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Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter Thursday 14 November 2019 11:03AM
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Chris.SE: Hi Chris - another user on twitter from very close to the transmitter exactly the same issue since yesterdays update half of the signals garbled - my post code is ne31 2as and is pointing towards pontop pike - sorry I thought this site was linked to pontop pike - is there any way you can pass this information on so they can check the transmitter as is seems a wider issue ...also I will try what you have said tonight when I return home...
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Chris.SE: ok Chris I have passed your advice on to the twitter user and we will both report back tomor
row to see if your solution works...
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Problems with Pontop Pike Transmitter since retune 13/11/19...
Chris/everyone....
One retuning my Talk Talk set top box last night (clearing all channels then retuning again) I lost a few channels - and some were still pixelated.
After many attempts - seemed to be worse when the showers of rain were about _ I managed to get 148 freeview aerial channels . I took the connector off the box and redid it to make sure I had the best connection possible and even banged my set top box a little which strangely seemed to help. As of this morning I can view all of the channels - although still getting slight pixilation now and again on sky news and pick tv. I tested the signal strength on the best channels and this was around 40 - I do not know what it was before the retune but I never had any issues with any channels previously.
Freeview said they would look into it - they have just come back with your solution and even hinted at a new aerial or cable tv. Seems they are washing their hands of any responsibility as its only a few users reporting this and not 100s - I may be proven wrong in the coming days...I am not happy but will just have to live with this - whatever they did to me seems to have reduced the signal on certain channels - and nobody wants to go up to pontop pike and move them to a better slot or improve the signal strength...im disillusioned this morning tbh...
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Thursday 14 November 2019 9:42AM
What is going on with Pontop Pike Transmitter - numerous retunes of late with BBC Channels going to 751 number on talk talk box ...then asked to do a retune yesterday (13/11/19) and half my channels are now garbled - (Sky News, Pick, Horror Channel . whatever maintenance has happened recently has made the service 90% worse...please get this fixed asap - a very unhappy customer ....
Ps the main channels 1 to 6 are fine so don't say its my aerial - they were working fine till yesterdays update...
Paul Milne