All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Alethea Francis:
Sorry to hear of your predicament. When was the last time you tried a retune?
The most likely temporary transmitter that you may get signals from is Arncliffe Wood, there has been some additional work there recently.
Having an aerial in the loft isn't especially helpful in current circumstances as I'm sure you appreciate. The Bilsdale mast is a few degrees N of due E (bearing 82 degrees) from you, whereas Arncliffe Wood is nearer ENE (bearing 67 degrees). This difference is possibly within the beamwidth of your aerial but with the reduced signal being in a loft and other possible obstructions, it might mean the signal is just too weak BUT it's worth trying another retune.
First, unplug the aerial and do an automatic retune, this should clear all previous tuning as nothing is found.
Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune, hopefully this will pick up the multiplexes.
If that doesn't work and you don't pick up anything, try a manual tune for the UHF channels listed in the post before yours (for Arncliffe Wood). Auto-retune sometimes misses weaker signals.
If you are picking up all the UHF channels and those multiplexes on them but you are suffering bad pixellation, or not picking up anything, it MIGHT be worth trying to reposition the aerial. Now, is there anyone you know AND trust, that would be competent to go in your loft and move your aerial slightly towards ENE, that's an anticlockwise move by no more than 15 degrees? BUT first they must note exactly which way it points for Bilsdale so it can be put back there in due course. Make sure it's someone agile enough and mechanically competent!
To make matters worse, the current high pressure weather system sometimes can cause signals from other transmitters to travel further and cause interference to the ones you want. So if you are getting the multiplexes but there's occasional pixellation (it can last longer than a few minutes sometimes), there's not a lot you can do, just bear with it.
If you need further help just post back.
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Dorothea Margaret Barker:
You should not post your details - email, phone etc. on publicly accessible sites like this. You leave yourself vulnerable to cranks and scammers. Do NOT accept ANY offers of help that you receive in this way, there are ALREADY scammers taking advantage of people such as yourself and your friend and people are being ripped off.
if someone makes a recommendation on this site, at least you then have the opportunity of looking at the person's/organisation's credentials via a phone book or the internet etc.
Please do not accept any offers that come via your phone or email.
Freeview now have a dedicated helpline where they should be able to advise if there is an alternative temporary transmitter your friend could receive, one might hope they could recommend local installers that could do anything with an aerial BUT that is likely to cost and won't be cheap, phone 0800-121-4828.
BUT does your friend not have a near neighbour that she trusts that could come and retune her TV for her - Freeview again have guides on their website on how to retune for many makes of TV set.
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Graeme Robertson:
Please be aware that posts don't always appear immediately so posting twice is unnecessary.
Where is the link to where the National Parks Authority have said the 80m arrangement will be unsuitable in Winter? What do they know about masts and structures? It was my understanding that it is Arqiva that have said it won't be suitable - due to the way it will be anchored (to minimise the damage to the area).
As far as any replacement for Bilsdale goes, maybe they haven't finished assessment of the damage to know whether it can be repaired or needs to be replaced!
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David Andrews:
She might be able to get some signals from the temporary transmitter at Arncliffe Wood, it could be a big might, I would guess that Eston Nab is too far away.
Is her aerial on the roof, has she tried a retune?
A manual retune would be preferred, details of the channels in a previous post on p91 here
Bilsdale (North Yorkshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy
It is always worth a try.
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Cornelius O'Donovan:
Have you read the previous posts here, mostly on p91 with links to Arqiva's statement and information, as well as Freeview's information?
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Ian johnon:
As you haven't provided a full postcode, we can't suggest what options might be available to you.
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John Clark:
Can you receive the SD signals on LCN1 in your EPG?
Tacolneston is still listed for Planned Engineering with the possible effects of "Screen may go black on all or certain channels" as mentioned in the post immediately before yours.
To add to the issue there has been some weather related issues which may cause intermittent problems with reception over a few more days.
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Cornelius O'Donovan:
Further to my last response to you, have you tried retuning to see if you can get any signals from the temporary mast at Arncliffe Wood?
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I've just been reading that the Bilsdale mast is beyond repair, I don't know why Arqiva haven't updated
https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
Not very informative as this is now 4/5 days old.
See
Minimum of two months to replace Bilsdale transmitter, meeting told - Richmondshire Today
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Sunday 5 September 2021 7:02AM
In case anyone misses the information elsewhere -
The UHF channels for Eston Nab are C27, C24, C21, C23, C26, C48, C30, C55 that's in the multiplex order
BBC A/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBC B HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ARQ A/COM5, ARQ B/COM6, Local/(L-MDB), COM 7
The UHF channels for Arncliffe Wood are C40, C43, C46, C29, C31, C37 that's in the multiplex order
BBC A/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBC B HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ARQ A/COM5, ARQ B/COM6
All Bilsdale Relay transmitters are now supposedly operational on their usual UHF channels.