All posts by Mark Fletcher
Below are all of Mark Fletcher's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Lesley Ainsley.As Mazbar stated that could be the likely cause of your predicament.
But i did notice you did not leave a full postcode or nearby location as such,this is to ascertain the reception possibilities in your locality.You could be receiving transmissions from a main transmitter or major/minor relay mast which broadcasts on higher frequencies (namely group C/D ones) which at your end (the aerial connections) is more prone to losing signal when it rains,etc.
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Alan,Eastbourne.The only logical answer to your question is not for the foreseeable future ?!
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Bruce,Tonbridge.If this helps look under the inversion effect underline with this text !
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Sue,Leicester.One possibility is to look up inversion effect as a probable cause.
The other could be the signal booster you stated in the attic which could be swamping your signals hence the difficulties you specified as such.Try bypassing yer signal booster and see whether this alleviates the problems you're currently encountering,if this does then too much signal was the cause.Or try a set-top aerial (if ya have one),a piece of wire or a wee screwdriver into the aerial sockets and test the signal whether the pixellations,breaking up into No Signal mode,etc,is suddenly cured.If so again too much signal was the cause.
Finally one other possibility here check yer aerial especially for water/rust marks in the aerial plug,plus the aerial sockets and its cabling too as BBCA from Waltham is on frequency 61 (at present) and being the highest frequency used for this transmitter could be more prone to decreasing signal quality and strength due to erroding aerial equipment.If this the cause then you will need to replace at least the aerial co-ax cable and co-ax plug,and possibly the aerial itself if it is old.
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Alex.Harrogate,HG3 2NB.Yes from your location Emley Moor will be in a marginal signal area as such.Yet by inputting your postcode the only reception possibility that came up is Bilsdale.Can you receive the present analogue/lower powered pre-digital switched digital signals from Bilsdale at your location as a possible alternative more so once DSO arrives in September 2012 there.
You did state the Wolsley WPS100 booster,have you tried bypassing this as a possibility and see whether it could be overloading your ArqA signal yet the rest you mentioned are all ok.
One other likelyhood is whether there is a single frequency interference issue on frequency 52 which is affecting your ArqA reception from Emley Moor as such.
You could always once Bilsdale switches over come September 2012 to consider whether to redirect your antenna to Bilsdale instead as the likelyhood that your reception from there after DSO will vastly improve while from Emley Moor at your location being a marginal signal area itself,here the reception from there could slightly deteriorate after Bilsdale switches over.
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Tommy Rob.I would look up Dave Lindsay's text immediately above yours,dated Wednesday 27 June 2012,6.06pm.That most likely answers your question !
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Sharon.Yes is the answer !
You could always consider Freesat as another viable alternative too !
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Sharon Hampton.Yes due to the fact that the Digifusion FVRT 100 does not support the 8k mode in switched over regions.
So in effect it no longer works in your location which has switched over already.
Please see InView EPG death-boxes.
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Tuesday 10 July 2012 8:27PM
Halifax
Alex.If yer referring to the ArqA multiplex on frequency 52 from Emley Moor main transmitter,well from where i am located in HX2 9JY,there are no problems here whatsoever having just tested the multiplex in question and using only my set-top aerial the ArqA mux on fr 52 displays 100% signal quality and 67% signal strength.Even the same result is displayed without my set-top aerial in,using only a wee screwdriver inserted into the aerial socket of my Freeview + non HD box.So no problems here as such.
I did notice you did not leave any form of your location as such,preferably a full postcode or failing this a nearby location,this is important to ascertain the reception possibilities where you are located,whether some other transmission notably a not far away relay mast near your locality could be impeding the ArqA multiplex on frequency 52 from Emley Moor at your abode.
If you leave yer full postcode then the regulars on this forum will further distribute valuable advice and assistance to you,like a doctor prescribing medicine to treat the symptoms of a disorder which is troubling the patient as such !