All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Susan Brown:
As you haven't given a full postcode, we've no idea which of 1100+ transmitters in the country you might/should be receiving, some of which are having Planned Engineering. not that you should have no signals for the best part of a week.
Note all the points in my post before yours.
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tonyA:
Just for the sake of clarity Sky Pick (mentioned in some previous posts) is no longer transmitted, on Freeview it was replaced by Sky Mix which is LCN 11 and carried on the ArqA multiplex.
The transmitter is again currently listed for Planned Engineering so whether that's the cause of your current issue or possibly any weather conditions that may be occurring with the high pressure I don't know, or maybe it's the trees!
But as you know from previous replies the COM multiplexes aren't that low a power but are lower in the Horizontal polarisation, tyhey are the full 200kW in Vertical polarisation identical to the PSBs.
Your predicted reception of the COMs with HP is very variable and IIRC it's been explained about the pros and cons of HP or VP.
Personally I'd be looking to get those trees at least topped or better still cut down much lower than your roof!
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Paul Homer:
Unfortunately the link to the FM transmitter page on this site appears to be broken and comes here!
The FM frequencies are as follows -
90.4 FM (Epping Green, near Hertford)
92.1 FM (Bedmond, near Hemel Hempstead)
94.7 FM (Quainton Hill, near Aylesbury)
95.5 FM (Sandy Heath)
98.0 FM (High Wycombe)
103.8 FM (Zouches Farm, near Luton)
104.5 FM (Bow Brickhill, near Milton Keynes)
and it's DAB Local Multiplex Block 10D: 215.072 MHz if you have DAB.
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Paul Dursley:
We will await with bated breath ;)
I'd guess that the slightly lower figure for C22 is the aerial response starting to tail off.
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Jon Burgess:
Hello Jim, it's engineering work.
Engineering work affecting BBC radio services from the Rowridge transmitter from 1-10 May 24 | Help receiving TV and radio
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Jim Paterson:
Jim, there are no faults currently reported for Mendip, although the transmitter has been listed for Planned Engineering, it is no longer listed. It would however be unusual for work to cause problems like that on a Saturday or Sunday evening at peak times.
Weather conditions the last couple of days may have resulted in brief periods of interference, but that should now have subsided.
Both your locations are capable of picking up to 4 main transmitters, so do check in your TV Tuning sections that you are correct;y tuned to Mendip's UHF channels as listed at the very top page on this site.
If you find problems continuing and have checked tuning, check that your aerials look intact and are still pointing correctly, and please post back.
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Robin Heath:
One assumes that you were correctly tuned before you had no signal. You should not have done a "channel search" or "Retune" when you have no signal. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded. The usual result is to clear your correct tuning and then you will receive nothing when signals return.
IF you did retune, you will have to do so again until your channels are returned.
As you haven't given a full postcode, we can't check your predicted reception and possibly make suggestions that may improve your situation when there is Planned Engineering if that is causing the current problem.
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michael :
As you know from previous posts, Arqiva don't provide the details. Whilst replacing antenna units is one possibility, where did you glean this information, and are you talking about Caradon Hill itself?
Even if it's definitely the case, why do you think it might be a reliability issue? Surely the age of most of the units could have a greater bearing on this?
Perhaps European- sourced units are the only currently available source?
Somehow I doubt it's a widespread thing as I would expect it to cause more disruption than appears to be the case going by posts on this site (and come to that elsewhere).
One thing we do know is the odd bit of information that appears such as -
Engineering work affecting BBC radio services from the Rowridge transmitter from 1 May until 10 June 24 | Help receiving TV and radio
and I recall a similar one for Wenvoe a while back, but it didn't only affect FM at Wenvoe.
It strikes me that this type of work is a much more likely need at many transmitter sites considering the age of many masts, never mind mentioning the more severe weather we get these days!
I wouldn't have expected any of the above mentioned maintenance work to have require planning permission in any event, there's no material change to the structure or the site.
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Wednesday 8 May 2024 2:20AM
Paul Dursley:
Hi Paul. Yes remaining in one piece is a good idea :)
Just post again if you need any more help or info or just to give us an update whenever it suits you. Regards.