All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Jimmy:
If you provide a full postcode, we can have a look to see what your predicted reception might be. There are patches around that area that can get Black Hill.
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C. Hindle:
There is a Retune Event today at Fenham, see 13 Nov 2019 - Changes to the Freeview channel line-up in the Fenham area | Freeview You need to retune as the PSB multiplexes have changed UHF channel, also a Local multiplex has started on UHF36 if you are in an area able to receive it. COMs 7&8 have closed at Fenham.
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R.Medhurst:
Without a full postcode, we can't tell which transmitter you might be receiving. There are some retune events going on for some of the transmitters in the area.
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W. George Massey:
There is a major Retune event today where all but one of the muliplexes at your transmitter is changing UHF channel. You need to do a full retune of your set. Do you have a wideband aerial?
If you are having trouble getting the main BBC and ITV channels (multiplexes now on UHF 29 & 31) then you may not have a suitable aerial and providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288 where they should be offering to send an engineer to replace your aerial with a Group T / Wideband which is what you'll need to have satisfactory reception of all multiplexes.
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Hi John,
Ch.32 is definitely Emley Moor. It's not transmitted from Bilsdale which is 55. There will be something else buried in the signal but I can't tell you what it is I'm afraid, BUT it seems your reception from Bilsdale is exactly as predicted. COM7 yes, but flakey, COM8 no.
Your predicted reception of COM8 (UHF56) from Emley Moor is good (not quite as good as the other muxes) and as I said in one of my previous posts, if you got the Local mux previously when it was on 56, you should get COM8. COM7 from Emley is predicted to be very similar to what COM8 is now, after the retune events next year (5th Feb.) when it goes to C55.
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gary mckenzie:
What time did you retune? The HD mux may still have been off-air at the time. Try again, but first of all, unplug the aerial and do a full retune which should clear all existing tuning. Then plug it back in and retune again, hopefully this will restore all channels. If you are still having problems, post back with a full postcode.
I assume you are getting your signal from Pontop Pike.
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4wd:
Well that's up to you. Freeview's Coverage Checker does not work on place names or partial postcodes. But looking at the area in general you should get good reception of the 6 main muxes (not the best I've seen but nevertheless good), whilst COMs 7&8 are going to be variable to poor, next year in particular, as other transmitters finally move their COMs 7&8 to the SFN channels of 55&56.
I did say I assume you have a wideband aerial and you haven't said you have, only that it's not outside.
So I think therein lies your problem, indoor or loft aerials can be affected by all sort of things apart from roof tiles, worse when wet, water tanks, partition walls etc, and this can be very frequency dependant so affecting some channels more than others.
Apart from the D3&4 mux, all those lower channels are well down, so there maybe something frequency dependant that's helping C27, otherwise the overall performance looks to me like something you might get from an old "contract" Group B aerial especially as you have no reception of COMs 7&8 when you should have some.
Whilst it's possible that the transmitter may still be having work done, the BBC reports no faults. You could see what it's like tomorrow.
In the meantime I'd do some basic checks such as check all you coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged (not chewed up by vermin etc. and that your aerial seems intact and still pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, flyleads are a common problem, damaged cable, etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
If things are no better tomorrow and you are still getting problematic reception, you could chance your luck and providing you don't have Satellite or Cable TV see if you can get free help by contacting the Freeview Advice line on 0808-100-0288 where they could be offering to send an engineer to replace your aerial with a Group T / Wideband which is what you'll need to have satisfactory reception of all multiplexes.
Finally, I had meant to comment in my previous post on your remark "I assume this is all for 5G taking over C55 and C56. It won't help here much when we still can't even send a text."
Not quite correct. Apart from the fact the C55 &56 are placed in a gap between the Upstream and Downstream blocks allocated for mobile usage, the gap isn't expected to be used (for SDL) for sometime. The whole 700MHz allocation hasn't even yet been auctioned off, but OFCOM are not expecting it to be all used for 5G, (5G is currently operating in the 3.4GHz band) they are expecting some use of it to be made to improve mobile coverage in rural areas in particular.
So there is hope that maybe you won't have to wait too long to send a text!
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Neil Dale:
Without a full postcode, we can't look at the predicted reception at your location. However assuming it shouldn't be an issue, first I would try the following - unplug the aerial and do a full automatic tune. This should clear all previous tuning as no channels should be found.
Plug the aerial back in and then do a retune again and hopefully this will have restored all your channels.
If you are still having problems, I would check all you coax plugs, connections, flyleads etc, unplug connectors check for corrosion or other problems and reconnect them. See what signal strengths and quality you are getting for the multiplexes shown in your TV's tuning section, this might indicate potential issues with your aerial or downlead. Also check that your downlead looks undamaged and that your aerial seems intact and pointing in the correct direction.
Problematic connections, water ingress etc. can seem to affect reception of just an individual or several multiplexes.
All the above failing, if you have an old group C/D aerial this may be the cause of the issue, see my previous post here just before yours for possible free help.
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4wd:
Apologies, on rechecking, I note you did say your aerial was wideband. However that doesn't change my comments about the way the aerial is behaving not being outside.
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Wednesday 13 November 2019 7:20PM
Stephen Crosby:
If you provide a full postcode then we can check which transmitter you are receiving, whether there's any Planned Engineering and what your predicted reception is likely to be.