All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Robin Buddle:
Advanced warning Sandy Heath is being listed again for Planned Engineering.
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Ann Russel:
They are a number in different directions!
The Braid Hills transmitter carries two Local DAB multiplexes and The BBC National DAB multiplex roughly to the SE of you.
There are two FM transmitters for commercial stations, one at what seems to be called Kirkcaldy Glamis Road to the North of you, and another called Penicuik, roughly to the South of you.
The main BBC FM transmissions come from the Black Hill transmitter between Glasgow and Edinburgh roughly to the WSW of you.
Depending on the building you may get satisfactory reception indoors without an external aerial, but ideally you don't want any thick walls or large metal objects such as fridges/freezers etc on the "line of sight" to a transmitter. A window sill facing SE/S might be your best option for a portable set.
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Jay:
Unfortunately you can often get that impression. Dover, not unlike many other main transmitters this year, has had about 4 weeks of Planned Engineering. It's probably worth remembering that engineering didn't happen at normal levels last year because of covid.
The system is generally more reliable but the situation won't have been helped by what seems like more occurrences of "temperature inversion"or "tropospheric ducting" which can happen more readily with high pressure - this causes interference from more distant transmitters in Europe or the UK which of course means TV sets can't successfully decode the signals!
If you provide a full postcode we can look at your predicted reception. It may be that reception of some multiplexes may be a bit marginal in your locale. The commercial (COM) multiplexes are transmitted at lower power than the PSBs.
Another possibility is problems with your aerial installation. How old is it?
Dover is one of several transmitters whose original UHF channels were in aerial group C/D. With the 700MHz Clearance programme these were all moved to lower UHF channels now requiring a Group K aerial (although Wideband/Group T would do in good signal areas). Freeview did provide free help with aerials during the clearance programme.
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alan meakin:
What you are calling the "Kimberley Relay" is the Nottingham full service transmitter which has all 6 of the main multiplexes.
You may have noted from the post immediately before yours, that there is Planned Engineering at the transmitter this week, so there could be service interruptions. It is unusual that such interruptions would occur for any lengthy period in the middle of peak viewing hours, so at the time of my reply I would have expected your signals to have returned. Please also note, do NOT retune when you have no signal as it often just clears the correct tuning and you'd need to repeat a retune when signals are normal.
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Dawn Allen:
I can't find any faults or transmitter engineering listed at the moment, but something is ringing a bell with this area, what I'm not sure!
Are you using a portable set or connecting to an external aerial? If the latter, check the aerial looks intact and the downlead looks secure.
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West Runton (Norfolk, England) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 17 November 2021 5:27PM
Sheringham
David North:
What are you trying to set up? It's normally your own postcode you put in, it's so the device sets the correct region which I guess in your case is Anglia East. This is usually only important where you receive more than one transmitter from different regions.
This transmitter is at NR27 9NE as per details at the top of the page. But using a nearby postcode might be best if your own is giving problems. Try eg. NR26 8DF which is in Sheringham.
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Andy Reaney:
This does sound a little unusual, there is no particular problems with LG TVs, they are normally very good.
If you provide a full postcode, we can look at the predicted reception for your locale, but more importantly which particular transmitter(s) you might be receiving which means it'd be possible to check the set is tuning to the correct UHF channels. It's also possible that the transmitter may be currently on Planned Engineering so you may not be getting normal signals and auto-tune can sometimes miss signals if they are weaker.
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Sunday 14 November 2021 6:47PM
Owen:
Both stations are carried on the D1 National multiplex Block 11D: 222.064MHz which is transmitted from the Eastbourne DAB transmitter.
When did you first have the problem? There could have been a local transmitter fault (I can't find anything listed but finding such listings for commercial stations is like getting blood from a stone!).
If the problem continues, you'll probably be best contacting the station, Office hours are 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday - email hello@magic.co.uk or phone 020 7434 1215 or twitter @magicfm