All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dr Brian Roe:
It is not that the BBC have ceased support of the iPlayer, but your TV supplier has ceased support. So your comment about the BBC stopping support was indeed factually incorrect.
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MikeB:
The poster stated that the BBC had stopped support for the iPlayer - which was not true. They may well have stopped support on that oparticular platform but the statement made was a general one rather than being specific to the platform. I think you will agree that accuracy is vital in science, engineering and technology matters.
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RDD:
Looking at the Freeview coverage map and the digitaluk trade pages from the links below your posting, it appears that Crystal Palace is the better option to use.
It could be that some atmospherics are causing problems as a number of people around the country have reported similar to you, but none have had any current engineering work. Ask your neighbours if they are having the same problems, but make sure they are discussing Freeview and not Sky or Freesat via a dish.
As for future-proof aerials, always look at having a good log-periodic type installed. They are not specific to any of the traditional aerial groupings as they are wide band designs. The only consideration for you is whether a 36 element is enough or to go for a higher gain type with more elements. I use a Log36 (see ATV`s Choice Of Aerials for digital TV and it wirks very well. You may need an amplifier in conjunction with it as you already have such a device fitted.
The objective is to have signal strengths of between 50% and 85% for SD channels and between 60% and 85% for HD services. The current Com7 and Com8 multiplexes are due to be phased out from around 2020 and more multiplexes will use DVB-T2 encoding, meaning it will need the use of a Freeview HD TV set (not just an HD Ready one which will not have a DVB-T2 tuner).
Hope that gives some ideas?
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Chris:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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G LL Williams:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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Dave Jones:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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Rita Lee:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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Clive Sinclair, B Sadler, J Knights, et al:
From The Wrekin pages today
"This is very likely caused by the high atmospheric pressure affecting various parts of the country, causing lift conditions which allow signals from distant transmitters which cannot normally be received to interfere with the signals from the transmitter you normally use. Do not attempt to retune as this will delete all of your channels which are already correctly tuned. As this is an entirely natural phenomenon, all you can do is wait for the atmospheric conditions to return to normal."
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Sunday 29 October 2017 1:16PM
Colin:
There are no reported problems at Emley Moor currently and no engineering works listed either.
Have you checked with your neighbours whether they are having the same problems with Freeview reception?
The fact that things appear to return to normal at a certain time of day suggests there may be electrical interference causing the problem. Check to see if there are any timer controlled devices that turn off at about that time.