All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Kingston Bailey:
Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for that location, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View shows that you would be best served with a wideband aerial (there are planned changes to the channels used next year) and it should be mounted for horizontal polarisation and at a bearing of 61 degrees.
The page linked to above also shows the channels in use now and from mid next year.
Hope that helps?
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Chris:
Have you checked your aerial connections as previously suggested? Poor connection can cause loss or interuption of just one channel. There is no reported work at the transmitter at the time of writing.
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B:
There is a full list of the channels available via Freesat on their website at youtube-flat
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B:
A Humax box is nothing to do with Sky and does not have a facility to insert a Sky Card as they are not required for Freesat reception. So you don't even need a subscription, hence the name Freesat.
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John-Ha:
Television transmitters do not normally have a 'reserve' aerial and Arqiva do not admit that there is one at Mendip, nor any other main transmitter.
So you need to look for some other cause, such as problems with the cables and connections as previously suggested. That is known to cause the type of problems you reported, including problems with reception of just one multiplex. You might also look at what is in direct line between your aerial and the transmitter mast.
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Chris:
The aerial at the transmitter radiates ALL the channels, there is not a separate aerial for any of the multiplexes. They all use a design known as a trapezoid slot aerial where the signals are radiated from different sections of the slot depending on the frequency. So they are all radiated by all the trapezoid slots and not by separate aerials for each multiplex.
An 8 MHz difference in frequency can make a considerable difference to the transmission and reception of the signals.
Looking at the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your location, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View it shows that reception of COM8 is expected to be poor and unreliable, as it is for other multiplexes from Tacolnston.
Where is your arial positioned? If it is possible, it might be worth trying a different position - on the othert end of the roof perhaps? Such a change has given good results in the past in my experience.
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D Copping:
You would do better to aim your comments at True Movies themselves as this website is entirely independent of all broadcasters.
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Tom Laird:
Due to the recent changes you definitely need a wideband aerial as the channels now used range from 21 to 56. Only a wideband type aerial, or a log-periodic, will be able to deliver all those channels. You are wise to check with your installer to ensure the currently fitted aerial is a wideband type.
The channels used are shown on the Digital UK Coverage Checker for your location at Coverage Checker - Detailed View
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Jackie Miles:
According to the Digital UK Coverage Checker, you are just 18 km from the KLnockmore transmitter, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View The channels used are: 31, 37, 29, 33, 36, 48. It is likely that you need to be using a wideband type aerial aimed at the transmitter on a bearing of 138 degrees.
When you say a " normal arial (sic)" ( you actually mean a normal aerial) do you mean one mounted externally on a roof or chimney stack or an indoor type? The indoor types will not be much good in your location so you need an external one properly mounted and aimed.
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Sunday 30 September 2018 11:19AM
Kirk:
Assuming you are tuned to the Belmont transmitter, try using a channel between 40 and 49 as they are not used by that transmitter now nor in the future.
However, it could be that the HDMI cables are radiating themselves and disrupting the TV UHF signals carried by the aerial cables- expecially if they are close to each other. So try moving the cables as far apart as is reasonably possible. If that helps then it is worth considering buying better cables with improved screening.