then manually tune to those channels UNLESS your aerial is not pointing at Heathfield. If so, post back with which way it's pointing.
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Mr Brian Brackley:
If you mean the Sony Movies Classic channel, Sony changed multiplexes for a lot of it's channels last year and this is one of the ones only transmitted on Local Multiplexes (the one where you have a Local station at LCN7 in your EPG), see Channel listings | Freeview
The Luton transmitter is a "Light" transmitter and only transmits the 3 PSB multiplexes, none of the COM or Local multiplexes if that is the transmitter you receive rather than your "location".
Also note there is an error in the table at the top of the page, UHF45 is the PSB3/BBCB HD mux, not a local one.
If it's not the transmitter you receive, we'd need a full postcode to look at the predicted reception at your location.
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Leslie Stacey:
Well that is very strange. I can find no current or recent faults listed either by Freeview or the BBC for the Oxford transmitter and it's not currently listed for Planned Engineering.
I suggest that you check all you coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads can be a common problem, try swapping them. See what signal strengths (if any) and quality you are getting for the multiplexes shown in your TV's tuning section, this might indicate potential issues with your aerial or downlead. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
If that all seems ok, I suggest you carry out a retune as follows - unplug the aerial and carry out a full automatic retune which should clear all previous tuning as no channels will be found. Switch off the set for 10 minutes.
Then plug the aerial back in and switch on and repeat the retune, hopefully all channels will be correctly restored.
Also note that the correct UHF channels for Oxford are C41, C44, C47, C29, C37, C31, C55, C56, C46 in the order PSBs1-3, COMs4-8, Local. Unfortunately the site owner has not had the time to update one of the tables at the top of the page as a result of the 700MHz clearance.
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Andrew Popple:
According to the Freeview checker the Angus transmitter is the nearest to you (27km) and you should get excellent reception also from the Local multiplex on UHF C34 giving you a local station at LCN8 in your EPG and some other stations. The programmes you mentioned having problems with are on different multiplexes see Channel listings | Freeview
The stupid thing about the checker is it suggests that Durris would be the "most likely transmitter" 78km away, also with excellent reception! We do come across these anomalies now and then.
These two transmitters are NOT in line at your location though. Check your aerial alignment.
For Angus it should be pointing ~NNW (bearing 336 degrees).
For Durris it should be pointing ~NNE (bearing 19 degrees).
Both are horizontal polarisation - aerial rods horizontal.
I can't find any faults currently reported by Freeview or the BBC and there's no Planned Engineering listed at this time, so it could be worth you checking all your coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Flyleads are a common problem, try swapping/changing them. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged (especially if it is old) and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
Check in your TV's tuning section that you are tuned to the correct UHF channels for Angus. These are -
C39, C42, C45, C33, C36, C48, C55, C56, C34 in the order PSBs1-3, COMs 4-8, Local.
See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for those multiplexes.
Are you using a shared or communal aerial? In any event check with neighbours if they have similar problems.
Have you changed anything in your installation recently? Check you don't have any HDMI leads close to aerial leads.
If the tuning and signal strength & quality is OK, then this could be some sort of interference. Check on the precise timings this occurs and see if relates to such things as Central Heating coming on, or certain types of lighting - Discharge Lighting, sodium lights etc (inc. street lighting close by), Fluorescent lighting, compact fluorescents, some types of LED lighting. Also anything with motors, washing machines etc.
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Mr K:
There had been a little bit of Tropospheric ducting around in previous days, didn't check the last couple of days. It may have been that causing a touch of disruption. One other thing to check, make sure you don't have any HDMI leads close to the Aerial downlead or any flyleads.
COMs 7&8 operate as SFNs so reception can be "variable" - not so good, in some locations.
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Mr K:
Winter Hill is now listed for Planned Engineering with "Possible weak signal".
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Thursday 23 April 2020 3:21AM
MickO:
OFCOM have NOT specified any definite date. They had suggested a date but Arqiva wanted it pushed back. The 700MHz frequencies have yet to be auctioned. In March this year OFCOM issued an Information Memorandum and other documents. When the frequencies are auctioned, it will be upto the MNOs that require these "centre gap" frequencies (allocated to SDL) to specify when they wish to start using them. OFCOM are suggesting that there will be a 3 month notice when that date is specified but that will be finalised between the winning bidders and Arqiva..
At present, infrastructure to use the SDL/SDO frequencies has to be developed and similarly handsets that can use it. It's not expected that usage of the frequencies will happen before 2022, and there's the suggestion it won't be before 2025 in DUK documents on the current continuation of COMs 7&8, but this remains speculation.