All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Lucy2018:
If your current Sky box is not a Sky Q type then no changes are needed to either the box or the dish. Only if you have a Sky Q box will you need to change the LNB on the dish arm and have a different satellite receiver.
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Elaine:
Please check all the aerial connection from the back of the TV up to the aerial. There could be corrosion/oxidation at the connections and removing the plugs from the sockets and then refitting them usually cures that problem. Also inspect for any damage to the cables or signs of water getting inside the cables.
As your neighbour is not suffering the problem it is highly unlikely to be timed interference - unless the problem occurs at regular times and you have electrical devices controlled by timers. In which case the source will be in your house, so needs to be investigated properly.
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William and Andy:
Vintage TV have decided not to broadcast on Freeview any longer. That is their choice.
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Martin and Chris:
Please provide a full post code so that we can check what the expected signal reception conditions are like at your location. Without that it is impossible to make meaningful suggestions.
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David Young:
There is no known problem at the Waltham transmitter and no one else has reported any similar problems.
Please check all the aerial cables and especially the connections. Remove any plugs from the sockets and then refit them. Corrosion/oxidation is a common cause of problems such as you report.
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Nick:
Your reception problems prove there is something wrong with your system. There is no reported problem with the Sudbury transmitter and no one else is reporting any problems using it.
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Chris:
At only 2 km from Bluebell Hill transmitter it is always likely that you have too much signal. Having strengths of 9 or 10 shows it is definitely too stromg and needs reducing. The ideal strength is between 60% and 85%, anything more is likely to cause the problems you report. Anything less will give unreliable reception.
So you need to add some attenuation into your aerial cable behind the TV set. You can get them in various strengths and they are quite cheap, so get a 6dB and a 12dB plus an additional short flylead. Unplug the aerial from the back of the TV, fit the 6dB attenuator on the end of that cable, fit the additional flylead onto the TV end of the attenuator and the other end into your TV aerial input. (That is to prevent the weight of the attenuator 'hanging' on the coaxial input socket.) Then check the signal strengths again. If there are any above 85% then swap the 6dB for the 12dB and check again.
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Allan Lloyd:
Only when the commercial broadcasters jointly decide to ince=rease the range offered on the transmitter. That is a purely commercial decision for them.
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Ken sims:
There is no known fault at the Croyde transmitter and no one else has made any comments about problems with BBC 1 or BBC 2.
It is more likely that either you have too much signal, or too little signal , on those channels. The signal strength needs to be between 60% and 85%, any more or less will give the symptoms you state. Else you may have problems with the cables and connections.
Please check that your aerial cables and connections are in good order. Unplug each of the plugs in the feed and re-insert them into their sockets - corrosion/oxidation of the contacts can often cause the symptoms described.
Retuning does not help regain lost channels so please don't retune. Please also check that you are tuned to the correct channels. Put your post code into the Digital UK Coverage Checker at Digital UK - Coverage checker and scroll to the listing for the Croyde transmitter. That will tell you the channels being used. It will also tell you what aerial group you need, most people now need a wideband type, and when any future changes are expected.
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Tuesday 7 August 2018 3:19PM
DaiBongo:
It all depends on what the commercial broadcasters decide to do. In most cases there just are not enough potential viewers for them to see any profit to be made by covering some unserved areas. It is a purely commercial decision for them to make.