All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Michael:
The story seems to include Freeview, don't know about anywhere else, haven't looked into it. Lots of speculation about which multiplex it will go on.
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John Williams:
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that there will be quite a few spots around Saundersfoot where Freeview reception could be "troublesome". Depending on location you might be able to receive several transmitters or have a very limited choice!
So we need to know which way your aerial is pointing - the fact that it's horizontal polarisation is good information. Is it pointing at ~ bearing 76 degrees (~ENE) or nearer ~bearing 101 degrees (fractionally S of due E), or even a couple of degrees E of due N. I'm assuming you are picking up a Welsh transmitter and not an English one from Devon or elsewhere.
Also, to look at the predicted reception we need a full postcode.
If you know what aerial you have and whether it's a wideband or "grouped" (does it have a coloured bung in either end), roughly how old it is? You mention an amplifier, is it a splitter serving several rooms as well? Is it a mast-head or an internal one?
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phil short:
Freeview and the BBC aren't currently reporting any problems with the 2 transmitters that you might receive (although reports could be delayed in the current situation).
If your aerial is not pointing NE (bearing 45 degrees) at the Cwmafon transmitter or a few degrees N of due W at the Kilvey Hill transmitter (aerial rods vertical for both) then we need a full postcode to look at your predicted reception.
There is some variable intermittent "tropospheric ducting" around at present - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec….jpg affecting different areas at different times & not all channels are necessarily affected at the same time or at all.
Whether it be this, or a fault of some sort, and your channels haven't returned, then if you retuned whilst they were missing then it may have cleared the correct tuning, so you'll have to repeat a retune when signals are back to normal (you might have to try several times).
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Never Updated:
As has been mentioned many times by regular contributors on this site, the owner has been unable to keep up with all the 700MHz Clearance changes. You'll also find many informative posts on various pages around this site, although some information is out of date, there's a lot of useful and historical information that you won't readily find elsewhere.
If you bothered to read the post I made which was immediately before yours (on p19), you'd have seen that it gave the (then) updated information. The only thing that's changed was that the 22nd April retune for Storeton Granada got postponed due to the covid-19 situation. Your post is misleading in that you have only listed the channels for Storeton Wales and made no mention of Storeton Granada.
The retune for Granada has now been announced as being on the 12th August when ArqB moves to C30, and L-LIV moves to C43.
So the updated list AFTER the retune will be (In the order where relevant) -
PSB1/BBCA, PSB2/D3&4, PSB3/BBCB HD, COM4/SDN, COM5/ArqA, COM6/ArqB, Local
For Storeton Granada UHF channels C28, C25, C22, C23, C26, C30 + C43 (Local)
For Storeton Wales UHF channels C45, C39, C42 (no COMs or Local).
Hopefully the site owner will get round to updating pages once the 700MHz Clearance is complete making this a very useful site containing historical information as well as being a help site for those with reception and other technical problems.
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In case anyone comes reading here, for the current date, the transmitter isn't listed for Planned Engineering but there is some variable intermittent "tropospheric ducting" around at present - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec….jpg affecting different areas at different times & not all channels are necessarily affected at the same time or at all.
The transmitter did have a fault within the last 5 days listed by the BBC
From 3:32pm to 4:10pm on 27th Jul 2020, BBC B HD, Off the air due to a fault and they are also listing that weather conditions may be currently affecting reception, on the transmitter checker page for Great Yarmouth.
Sometimes the BBC put up general reception warnings on this page Latest engineering works and warnings | Help receiving TV and radio
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Dave:
Did you read the post immediately before yours? Which I put there especially for you and anyone else with problems in your area having seen StevensOnln1's response to you previously!
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J. KENYON:
I take it you mean yesterday, Thursday 30th.
There is some variable intermittent "tropospheric ducting" around at present - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rec….jpg affecting different areas at different times & not all channels are necessarily affected at the same time or at all.
It was particularly strong yesterday over parts of Cornwall, Devon and the South Coast.
Retuning when you have no signal (for whatever reason) is generally a bad idea as it just clears correct tuning and may indeed pick up signals from distant transmitters which disappear again as conditions change.
You'll need to retune again as conditions stabilise, unfortunately you may have to try several times.
(There are no reported transmitter faults and it's not listed for Planned Engineering).
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js:
They were messing around at WH a couple of weeks ago. There was some "Planned Engineering" that went awry on the 14th, the BBC mux on C50 went awol! They spent most of the 15th sorting things out (as per posts here on the 15th!) there was a message on Latest engineering works and warnings | Help receiving TV and radio whilst the issue was present as well as one on the Freeview Coverage Checker where a "Live issue" was listed (if you put in a postcode for being served by WH!).
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js:
Just been watching again. What and where from, were the T2 transmissions on C29 & C30?
C31 is where ArqA will be moving to on the 12th.
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Wednesday 29 July 2020 11:45AM
Rick:
If you are talking about the channels that are/were on COMs 7&8, they are only temporary multiplexes and Arqiva have already closed COM8 for commercial reasons and channels have been merged (some closed) onto COM7, this will in any event close by June2022 at the latest.
Although it's an HD multiplex, there are only 6 HD channels on COM7, the remainder as SD channels.
For which channels are on which multiplex, see Channel listings | Freeview
There are only 25 (of 80+) main transmitters in the country that broadcast COM7 and they are the ones serving major areas of population in general.
There are 1100+ main and relay TV transmitters in the UK. Most relay transmitters only broadcast the 3 PSB multiplexes as the commercial operators do not consider it viable to pay for the extra equipment to broadcast COM multiplexes on relay transmitters serving only small communities.
The frequency allocations for transmitters are done in accordance with International Agreements, planning is usually done by companies like Arqiva in conjunction with OFCOM. There won't be any further changes in the near future once the 700MHz Clearance programme is complete.
Increases in availability of HD will only come about if existing SD multiplexes are converted to T2/HD. The multiplex operators might consider it worth starting that process but as it will require investment in equipment etc., in the current climate with covid-19 hitting business/advertising revenue/broadcasters etc. it might need a "push" from government. When that could be is anyone's guess.