All posts by StevensOnln1
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Richard Cooper: Here is the link, there are actually far more transmitter on the list than I remembered, including numerous sites in East Anglia, Devon/Cornwall and other areas not currently covered by Sound Digital. These areas could receive coverage in future, but only if the multiplex owners consider it commercially viable.
10 things to know about the "Digital 2" DAB multiplex - a516digital
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Edwin: Does your DAB tuner have an option for either full scan or rest of world scan? If so, try running that. The Humberside local mux moved to VHF block 10D last week which is outside the original frequency allocation for DAB in this country, hence some older radios won't find all available multiplexes on a normal scan.
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Roy: The Bridport transmitter page on this site currently has a transmitter engineering notification that the transmitter has been off air since 17:35 today, so engineers are aware and no doubt working to fix the problem. This website is independent so we don't have any further information.
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David Peters & Iain Cochrane: The Bridport Freeview transmitter page (this is the Bridport DAB page) currently have a notification from transmitter engineering that the transmitter has been off air since 17:35 today. Clearly the engineers are aware and are no doubt working to fix the problem.
Do not attempt to retune your TV or box as this will cause all your channels to be deleted. Your channels will return on their own once the transmitter is back on air.
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Richard Cooper: Stoke Holy Cross is on the list of cleared transmitters for 11A which would provide coverage to Norwich if used by Sound Digital in future. I doubt Sound Digital will ever expand to anything like the number of transmitters used for D1, being as SD was intended to operate at a lower cost to broadcasters, but hopefully some more will be added one day.
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Jan Davies: 11A was allocated more recently than the existing BBC and D1 national multiplexes so there was no frequency available that was wasn't already used by other neighbouring countries. Similarly, our neighbouring countries are unable to use 11D and 12B from their coastal transmitters in order to prevent their services causing interference to the D1 and BBC national multiplexes. All frequencies used for TV and radio have to be co-ordinated internationally to avoid services in neighbouring countries wiping out reception of each other with interference. There are however plenty of transmitter covering areas near the east and south coasts which are blocked by hills and therefore don't cause a problem with international interference.
I also use a stick on windscreen aerial in my car and have found BBC and D1 coverage have often continued to be available when driving through fringe areas beyond the official coverage maps (perhaps the maps are deliberately conservative to avoid complaints of coverage being less than show). I've not spent much time listening to any Sound Digital stations so don't know how well the real world coverage compares to the maps.
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Jan Davies: Planet Rock has been a loss making station for several years, both under it's current and previous ownership. The switch to broadcasting on Sound Digital will have give a large reduction in costs for the station, which should return the station to profitability (and a more certain future) which is what it ultimately exists for, rather than to get the highest number of listeners. I'm sure this will disappoint many people, but it is the commercial reality of how large companies such as Bauer operate.
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Jen: What make and model is your TV? Also, how is your Sky HD box connected, via the older type of SCART cable with large chunky connectors on each end, or the much smaller HDMI cable with connectors that look similar to a bigger version of a USB plug?
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Paul: If you've ruled out any faults with your aerial system and TV or set top box, you should contact the broadcaster (i.e. ITV in this case) to report the fault. This is an unofficial website for technical help and is unlikely to be monitored by transmitter engineers.
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Saturday 3 September 2016 9:55PM
G Edwards: The Dolgellau transmitter is group C/D however if you are fitting a new aerial a wideband aerial such a a log periodic type will be more future proof (most of the group C/D band will be handed over for mobile broadband use in 2020 requiring transmitters to move to lower frequencies which won't get such good receiption on group C/D aerials and will therefore require replacement of most group C/D aerials in the next few years).