All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Mike Startup:
There is no "given" that Broadcast will be turned off at all. In fact precisely because of groups like that and others, it's very unlikely. The current large number of channels over the air may be reduced to PSBs when all other services are available by streaming - over a broadband connection - which everyone will have over the next few years, if initially to only provide the VoIP telephone service replacing copper wire landlines. Also, broadband costs, in relative terms, will come down. So you don't need to "pay for a cable service".
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michael:
Actually I think Steve has summed it up quite accurately. CCI and protection of the PSBs is the primary objective, especially when you bear in mind that there are over 1100 Freeview transmitters in the country of which 80+ are main transmitters.
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Paul:
Hi Paul. Planned Engineering isn't necessarily repairs mind, in most cases it will be maintenance, some which could be rather essential to ensure reliability through the winter etc.
I've checked and there haven't been any reported faults, so it may be simply that the HD mux is on the Reserve Antenna which is lower down the mast which isn't helpful when you are further away.
Other than that no detail of course, Arqiva never provide any!
As we've had some abysmal weather, do remember to check your aerial is still pointing correctly and that your coax downlead isn't full of water!
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Tony1234:
Hi Tony. Actually your "non-expert view" may not be too far off the mark in that (on the Wenvoe transmitter page) Wenvoe is still listed for Planned Engineering (slightly odd as it wasn't on the main list but it's appeared on the Wenvoe page - perhaps work is over-running because of the recent weather!).
When engineering work is being carried out, depending on what's required, some of the signals may be switched to the Reserve Antenna, which is lower down the mast (polarisation is never changed so it won't be vertical).
That may explain why you aren't getting any signal on those two muxes, but as you are only 12 miles away, a little surprising there's nothing from BBCB (PSB3 not 2 btw) whilst it may have been off-air, it's unusual for it to be so for any lengthy period.
Keep trying a manual tune of C39 & C47 but of course we don't know how long the engineering is going on :(
Now, although you've said you've spoken to restoretv.uk, I like to check belt and braces because there's a number of cases where people should have received postcards and haven't. Despite what they've said put your full postcode in on this page and see what it says https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
You obviously know which way your aerial is pointing, but do check your coax isn't flapping about in the wind and check your coax plug ends and make sure there's no signs of corrosion or water.
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Oliver: (& Steve):
There are a few Freeview devices that do ask for postcode. When tuning, others may ask for a region but this is often when auto-tuning is finding more than one region, but as Steve says, please provide the make and model so he can look into it.
ITV is carried on the D3&4/PSB2 multiplex. As you've mentioned Meridian Southampton, you might be getting your signals from Rowridge and if so and you can manually tune your box, try UHF channel C27 but ONLY if you get your signals from Rowridge.
If you provide a full postcode we can check which transmitter you should be receiving and so which UHF channels to tune.
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Paul Sullivan:
Hi, I can't find any faults listed at present and the transmitter isn't currently listed for Planned Engineering. Having said that we know lists aren't always 100% accurate, and with the severe weather conditions we've just had, there could be a delay in reporting all incidents.
Unfortunately you've done the wrong thing. It's never recommended that you retune, if you were correctly tuned previously, when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures. It will usually clear your correct tuning. You cannot tune to a signal that's not there or can't be decoded.
Your best bet is to try manually retuning C26 until you get them back. You may have to try several times depending on the cause and when signals return. Once you have them back, leave it alone.
If your set shows No signal or the pictures are badly pixellated whatever the cause, transmitter faults or engineering, weather conditions, a fault on your aerial system, then retuning will not help.
Do check that your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly and that the downlead isn't flapping in the wind. Check all accessible coax connections and plugs and ensure there is no corrosion or water ingress. Faults like that can have an adverse effect on just one multiplex without immediately obvious effects on others.
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Paul :
I'm sure you meant Reserve Antenna. But all main sites will have backup transmitters as well.
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Grahame :
So what TV channel, if any, do you have at LCN 1?
As you haven't given a full postcode, I've no idea which transmitter in the West, you should be receiving.
The reason for the incorrect TV channel LCNs may be because you are picking up more than one region, and the unwanted region is causing your wanted channels to be incorrectly stored.
The best way to usually deal with this, is to unplug the aerial and do a full auto-retune which should clear all your incorrect tuning as no channels should be found.
I would then recommend plugging the aerial back in and manually tuning all the UHF channels for your transmitter, but I can't advise which they should be without knowing a full postcode or which transmitter your aerial points at.
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Tony1234:
Hi again. Transmitter Engineering don't post here directly. The notification is merely a re-direct of engineering info collated by this site, so I'm afraid no update or extra news.
I have checked again just now, and there's no reported faults that I can find, so the assumption is that it's the Planned Engineering.
If you go to the very top RHS of this page and click on the cog-icon there, and enter your full postcode, this might throw some additional light on your predicted reception.
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Tuesday 31 October 2023 3:40AM
Stephen Thomason:
The Pop channels are carried on the Local multiplex as mentioned by Steve Donaldson. But as noted in the post above, the mux has been transmitted from the Eston Nab site since the Bilsdale fire.
It's only a few weeks ago that installation of the antenna for the Local multiplex was completed on the new mast, and was not operational a couple of weeks ago, so you may not yet be able to receive it, it's on UHF C30 - you could try a manual tune in case you may pick up the signal from Eston NAb.
Arqiva had hoped to have all the services complete and up and running by the end of October, (not sure if that included mobile services which have been on a separate temporary mast) but recent weather conditions have no doubt hampered that. DAB services were still on the Bilsdale Tower.
So I'd expect the Local multiplex (and DAB services) to become operational in the near future, you may then be able to receive it if you are in the Middlesbrough direction.