All posts by Robert Lee
Below are all of Robert Lee's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Just done a full autoscan of Panasonic TV and Humax and C55 has reappeared! Which begs the question why did it disappear yesterday, and why didn't a manual scan of C55 work?
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Welsh transmiter frequencies have just been changed. Please can we have an update of the charts.
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Winter Hill frequencies have been changed. Please can we have an update of the above tables.
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Thanks for the link Mike P, but I'd still like to see the new frequencies reflected in the above tables.
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I'm currently on Barra in the OuterHebrides and can receive BBC DAB stations. According to UK FreeTV the nearest DAB transmitters are near Inverness or Glasgow. Is that really the case ?
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Many thanks Steve. We're now on North Uist and reception still good. Do you know of an up-to-date listing for DAB transmitters?
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Hi Chris, I note your comments above regarding log periodic aerials. I live in north Wales 39 miles from Winter Hill. I use a log periodic aerial which points midway between Winter Hill and Storeton and am able to pick up all English and Welsh multiplexes at full signal strength, including the low power C21 Liverpool signal and Com78 on C55, both from Winter Hill. The log periodic aerial is much smaller that the old Yagi I used to use but seems to be just as effective.
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Chris, My postcode is CH7 3EB. My height ASL is 427 ft and I live in a bungalow with the aerial chimney mounted ca. 20 ft AGL. From the roof I have direct line of sight of Winter Hill on a clear day, which probably accounts for the fact that I get superb reception. The reason I had a new aerial installed last year was that the old installation as showing serious signs of corrosion, bits having dropped off, including the reflectors, which didn't seem to affect reception. I do not recollect commenting about loss of reception - it must have been some time ago.
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I live just across the border in north Wales 56 miles from Holme Moss, some 450ft ASL. I use a 5 element chimney mounted aerial and have an unimpeded path to the transmitter. Radios 1,2,3 and Classic FM are received with good signal strength - 60dB as shown on the signal strength meter on my Hitachi FT-5500 mkii tuner, but R4 is much weaker at 48dB. Has anybody any explanation as to why this should be?
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Monday 30 April 2018 9:20PM
Just realised that I'm probably getting a weak signal from Moel y Parc.
So, what has happened to UHF channel 55 on Winter Hill?