All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Beki:
Very doubtfull, but as you have not given the requested full post code we cannot tell for sure. An indoor aerial, such as the TV Fix aerial, will be less likely to get more channels as they are always very poor unless you are very close to a main transmitter. Local TV transittters are intended to 'fill in' areas where the signals from main transmitters do not reach reliably and usually serve a small area so have much fewer viewers than the main stations. Hence the commercial broadcasters, who have to pay to have their programmes transmitted, are less likely to pay to reach a much reduced number of potential customers as it is not commercially viable for them.
If you give a full post code we may be able to advise more.
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Michelle & Miloslav Dobrota:
Putting the given post code into the Digital UK CoverageChecker at Coverage Checker - Detailed View shows that your location is an afrea with poor reception of all terrestrial transmissions. With the situation likely to become worse later this year, the best solution is to change to Freesat rather than Freeview.
To do that you need to purchase a good quality Freesat receiver, they are available widely and many have a recording facility included. You will also need to have a satellite dish installed that is suitable for your location - I would suggest you have one of at least 60cm and not the poor 45cm type. Fitted with a good LNB (low Noise Block, the black box on the end of the arm) and with at least 2 outputs (so you can record whilst viewing something else). The Satellite box will connect to your TV's HDMI input socket.
Hope that gives some ideas?
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Graham Richards:
Looking at the expected reception at your location using the Digital UK Coverage Cgecker, at Coverage Checker - Detailed View it suggests that reception of the BBCA and D3&4 multiplexes is likely to be poor and variable whilst that of the BBCB HD multiplex should be good. However, the signals from the Preseli transmitter are better and probably more reliable, it does however mean a change of aerial to either a Group B type or a wideband one. Preseli is only 25km from you on a bearing of 5 degrees, whilst Kilvey Hill is 54km distant. So I would suggest you consider having your aerial chaned and aimed at the Preseli transmitter.
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Nik:
The problem is that there are now so many channels trying to provide entertainment that there are not enough new programmes being made to fill the available time. Hence so many repeats and American sourced output (that not everyone likes). There are no government restrictions on what they broadcast apart from those to do with the content being legal, etc. The BBC and ITV companies have been broadcasting since the fifties (BBC 1 since 1952, ITV since 1954 [depending on area] and BBC2 since 1964. Channel 4 cam along in the early '80's and was afollowed later by Channel 5. Sky didn't start broadcasting until the first Astra satellite was launched in 1989, so came later than the BBC and ITV services. The big problem for most broadcasters is finding enough programmes suitable for their audiences at a price they can afford and that they want to broadcast.
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NasS:
Please provide the signal strength readings for all channels and check that you are tuned correctly to the required transmitter (use the Digital UJ Coverage Checker to ensure you are using the best transmitter for your location and what channels it uses). Also recheck all the aerial cables and connections.
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Michelle & Miloslav Dobrota:
It will get worse later this year due to changes to the channels used at the transmitter, see Coverage Checker - Detailed View and scroll down to the listing for the prefered transmitter.
That is why I suggested investigating the Freesat option. You do not have to pay any subscription for Freesat.
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Ivor Wilde:
Please provide the full post code as requested. Only then can we see what the reception conditions are like at your location.
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Saturday 5 January 2019 9:07PM
Nick:
In addition to that said by StevensOnln1, you need to have a wideband aerial to receive all the multiplexes broadcasteither by Crystal Palace or Oxford as they both use channels 55 and 56 for the COM7 and COM8 multiplexes. They changed to that usage earlier last year and a old 'grouped' aerial is not suitable any longer.