All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Steve:
You may also want to consider mounting the aerial away from the house so it can 'see' past the tree. I had a customer with just that problem and by erecting a slim, but fairly rigid, lattice mast in one corner of the garden, the aerial could easily 'see' past the tree. (Do check the planning rules with your local council though.) The coaxial cables used must be of very good quality and be run where it does not create any risks of being caught up by people or machinery (lawn mower?), etc. Consider running it along a wall or fence perhaps? You should avoid having any joins in the external run so that rain water cannot enter the cables.
| link to this comment |
Deborah Grinnell:
The regional services are still broadcast by Freeview an the SD multiplexes relevant to your local transmitter. The HD services do not carry the regional services at present.
Living in West Wiltshire, we get our Freeview from Mendip and BBC1 West is available as normal.
| link to this comment |
Vincent:
The Care Home is responsible for the communal aerail on the home. Contact them and ask them to ensure that your mother is getting the TV signals she should. Also, put the post code of the home into the Digital UK coverage checker website at Digital UK - Coverage checker That will tell you which channels are being used so you can check that her TV is correctly tuned (the channels in use are usually shown on the manual tuning page - but do not do a retune unless it is clear it is tuned to the wrong channels.
| link to this comment |
John:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, pust your full post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker website at Digital UK - Coverage checker That will show you the current channels used by the recommended transmitter and the planned future changes expected over the next few years. It will also advise on wheteh an aerial change might be needed.
| link to this comment |
DJB:
Aerials are usually 'grouped' to receive a restricted range of channels, unless you have a wideband aerial already. So turning the aerial may actually make matter worse as the current aerial may not suit the alternative transmitter and you could lose more channels.
| link to this comment |
David Rowlands:
Further to that said by StevensOnln1, my experience suggests you would do better with a Zone 2 dish, a Zone 1 dish would be fine in good weather but may well suffer poor reception in heavy rain or snow, or even thick mist/fog.
Living in West Wiltshire, I use a Zone 2 (60cm) dish and never have any reception problems. A neighbour uses a Zone 1 and has problems when it rains heavily, snows (even lightly) or it is foggy/misty. He is shortly to have a Zone 2 fitted.
As StevensOnln says A zone 1 is fine along the south coast but only towards the eastern end. Because the satellites are some way towards the south east (over east Africa) the signals in the south east are good but get worse (weaker) the further west or north you go. A Zone 1 dish is fine if you are south east of a line between Colchester and Weymouth, north or weat of that a Zone 2 is better.
| link to this comment |
Andrew Bullock:
100% strength is far too much and that could well be the cause of your problems. Reduce the signal strength to between 60% and 85% by inserting an attenuator in the aerial lead, do it so the weight of the attenuator does not 'hang' on any socket by adding a short flylead.
See 'too much of a good thing' on this website for more details
| link to this comment |
Andy:
If the other channels indicate maximum signal strength then you have too much signal and the tuner is being swamped. You need to reduce the strength to between 60% and 85%, see 'too much of a good thing' on this website. Insert an attenuator in the aerial feed to the TV by adding a short flylead so the weight of the attenuator does not 'hang' on the aerial sockets.
| link to this comment |
Mrs.pam kellow :
This is not a matter for this website. Yiou would do better to report the issue to Arqiva who own and operate the transmitters.
| link to this comment |
Sunday 17 June 2018 5:00PM
Christian Bailey:
This is not the website for London Live, Play You would better ask them your question.
This website is independent of all broadcasters and is aimed primarily at assisting viewers/listeners having reception problems.