All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ed:
Whatever the cause turns out to be, "the thing to stress" is that reception was ok until sometime after receiving the postcard if in the unlikely event that the engineer being a trifle pernickety !!
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Stephen Thomason:
It should be, those 3 are on the Local multiplex which is beamed towards the Middlesbrough area, so unless you are in that direction, you may not get it.
Do you get a Local news channel at LCN 7 or 8 and/or HorrorXtra at LCN69 ?
If not, you aren't getting the Local mux, try a MANUAL tune for it on UHF C30 from Bilsdale, you may get a weaker signal (otherwise if you give a full postcode, we could look at the predictions).
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MR D M ROWE:
In your location you should get the best reception from Rowridge with your Aerial rods (or squashed Xs) vertical rather than horizontal as Rowridge transmits both but with higher power for the COM multiplexes.
Depending on the beamwidth of your aerial, with it vertical you may also get a reliable signal for the 3 PSB multiplexes only from the Poole relay, but if you currently get the Local multiplex from Rowridge and wish to continue, your aerial needs to remain horizontally polarised.
As far as disruption to reception, yes the ongoing engineering will not help but also see the last post of mine here just before the engineering one, about current weather conditions.
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Whoops, there seems to be a bug in the system at present, posts are not returning to the page on which it's posted, hence 4 copies of my last!
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Linda Kent :
If you are talking about Freeview, then subtitles appear to be available on every Quest channel BUT they may not be available on all programmes.
Otherwise you'll have to contact the broadcaster (this is not their website but an independent technical help-site) discovery+
See Contact Us at the bottom of the Help page https://support.discovery…n-gb
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Brian:
There seems to be a bug in the system at present, posts did not appear to be returning to the page on which it's posted (hence 4 copies on the Bilsdale page_ BUT it seem it's because at the current time of posting they are taking a VERY VERY VERY long time to appear!
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JONH PEN:
As detailed on the Stockland transmitter page, there is Planned Engineering - Possible effect on TV reception week commencing 09/10/2023 Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels.
As you haven't given a full postcode, we can't check your predicted reception. If you are in a weaker signal area that can make matters worse.
BUT in addition, current weather conditions have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and more of the south of the country through Sunday. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
The BBC have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - 6th October | Help receiving TV and radio.
PS. No need to shout (posting in Caps!).
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Gary Grace:
Not necessarily. It depends on which transmitter you receive and how good the signals are.
As you haven't given a full postcode, we're not able to constructively comment on this.
If you provide a full postcode we can check your predicted reception.
BUT also note current weather conditions have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and more of the south of the country through Sunday. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
The BBC and Freeview have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - from 07 October | Help receiving TV and radio
High pressure could affect reception across parts of the UK this week | Freeview
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Heather Holmes:
As per my post further up the page, it's current weather conditions -
Oxford (Oxfordshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter | free and easy for 21 years
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Monday 9 October 2023 1:00AM
As in email:
As you haven't given a full postcode, you may a;ready be in a weak signal area and then in addition it could well be current weather conditions affecting you, they have been causing Tropospheric Ducting affecting much of the south coast and southern parts of the country on Saturday and now extending into the Midlands and North of the country through Sunday including East Anglia. This causes interfering signals from distant transmitters in Europe or the UK to affect reception of your wanted signals. This can periodically last, seconds, minutes and sometimes much longer - Do NOT Retune.
There is nothing you can do about this apart from wait for conditions to change, or use online streaming if available.
IF you did retune, you be best manually retuning the UHF channels for your transmitter.
The BBC have issued warnings -
High pressure weather conditions impacting TV & Radio services - 6th October | Help receiving TV and radio