All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
bruce tearle:
Whoops, let's hope she finds them all! At least the problem is solved :)
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Nicholas Hews:
To add to what StevensOnln1 has said, Huntshaw Cross may be your nearest transmitter but that doesn't mean that reception is the "best" as it depends on topography. Whilst the UHF channels are chosen to try and minimise interfernece from other transmitters that use similar channels, in some cases the terrain is such that reception for you may be "difficult" from your nearest transmitter whereas a signal from another transmitter may reach you quite easily.
Hence the need to look at the predicted coverage for your location which can only be done with a full postcode.
PS. If your aerial is Group A, it can't be Wideband, but a Wideband covers Group A, Huntshaw Cross channels are all within Group A.
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Derek:
Make sure it is DAB+, that's DAB Plus in case the site doesn't print the plus sign! There are an ever increasing number of stations now transmitting in only DAB plus, it's the latest standard and more will over to DAB plus as time goes on. There are far too many DAB only (without DAB plus) radios on sale in many major outlets especially large supermarkets and be wary of shelf labelling which isn't always accurate.
Read the specification on the box, ensure it has the green digital tick.
Most portable sets have built-in aerials which also are used for FM which most sets also have. Few have provision for external aerials. Unless you live somewhere that has thick stone walls etc. and want to use the radio primarily where such walls are on the line-of-sight to the transmitter, you are unlikely to need an external aerial.
There are many good brands out there. Pure is IMHO over-rated and overpriced but it depends on how much you want to spend and what sort of audio quality you want - size matters! If you want to listen mainly to music then you would probably want one that has stereo speakers built-in and they will tend to be the larger sets that have room for two reasonably sized speakers. For example I bought a Blaupunkt BPR-3 a couple of years ago which I'm quite pleased with, no idea if it's still a current model.
Most sets have stereo headphone provision but Check the specification.
The other thing, even though you want a portable radio, I would make sure that it is Mains And Battery operated. Most DAB radios gobble up batteries. There are a few that take C-Cell batteries which are quite expensive to buy, there are a lot that take AA batteries which are very common as you probably know.
You should have good reception of the main BBC stations and Local stations, but will not get all the commercial stations you should get those on the D1 multiplex, all from the Roseneath transmitter.
You can check what you can get on sites like DAB Digital Radio - Pure, Roberts, Stations, DAB, Evoke, In Car, Online, Portable, Digital Radios, Highway, One, Station, Sony or ukdigitalradio: Home
If you are more technically minded DAB Ensembles Worldwide | Latest News & Updates is an excellent site.
Note some weather conditions will enable reception from distant transmitters that you won't normally get.
Issues with DAB | Help receiving TV and radio is useful for checking transmitter issues.
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My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+Saturday 25 July 2020 5:30AM
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Charlotte Smith:
Neither Freeview nor the BBC are currently reporting any transmitter problems or any within the last 5 days. On the assumption that your postcode is PH15 2LD you are predicted to get good coverage of the 3 main Public Service Broadcast multiplexes, which should give you reception of all BBC Channels and all main ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 channels, and also BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel4, Channel5 & BBC Scotland in HD if your receiver can get HD transmissions (needs an HD/T2 tuner) programmes are on 101-105 & 108 in your EPG (guide).
Occasionally weather conditions can cause reception difficulties, there has been some "Tropospheric Ducting" around intermittently of late affecting different parts of the country differently at various times so this may have had an effect. (In the old days of Black & White TV it was often called "Continental Interference").
The Kenmore transmitter is a relay transmitter from the main Angus transmitter and some weak signals from the Angus transmitter may be possible and if for some reason your set has become tuned to the channels for that transmitter (or another one!) then you and others may get these intermittent problems. In your TV's tuning section check that it's correctly tuned to UHF channels 23, 26, & 29 for the Kenmore transmitter.
If you are still having problems post back.
PS. You should not be paying for a TV Licence until you have received an official letter from TV Licencing telling how and when to pay (the one you may have had a couple of months ago is not the one).
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Guy Peirson:
There is no room for any more HD channels on the PSB3 multiplex, it is full.
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Denis GALVIN:
You'll best just tuning over the band to see what you can receive, as StevensOnln1 says there'll be several transmitters in the area that you may receive.
The most like transmitter for the BBC FM stations and some others is Winter Hill, roughly to the NNE of you.
It has Radio 1: 98.2 Radio 2: 88.6 Radio 3: 90.8 Radio 4: 93.0 Radio Lancashire: 103.9
Heart FM (North West): 105.4 Rock FM: 97.4 Smooth Radio (North West): 100.4
From Liverpool (roof of the Cathedral) Capital FM (Liverpool): 107.6
Holme Moss (roughly to the ENE of you, but maybe too far away) has
Radio 1: 98.9 Radio 2: 89.3 Radio 3: 91.5 Radio 4: 93.7 Radio Leeds: 92.4
Radio Manchester: 95.1 Radio Sheffield: 104.1 Classic FM: 101.1
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Neil:
Just to be clear, I'll post the information from the linked post that I referred to in my 12th July post -
"If you are going by the list at the top of the page, I'm afraid it's out of date, the site owner hasn't had time to do all the 700MHz clearance updates.
Whitehawk Hill's channels are now PSB1/BBCA C48, PSB2/D3&4 C35, PSB3/BBCB C36, COM4/SDN C32, COM5/ARQA C34, COM6/ARQB C33, LOCAL MUX/L-BTN C40.
If you click on each of the aforementioned channels, it'll give you the frequency if they aren't known/obvious to you.
It sounds like your LG needs to have it's memory cleared, I've encountered this sort of issue as well. Unplug the aerial from the TV and then do an automatic tune. This should clear all previous tuning as no channels should be found. Switch the set off for at least 10 minutes. Plug the aerial back in. When you switch on it shouldn't have any channels tuned.
Ideally carry out a manual tune on the UHF channels listed above.
Make sure that in >Settings >Programmes > Programme List Update (if your model has it) is set to OFF, or in Programme Tuning and Settings any thing that sets any Automatic update is turned off. (Where any such setting may be is model dependent).
This should stop it trying to retune if there is any loss of signal due to engineering or abnormal weather conditions.
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Neil:
To be quite frank, I would leave the auto-update off. The 700MHz Clearance has been completed in all but a couple of places in the North, so the only likely changes will be if some broadcasters decide to change the channels they provide on the COM multiplexes or move them between multiplexes etc. There's usually on-screen messages when that happens, if not a general retune one, a pop-up on the programme affected.
The trouble with auto-update is, you only want a loss of signal for a brief period and off it goes messing things up especially if occasionally signals from another "nearby" transmitter are receivable but not reliably!
You can also keep an eye on Service updates | Freeview which usually has any changes listed.
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AEKostas:
As per my post towards the top of the page, that section is not up-to-date (and is misleading). On the list of channels ArqB is wrongly listed as C38, the Local mux is wrongly listed as C30. COM7 is wrongly shown on C33 as is COM8 on C34. As already stated Arqiva closed COM8 (C56) for commercial reasons.
If there has been an announcement of an auction date in November (well hidden and not found yet) it will be some considerable time after IF any MNOs buy the centre frequencies where C55 & C56 are, as equipment to use these as SDOs has to be developed (and installed) as do handsets. That will not happen in a hurry.
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Thursday 23 July 2020 7:12AM
Philip Davies:
As you haven't replied to my response to your previous post with any results of the suggestions I made, all I can say at this point is that your are unlikely to be getting 4G interference that's just affecting C25. Can you see the Mobile mast from your location?
As for interference affecting Freesat where did you here that cobblers? A correctly set up installation should not suffer "interference"!