All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.V. Cochrane:
Although we are on the DAB transmitter page, the information on the Freeview page is the same.
As per the top of the page currently, the BBC have advise a fault -
Freeview: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 17:24. . BBC
DAB: Off the air due to a fault from 26 Nov 17:24. . BBC
It is in fact due to a power outage.
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks are reporting they hope it may be fixed by 22:00 30/11/2021 but you'd need to check with them for updates. Transmitter postcode is AB54 4RQ
Statement from BBC Engineering -
27 November 2021
High winds and rain are causing problems with electricity supplies to several transmitters across the UK. Regional electricity suppliers are working hard to restore services. You can check the status of your local transmitter using our transmitter checker tool.
While you're waiting you could try BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds to carry on watching or listening to your favourite programmes. They are both available on Smart televisions and many other internet connected devices.
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Geraint Hopkins:
The BBC had reported a fault -
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have not (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 1:02:14am to 2:24:23pm on 27th Nov 2021 BBC A / BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault.
There is another very low power relay transmitter close by (which you are predicted to get poor signals from) which you may be receiving off the back of your aerial if you initially retuned when you had no signal. It's never advised to retune when you have no signal if you were correctly tuned to start with.
The fault was most likely due to a power outage, which if I've understood the BBC site and Western Power Distribution sites correctly, power should be restored.
If your signals are not back to normal and you previously retuned, try a further retune.
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Stan Russell:
5 Select is a Channel 5 sister channel. This is not their website and they are very unlikely to see your comment here (never mind do anything about it!).
You'd be best contacting Channel 5 about how to get/see copies of the programme.
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Tom Baker:
I can't find any current fault reports, but then those for commercial multiplexes are almost impossible to find.
Is the problem still continuing?
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Jamie:
The BBC are reporting a fault.
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have not (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 4:56:04pm on 29th Nov 2021 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
There doesn't yet appear to be any further BBC updates, the problem may have been fixed by the time I post this!
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Steven Hollands:
Are you having any problems with other BBC SD channels? (eg. BBC2, BBC News?)
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Michael:
Whilst the transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering, there has also been an outage due to a fault.
The BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have not (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 4:51:12pm to 10:10:32pm on 29th Nov 2021 BBC A / BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault
Hopeful;ly your signals are now restored.
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j frost:
Whilst the BBC have reported fault details on their individual transmitter page, they have not (yet?) added it to a page which is an engineering list of Freeview faults which is where the updates to this site come from.
From 12:57:15pm to 10:02:02pm on 29th Nov 2021 BBC A /BBCB HD Off the air due to a fault
Hopefully your signals are now restored.
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Michael Arnold:
If you unfortunate enough to be in a location where your aerial has to point roughly SE to get the Chesterfield transmitter (or that being within the beamwidth of the aerial) then there's the possibility this might be an issue.
That said, Waltham is getting on for 70km away and is horizontally polarised, whereas Chesterfield is vertically polarised.
Depending on how far away from the Chesterfield transmitter you are, and your predicted reception, a good aerial installation should avoid these issues except in extreme circumstances. We'd need a full postcode to look at predicted reception in your locale.
An experienced (even CAI approved) installer would know how best to achieve this with careful choice of aerial and siting. In a worst case it may even be best to consider stacking two aerials, but that is getting to an extreme.
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Tuesday 30 November 2021 12:32AM
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Roy Cliff:
It is in fact due to a power outage.
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks are reporting they hope it may be fixed by 22:00 30/11/2021 but you'd need to check with them for updates. Transmitter postcode is AB54 4RQ
Statement from BBC Engineering -
27 November 2021
High winds and rain are causing problems with electricity supplies to several transmitters across the UK. Regional electricity suppliers are working hard to restore services. You can check the status of your local transmitter using our transmitter checker tool.
While you're waiting you could try BBC iPlayer or BBC Sounds to carry on watching or listening to your favourite programmes. They are both available on Smart televisions and many other internet connected devices.