All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Nigel Wood:
Yes a large metal barn can be an excellent signals reflector, which could make reception quite unpredictable! It could depend on the direction of the barn in relation to the way your aerial is pointing.
Other than that you are predicted to get pretty good reception from Chatton (22km away) which should be at compass bearing 324 degrees at your location (9 degrees N of NW). Although Pontop Pike is further away, 57km, you are predicted to get excellent reception of all multiplexes but it's at bearing 188 degrees so you could be getting reception from a rear side-lobe of the aerial, or the barn maybe helping. Similarly the reception from the temporary Bilsdale tower at bearing 164 degrees but is much much further away at 117km and maybe helped by the barn but it's only the PSB multiplexes and COM7 that are predicted to be received with this shorter tower.
None of the transmitters are listing any faults or Planned Engineering, but the lists aren't always 100%. A lot of transmitters have had work done on more than one occasion in recent months, so anything is possible. There has also been a little bit of disruption from tropospheric ducting weather conditions but that should have passed for now.
There doesn't seem to be any more definitive information at present. If I spot an update I'll post again.
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Merv Faulkner:
The NN3 postal district is a large area and reception can be affected by terrain and different locations may get different reception from different transmitters. A lot of your area is served by the Sandy Heath (Anglia) transmitter and that is currently listed for Planned Engineering with the Possible effect on TV reception as "Screen may go black on all or certain channels" that could also include pixellation. Do NOT retune.
If you aren't getting your signals from Sandy Heath then we'll need a full postcode to give a more definitive answer.
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Helen Chan:
StevensOnln1:
Update - Sandy Heath is currently listed for Planned Engineering with Possible effect on TV reception "Screen may go black on all or certain channels".
Unfortunately there's been quite a lot of repeated "Planned Engineering" at many main transmitters in the last six months or so for reasons that have not been given.
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Julian M:
It's on the SDN multiplex at all transmitters that broadcast the COM muxes
For Bluebell Hill the correct UHF channels are C32, C34, C45, C40, C43, C46, C55, C21 for the multiplexes in the order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6, COM7 & the Local multiplex.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplexes.
Don't forget COM7 closes at the end of June 2022 under the current licence. No announcements have been made about what will happen to channels on COM7.
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Robert Preedy:
So sorry to hear that Robert and that you are no longer on FM. Thanks for the update.
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mike mo:
The Bluebell transmitter has been listed for Planned Engineering in recent weeks with the Possible effect on TV reception ""Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels" so this is likely what you are seeing. So if your reception is normally excellent, there is nothing for you to do, certainly don't retune as you may lose correct tuning.
Having said there is nothing to do, If your reception otherwise isn't normally perfect, I'm a little surprised that you are seeing a problem as you are predicted to get excellent reception of all multiplexes and you're only 7km from the transmitter. What sort of aerial are you using? It should be pointing at compass bearing 66 degrees (almost ENE) with its rods horizontal.
If you do have problems at other times it might be worth giving your aerial and downlead a checkout.
Also note, posts sometimes take an inordinate amount of time to appear on this site, so it's best to wait several minutes to check if you post appears even if you got a fatal error message!
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Brian Phillips:
You've posted on the DAB page, although there's no further helpful information on the TV page at present. Why did you retune in the first place?
Which way is your aerial pointing? Is it pointing almost due N or about 10 degrees N of due E ?
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Denis Wicking:
Sudbury is on Planned Engineering with "Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels".
If you are far enough away from the transmitter that might result in no signal.
If you happened to retune when you had bad pixellation or no signal, it will most likely have just cleared the correct tuning.
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Denis Wicking:
Have you tried a manual retune just on C37? Sometimes auto-retunes will miss weaker signals.
Whilst it is possible, it would be unusual for a single mux to be on low power/or off-air for any lengthy period. Also check all your coax connections, sometimes a bad connection can seriously affect just one mux due to standing waves resulting from the bad connection.
It could be that you are unfortunate to be in one of those locations where a given mux has poorer reception due to the terrain and possible interference from other transmitters.
If you give a full postcode we could look at your predicted reception.
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Wednesday 20 April 2022 9:14PM
Michael A:
As has already been said, there is no point in repeating your comment yet again, as no-one from Sky is going to see it here. Pick itself is still on Freeview LCN36 on the ArqA/COM5 multiplex. It's also on Sky and Freesat.
You need to contact Sky and make your comments to them yourself.
See Contacting Sky | Sky Help | Sky.com