menuMENU    UK Free TV logo Archive (2002-)

 

 

Click to see updates

All posts by Bev MARKS

Below are all of Bev MARKS's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.

DAB maps - another update | Blogs
Saturday 11 June 2011 9:57AM

Even though SFNs, in away, hide many needs for coverage area consideration by many users it is still a very important asset in certain topographical locations - like mine! Soma maps I have seen suggest that Hastings Tx would just serve this location, but its actually behind/underneath a hill. So I guess coverage of Heathfield Tx is important to see mapped - about 20 years ago it was just possible to see the top mounted ANL, after dark on very clear nights. But DAB reception is not great here presumably the Heathfield Tx field strength is terrain limited at this location?

For these sort of reasons, I believe the pixel display is more useful than the "coverage area" display, because they show the small areas in shadow which do not show in area displays.

link to this comment
GB flag
DAB maps - another update | Blogs
Tuesday 14 June 2011 2:37PM

Briantist

Many thanks for these betas - I did say WOW to myself on sight of Redruth - didn't look right, since I had assumed it would cover the peninsula up to Newquay and St Austell roughly?

Hastings is interesting! It is now obvious that coverage where I am is outside the area (just to North), but there MUST be loads of deeply shadowed locations to the West, especially behind "Beachy Head" and the "Severn Sisters Downs" range, so it is hard to believe there will be coverage that far West in Brighton/Hove, deep below the Downs ridge, from Hastings. My previous point was that these 'no service' locations are not shown.

link to this comment
GB flag