All posts by Mark Fletcher
Below are all of Mark Fletcher's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Marie Turner,Hebden Bridge.Now that you have stated that you do have a HD box,you should be able to receive the BBCB (HD) multiplex from the Hebden Bridge relay.
In your locality i think the Hebden Bridge relay is practically the only way you will receive some freeview programmes,Emley Moor is almost certainly out of bounds unless you live very high up,Winter Hill is virtually impossible unless again you live very high up,so changing or realigning your current aerial will do no good im afraid.
In my honest opinion what you envisaged about Freesat is probably the only option that is open to you.If you do decide that Freesat is for you,go for it,you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
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Wendy.Yes that is a possibility more and ultimately all HD broadcasting on possibly three multiplexes,and when Ultra High Definition (UHD) becomes the norm by around 2050 possibly only one multiplex with up to and maybe over 1,000 UHD channels ?
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Mike James.Is the aerial communal by the way,if it is check with other neighbours if they too have this same problem you are experiencing on ArqB on frequency 28 from Rowridge.If the aerial is at fault then the landlord/landlady should rectify this problem as such.
Just out of interest if the aerial is communal is it polarised horizontally or vertically and is it also a group A aerial (tipped red) or a group W wideband aerial (tipped black) ? If the aerial is communal and tipped black denoting a group W wideband then it is the wrong aerial in a poor reception/marginal area within Rowridge itself.Group W wideband antennas on an all group A transmitter such as Rowridge within a poor/marginal reception area do give inferior performance generally as such.
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Will Snell,Bridlington.
Sunday 29 April 2012,1.45pm.
That was around mid November 2011 when Belmont area had atmospherics/inversion effect and we exchanged texts as such,which you did mention about receiving Sandy Heath transmissions temporarily with an amplified signal (mast head amplifier) on your group W wideband aerial.It was the time when Tacolneston had just started DSO1 on Wednesday 9 November 2011,and also Belmont still then had the restricted 4kw on both ArqA and ArqB multiplexes until Tacolneston completed DSO2 on Wednesday 23 November 2011 when the ArqA and ArqB muxs from Belmont increased in power 25 times to 100kw apiece.
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Phil Alcock,Southampton.You may have too much signal.Also loft aerials generally perform poorly than external mounted aerials.Check your loft aerial too if it is either polarised horizontally or vertically and also if the tip of the aerial is coloured red which denotes a group A aerial or the tip is coloured black,denoting a group W wideband aerial.
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Sandy Heath (Central Bedfordshire, England) Full Freeview transWednesday 2 May 2012 11:24PM
Halifax
Paul.Unless you leave a full post code or nearby location as such,we cannot be of valuable assistance to you !
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Mike James,Bognor Regis.If the correct aerial is used as you mentioned,check tomorrow during daylight hours obviously,the colour of the communal aerial's tips or the end that points to the transmitter and the opposite end that points away from it.If the tips are coloured red then it is a group A aerial and at your location the right aerial to use if pointed directly at Rowridge which is an all group A transmitter.If the tips however are coloured black then it is a group W wideband aerial and at your location the wrong aerial to use within a poor/marginal reception area within Rowridge itself.Then again if the colour of the aerial's tips are coloured grey then it is a group K aerial which is a semi-wideband aerial optimised for the lower/middle frequency bands and although not really recommended for use on an all group A mast in a poor/marginal area,they can be used as an alternative to a group A aerial preferably between 20-40 miles from abode to mast instead of using group W wideband aerials which are well known to perform rather badly on group A frequencies especially the lowest frequencies (21-25 more so) on an all group A transmitter like Rowridge in a poor/marginal area.
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Wednesday 2 May 2012 4:20AM
Halifax
Mark Butler.My pleasure to have assisted you as such !