All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Tudor:
You are just 3km from the Ebbw Vale transmitter so you might get some signals but indoor aerials of the type stood in the same room as the TV are rarely much use - even people moving in the room or nearby affects reception badly! However, there is a hill in the way so that would make reception very unreliable. The other option is to use Abergavenny but that is almost 7km away so again an indoor aerial is not likely to give reliable reception. Likewise, Baina will be very poor due to the hills.
I would suggest an aerial mounted outside, usualy on the chimney stack or some other convenient strong point, and aimed at the Abergavenny transmitter on a bearing of 82 degrees. You need a Group b or a log-periodic aerial with the cross roads mounted vertically. You should then manually tune to channels 39, 42 and 45. (Automatic tuning may well pick up some signals from Wenvoe which will give very poor reception.)
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Colin Stone, Tony Sole:
DO NOT RETUNE! The current weather patterns appear to be causing widespread reception problems. All retuning will do is lose what channels you currently have.
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Francis Caves:
Many areas are affected by the current weather patterns and loss of one or more channels does not seem unusual in the circumstances. DO NOT RETUNE as that will lose what channels you currently have. The weather affect can be fairly localised, and depends on which other transmitter signals are interfering with the wanted signals.
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Chrisotpher Copp:
You are entitled to your opinion, but others do not have to agree. However, this is not the forum for such comments, it is intended as a source of assistance for reception problems.
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Edd:
Further to that said by MikeB, it would appear that your Sky box has a fault that needs attention. It is nothing to do with Freeview at all.
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Jakpb:
Start by giving us your full post code. On;y then can we determine which transmitter you are using and what reception conditions are like for you. No post code equals unable to help.
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P Riedl:
Very, very unlikely. Indoor aerials are not at all sensitive enough for most viewers to get any reliable reception. You are quite some distance from any of the three possible transmitters so you would not get good reception with an indoor aerial.
I strongly recommend you have an aerial fitted externally, typically on a chimney stack or a strong bracket.
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Friday 30 December 2016 4:38PM
All:
DO NOT RETUNE. The weather is playing various tricks with reception across several areas of the UK. Patience is a virtue.