All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Helen:
Which map are you referring to? If it's the one you get from "Get to see your Freeview Prediction" by entering your postcode above, then I don't know why Sandy Heath is not showing on that map, it should be there. Nor why it indeed suggests Belmont for COM5 but not COMs 4&6 when reception of the COMs would be the same, I'm afraid that's ridiculous and it's an error.
And further to that even Waltham is predicted by Freeview to give better reception of the COMs than Belmont!!.
As StevensOnln1 has said Freeview's own predictor shows Sandy Heath with the best predicted reception, and also as your most likely transmitter.
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kara:
If telephone lines develop bad joints or get connected to another line's wire due to insulation failure etc. then these sort of things can happen. When it's picking up radio it'll most likely be just the strongest signal(s) near the cable fault. As you've contacted your phone provider it should be completely resolved. It's not the fault of any of the radio stations you might hear.
As you've been getting calls for another number due to the crossed line, the only thing you should watch out for is that you aren't billed for any calls that the other party have made on their line.
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Keith:
I can't find any faults listed for Hemel Hempstead nor is it currently listed for Planned Engineering.
As you haven't given a full postcode, I can't advise if your predicted reception for COM4 may be worse than the other multiplexes.
You may have been briefly affected by current weather conditions causing some "Tropospheric Ducting" which usually results in interference from other transmitters. Don't retune in any conditions where you have interference or no signal as this usually just clears you correct tuning or incorrectly tunes to other transmitters whose signals disappear as conditions change.
If you did retune, check you are still tuned to UHF C37 for the COM4/SDN multiplex at Hemel Hempstead.
If your problems continue post back with a full postcode and which of the channels on COM4 you are specifically trying to watch.
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tony:
Great Movies Christmas(/Classic) is carried on Local multiplexes.
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
Only a limited number of Main Transmitters have a Local multiplex which is usually beamed towards the large urban areas they are intended to serve. Chatton is not one of those transmitters! This is a commercial decision by the Commercial Operators as well as limitations of available frequencies in a number of cases.
Unfortunately you aren't predicted to receive signals from any other main transmitter either.
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John Berrington:
Talk TV is carried on the SDN multiplex. Stockland Hill transmits all the 6 main multiplexes as listed at the top of the page (although the list of channels on each has not been fully updated with some of the recent changes).
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
If you are not receiving any of the other channels on the SDN multiplex, then you aren't getting that multiplex for some reason. If so, please provide a full postcode so we can check your predicted reception.
If you are getting other channels on the SDN multiplex, check in your EPG's LCN 800s as after retuning, depending on circumstances, TV set memories can get muddled and put a channel there as it thinks the correct location is already in use!
If you find channels in the 800s, then unplug your aerial and carry out a full automated retune which should clear the memory as no channels should be found. Plug the aerial back in and repeat the retune which should restore channels correctly.
If you get signals from more than one transmitter (eg. maybe in Wales) then sometimes channels get put in the 800s, so do a manual tune for each multiplex's UHF channel after clearing memory.
See the UHF numbers at the very top section of the page (eg. UHF C25 for SDN).
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Karen Hughes:
That fault seems to have made it to that listed at the top of the page and also on BBC Transmitter Engineeering information | free and easy
You'd get similar information if you go to Advice about receiving TV and radio | RTIS and select Transmitter checker, then select Freeview and then enter your postcode and house number, and if need be, select the transmitter.
The current report is -
From 2:31pm to 5:57pm on 23rd Oct 2022 BBC A Off the air due to a fault
From 2:31pm to 5:57pm on 23rd Oct 2022 BBC B HD Off the air due to a fault
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Daniel Rutter :
To add to what StevensOnln1 has said, you may get away with a loft aerial for Tacolneston which should be pointing at a compass bearing of 222 degress - virtually SW, with its rods horizontal. But make sure you use an experienced aerial installer.
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melvyn dalley:
BBC Radio Derby on multiplex 10B has its coverage centred around Derby.
See https://www.arqiva.com/me….pdf
This isn't the only "anomally" with "local" radio DAB reception in the UK and a lot of such problems are determined by the ability to get transmitters in suitable locations.
Is not local news for Chesterfield covered by BBC Radio Sheffield? If not, maybe you should hassle and complain to BBC Radio Sheffield or even at a higher level in the BBC!
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J.R.Richardson:
Was/is your HiFi tuner connected to an external aerial?
If so, check the connections to your tuner. If it's coax to an external aerial then check the state of the coax.
Has the aerial moved at at all? Is it still where it should be and pointing correctly? If it's external and 23 years old, it's quite possible the connector on the aerial has deteriorated and water has entered and corroded the connections and entered the coax. If so you'll need a new aerial and coax.
If the tuner is connected to a simple indoor aerial and nothing has changed to interfere with its reception then maybe the tuner has deteriorated, electronic components can fail with time. You would need a really good electronics/radio engineer to look at it to see if it's ok/repairable, but it may not be worth spending money on. If so, consider a replacement tuner possibly one with DAB+ reception ability. Whilst you may not be able to receive any DAB+ transmissions at present, just ordinary DAB, it would be more future-proof as stations will eventually move to that mode of transmission.
Go to Advice about receiving TV and radio | RTIS and select Transmitter checker. Then select DAB Radio, enter your postcode etc details and check you can at least receive the main BBC multiplex.
If you can receive the Morecambe Bay transmitter, you may well get some commercial stations as well.
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Wednesday 19 October 2022 5:10AM
Phill.:
Well obviously that's a question you'd need to ask Sky about !!