All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Willie Bone:
I'd guess that people in some parts of Devon and Cornwall would not agree with you regarding poor reception, as well as some other rural areas of the UK.
DAB+ services have not long started on the Channel Islands (including the BBC) so it's possible that this may progress to other areas in due course.
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All:
Some useful detailed technical information also being posted on twitter by Mike at JavaScript is not available.
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Mark A:
http:// stream.live.vc.bbcmedia.co.uk/bbc_london was working for me at the time of this post :)
Adam Daly:
If it's available in your area on Freeview you may find it on LCN/Channel 721 in the EPG according to the Freeview list I've been looking at, but in your location it may be BBC Radio Wiltshire! If so, have a scroll through and see if it's anywhere else in the 720s-730s, i get the impression it's a bit hit and miss as to which ones are available in adjacent areas around London. It might also depend on which transmitter you get your BBCA/PSB1 multiplex from.
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Gtibb:
As has already been posted in many other linked updates if you read the previous pages.
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StevensOnln1:
Freeview's "dedicated" information page doesn't provide any technical information unfortunately.
For anyone that may be able to get signals from Eston Nab, the UHF channels to try (ideally manual tuning as auto-tune may miss weaker signals) are supposed to be C27, C24, C21, C23, C 26, C48 for PSBs 1-3 and COMs 4-6.
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Fiona Summers-Smith:
I suggest you have a read of Arqiva's latest update https://www.arqiva.com/ne…mast
It mentions some of the complexities involved in situations like this, it has nothing to do with levelling up, it's all to do with geography and it could give you a better understanding.
Maybe you've been reading too much of the garbage being posted on FB in some places.
As StevensOnln1 says, if you want more channels etc. consider Freesat, a lot of modern TVs have in-built satellite tuners so all you need is a dish and LNB.
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Alan:
The usual method is to put your postcode and ideally house name/number into a Detailed Coverage Checker such as the Freeview one. Some other checkers may give additional information.
Checkers are predictions and not always accurate but can give some idea of what may be possible.
For your postcode, the Freeview one predicts good signals for the six main multiplexes from Bilsdale - but not COM7 which is poor or nothing depending on exactly where you are within your postcode.
Is your aerial currently pointing at Bilsdale (bearing 133 degrees - almost exactly SE), if so and your set has an HD tuner, do you currently get the HD and other channels on COM7?
See Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview for which channels are carried on which multiplex.
The checker also prediction good signals from Pontop Pike (marginal differences from Bilsdale) BUT also includes COM7 and depending exactly where you are, maybe poor reception of the Local multiplex, bearing is 339 degrees, pretty well almost NNW.
That said, such variations are due to potential obstructions (hills etc) on the line of sight and that is very likely with Pontop Pike. At the end of the day, the only certain method is there on site with an aerial in the air and a signal meter (a possible alternative is the signal strength and quality readings in the TV's tuning section, but that can have issues if not used correctly).
If you are safely able to get to your aerial, then you could experiment, what you get will depend on aerial location as well as where you are within your postcode. The predictors assume the aerial is 10m above ground level, higher will normally (but not always) give better results.
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Thursday 12 August 2021 10:31PM
Tracey Loasby:
I'm afraid that Freeview and Arqiva very rarely (often never) provide that information, it will depend on the exact nature of the work being done - that information is usually never provided either. We have to wait and see if the transmitter disappears off the Planned Engineering list, and sometimes even then the work hasn't finished!