All posts by StevensOnln1
Below are all of StevensOnln1's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Linda Hogben: You've posted on the Crockerton DAB page, however if you are actually talking about Freeview then there is engineering work showing at Crockerton for yesterday afternoon. Do not attempt to retune as that will just delete the correctly tuned channels before searching for them again.
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Christine Fletcher: You already receive all of the channels funded by your TV Licence (it is not a subscription to receive any particular services anyway). All the other channels are broadcast by commercial companies, most of which are available from 80 transmitters which cover 90% of UK households. These broadcasters are not interested in broadcasting from another 1,000+ transmitters which would be needed to match the coverage of the main BBC/ITV/Channel 4/Channel 5 channels due to the costs involved. If you provide a full postcode we can see whether you might be able to get more channels from another transmitter, or you could look at getting Freesat.
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ROLAND CLARK: Radio Borders isn't on DAB as there is currently no local DAB multiplex covering the Scottish Borders. Most DAB radios have an FM mode so you can switch to that when you want to listen to Radio Borders if if there is FM coverage at your location.
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Graham: As you've posted on the Mendip page, presumably you are talking about receiving ITV Central HD on Freeview. This is because ITV currently only transmit four of their regions in HD on Freeview in England (London, Meridian, Central and Granada). More ITV HD regions are available on satellite, but as ITV HD is broadcast on Freeview capacity belonging to the BBC, we probably won't see any further ITV HD regions being made available via Freeview until the BBC are in a position to start broadcasting regional versions of BBC One HD (both are broadcast on the PSB3 multiplex which is owned/operated by the BBC).
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TimH: It would be very unusual for any engineering work to take place overnight (unless there was a fault). COM7 & COM8 are not closing in March, they are moving to form a national single frequency network (SFN) on UHF channels 55 & 56 (where they will remain until some time between 2020 and 2022), although according to Digital UK those changes aren't happening at Mendip until Spring 2019. Several multiplexes will change frequencies around the same time (although it looks like this will happen in three steps on different dates). The only changes taking place at Mendip this year are that COM5 will move to UHF 33 and COM7 will temporarily move to UHF 36 on 27th February.
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tanfield: Dave Ireland is now encrypted and is no longer viewable on a free to air receiver.
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Mardler : BBC Four HD has always been on channel 106 since it launched on Freeview. Last week it moved from the COM7 multiplex to COM8 (see the link below for details). This website has no connection with either the BBC or any other broadcaster or transmitter company. We cannot give you advanced warning of a channel moving when we don't know about it ourselves until it happens in most cases and we certainly can't warn you unless you happen to visit this website after we become aware of the change.
Freeview changes for BBC Four HD and CBeebies HD - a516digital
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David herron: Probably never. This question is asked about one transmitter or another almost every day and the answer is the same every time. The channels which you don't receive are operated by commercial broadcasters, with most being available from 80 transmitters which cover 90% of UK households. To reach 98.5% coverage (matching BBC, ITV, Channel 4 & Channel 5) requires over 1,000 additional transmitters which the commercial broadcasters are not interested in broadcasting from due to the costs involved. If you want more channels either provide a full postcode so that we can see whether you might be able to use another transmitter, or look at getting Freesat which will give you almost all of the channels available on Freeview (and many others too) for a one-off cost.
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TimH: The chart seems to be based on the frequencies which will be cleared for used at Mendip following completion of the 700MHz clearance in mid 2020. It doesn't show the interim shuffling of muxes to reach that final outcome as these details were only recently announced, nor does it show COM7/COM8 at their new homes in the 700MHz band as these frequencies will be auctioned off to the mobile networks at some stage and will cease being available for broadcast use (although no firm date has been announced for when COM7 & COM8 will close).
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Tuesday 16 January 2018 7:18PM
Richard Webb: If he is having trouble using the aerial on the roof then an indoor aerial is unlikely to be any use. Retuning is the worst thing to do if you are suffering with bad signal as all it will do is delete the channels which are already tuned and scan for them again. Someone needs to check the cables and connections behind your Dad's TV and then look at the aerial system if that doesn't solve it.