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Briantist: Yes - I have seen the 'no problems reported' entries on websites but the fact is that nothing has changed at home, EXCEPT the fact that both my TV's now having problems with signal strength and quality. Can it be a coincidence that these problems started right around the time that maintenance occurred. Transmitter engineering
Tuesday 27 August 2013 4:25AM
HANNINGTON transmitter - Over the next week Hannington main transmitter: TV (digital) Liable to interruption, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]
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As an adjunct to my post above, and given that I am not imaginiong the problem, how does one report it in order that it can be investigated?
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MikeB and JB38 - thanks v. much for your comments. I know I am only 11 miles from the transmitter, and usually I get a good reception including HD - thats my point. Suddenly I am not. Actually my house (in Newnham) has always been in a marginal reception area - I am almost due East of Hannington (100 deg actually) and maybe the mast output is directed more SW/W to avoid clash with Crystal Palace or Guildford. This is not the first time this has happened either but never lasted this long. I checked with a neighbour - same problem, he couldnt get any picture (but uses freesat by preference and only uses Fview when sat signal bad so hadnt noticed. I am highly sceptical but I will bypass the amp. and try connecting 'direct' in case its amplifying cross-channel interference from other masts causing the probs. Will post back here when done. I do accept that I have always assumed weak signal to be the issue not the opposite (stems from before the switchover!) but my neighbour also uses a Masthead amp so I accept that with this in common I have to "eliminate it from my enquiries".
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jb38 mikeb - large amounts of humble pie being eaten here! I took my masthead amp off the aerial this morning. All channels receiving at full strength or thereabouts, but no errors or pixellation and HD channels back also at full strength and crystal clear. So my scepticism completely unfounded and problems def. had been caused by an already-strong signal being amplified unneccesarily. I think what threw me was that the Masthead amp was a variable gain one, but even when turned right down the problems remained. Will inform my neighbour with same problem of the fix. Thanks to you guys for your good advice though and the courteous dispensing of it! Happy customer....
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Tuesday 10 September 2013 10:13AM
Anyone know whats going on at Hannington - I am experiencing ongoing dreadful reception problems. Have checked aerial and nothing changed at my end. All channels seem affected, and BBC1 & 2 etc always used to be reliably strong now rubbish. This seems to vary acc. to the time of day. Early morning worst , evenings better. All HD channels always unuseable. I am 9 miles from transmitter, south east. (Hook). I have masthead amp. setup, and 2 x tv's both of which suffering. SIgnal strength at TV is 30 to 50% and fluctuating down wildly, and signal quality has very high error rate (using TV diagnostics). Result is no picture or complete pixellation in the mornings , partial intermittent pixellation in the eve's