All posts by jb38
Below are all of jb38's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
banjo: Quite simply because the commercial interests do not consider that the area covered by the station is large enough to justify the running costs of the Multiplex involved.
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Matthew: Obviously you are lucky enough to reside in a spot that's good for reception, however, although this may beneficial for a person like yourself it could on the other hand prove a bit of a nightmare for people using auto-tuning when transmitter updates takes place, as dependant on the station required they may have to manually tune in the individual multiplexes of that station to enable the correct EPG positions to be obtained.
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David Bartlett: If you are using Oxford for reception then try manually tuning Mux Ch60, that being ITV1 etc from Oxford and which transmits on exactly the same power as BBC.
You could maybe also check what signal level (and Mux channel) the BBC is being received at, this to be able to assess your aerial efficiency as well verifying that you aren't using Sandy, as although forecast to cover your area its not as good as from Oxford.
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David Linkson: I would have a try at repositioning your aerial within the loft, as in many cases even moving it a few feet either way can prove to be very beneficial, that is provided you have some means of monitoring what's happening during the movement of the aerial.
However another possible reason exists for your problem, that being interference from Sandy's temporary use of transmission on Mux Ch31, this being the same frequency as used by the Crystal Palace HD service.
Although admittedly its usually people who reside to the North of London that can be plagued by this, the signal from Sandy could be fluctuating due to the atmospheric conditions prevailing and causing it to rise to a level that has started to affect reception in your area.
There really isn't anything you can do to rectify this situation, as any alterations to the aerial would also assist the station that's causing the problem.
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C Lewis: Mendip would appear as your best bet for reception, however maybe you could indicate what the nature of your problem actually is?
This being requested as you are only indicating as having made one posting, and so no checking back can be made.
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Simon: I find the problem that Suzanne and yourself are experiencing rather interesting insomuch that both of you are located at roughly N/NE of the transmitter at a distance of 8/16 miles respectively.
When you mention that there is not a glimmer of signal on Mux Ch59, are you saying that with reference to viewing the signal strength / quality bar?
The only reason I ask is, that trying out the various tasks requested by Chris.SE would under normal circumstances have rectified the problem, with the fact that they haven't suggesting the possibility that some other factor has to be involved, which could be of the nature of being out with your control.
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bushistush: Yes! regarding an attenuator, as its quite possible that the signal you are receiving is a touch too strong as you are only 12 miles away from the transmitter, this of course being dependant on the aerial system used, and which I am unaware about.
Needless to say, "if" this incorporates any form of booster it should be removed.
Regarding attenuators, variable types are usually the best as they can be adjusted to exactly what's required which eliminates the "hit and miss" element of fixed devices, but if fixed around 6db should suffice as you only want the edge taken off the signal.
By the way, the board referred to is generally just replaced as a complete item, as its relatively inexpensive. (as far as I can remember about £12.00 or so)
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Paul Springate: It depends on where you are receiving your signal from, as although further away Mendip (@ 45mls) and Oxford (@ 32mls) are forecast as being better than Cirencester in both cases.
"If" though you are on Cirencester, and although the aerial alignment will be out, you should try a test by removing the aerial and carry out a factory retune without it connected, then as soon as the scanning process starts watch the channels rising in the progress bar, immediately reconnecting the aerial when they get to Mux Ch45 which will eliminate Cirencester and allow either Mendip of Oxford to load, if though you are already on one of these two then manually tuning the one required will be about the only option.
Info supplied if requested!
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SAMANTHA: TV's and boxes all have different sensitivities as far as being able to pick up stations are concerned, and you would be much better feeding your aerial lead into a two way powered splitter, then connecting a TV to each of the splitters output sockets.
Doing it this way guarantees that each set gets the same signal.
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Saturday 1 October 2011 12:55PM
Achilleas: The trade predictor on your code indicates that you should be able to have good reception from Crystal Palace, unless that is you are in an area noted locally as being a black spot for reception.
What type of aerial are you using, or more importantly where is it installed?