All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Meeting Booking:
Your post is not relevant for this website, please do not post marketing blurp again. This website is to assist viewers having TV reception problems and does not try to sell anything.
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Hardy:
That is a useful website that some of us contributors already use. If people put their post code into this website one of the blue boxes underneath their posting is a link to the digitaluk website with the information relevant to the given post code. Used together with the reception prediction and the terrain information, it is very useful for us to offer suitable advice specific to a given location.
The use of a Group B aerial only applies to some areas as others use higher or lower frequencies and will continue to do so for some years. It is better to use a Log-Periodic aerial that is able to cover all the forseen frequencies, they are sufficiently directional to eliminate most extraneous signals and sufficient gain (if you choose the correct one for the reception area) so most will not need an amplifier, though some will if they are some distance from their chosen transmitter.
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Alan Hume:
Depends on what equipment you have and how they are connected together. If you give model numbers we can look up the technical details.
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Pete Forman:
It would be better to use a log-periodic aerail as that will cover all the current and future channels used by all UK TV transmitters so you will not need to change it again later.
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John Sykes:
To contact Philips Technical Support use UK support and service | Philips or ring 020 7949 0240
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G Rein:
To help you we need a full post code please.
Meanwhile, check that you are actually tuned to the Bluebell Hull transmitter by checking the channel number shown for each mulitplex on your TV. Also check that all the aerial cables are in good condition and all the connections are good (by unplugging them all and refitting them in the correct place again).
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Barry Elkington:
You need a sigfnal strength of between 60% and 85% but no more and noless. If it is higher than 85% then you will get problems of pictures breaking and sound being unreliable. Check what values you TV reports and if they are higher than 85% then look at "Too much of a good thing" on this website.
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All:
I do wish these silly spammers would stop disrupting a serious attempt to assist people having reception problems from the Winter Hill transmitter.
PLEASE STOP NOW!
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Tuesday 16 January 2018 11:36PM
J Morris:
Depending on your exact location in relation to the local transmitters you should get a good signal reception. But the only way to tell is to put your full post code into this website to bring up the series of blue boxes below your posting. Then you, and we, can see where you are and whether there are obstructions between you and the Kings Weston Hill or Mendip transmitters. Wenvoe is just the other side of Cardiff and carries BBC Wales, S4C, etc rather than the local regional services for Bristol, etc so would probably not be ideal unless you speak Welsh.
You should also carry out a signal strength check, as MikeB suggests. You need between 60% and 85% - not more and not less. If you have more then search for 'Too much of a good thing ...' on this website. It is also worth checking all your aerial leads and connections as a little corrosion on the contacts can play havoc with the signals.