All posts by robert thompson
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KMJ,derby explains it well anyway a little tip which i keep doing is keep retuning it works for me and i cant wait for the 200kw ill be able to get a good signal with a wire coat hanger lol
oh and i dont know why the signal keeps going iffy atm it's gotta be somthing to do with the changeover process but i dont think we will ever know
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... All transmitters with faults and engineering map | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
Wow check out this link on engineering works. looks like the whole country will have problems do not adjust your sets people (CR69DG)
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Tuesday 13 March 2012 11:36PM
The trouble with digital is unlike the old transmission method it's all 1s and 0s with no buffering so anything that is not regulated by the fcc is going to cause a disturbance like the moped's that drive up and down my road that is HT voltage especialy when they take the resistors out of the plug caps to get a stronger spark anyway even an electric motor can cause a disturbance eg a drill a flu extractor fan on your boiler anything that is not regulated by our friends at the fcc the trick is the chances are your ariel is fine it's the instalation that is most likley at fault this can be rectified by reducing the airel cable length if possible,never use a booster at the tv end all this does is amplify a possibly weak signal and interferience use a booster as close to the airel as possible also low loss screened coax is very recommended.Distance = resistance which = attenuation and for a low signal and believe me it is low otherwise the nice men at the fcc would shut it down due to the health risk at those at close proximity. In short most of us can dramaticly improve our quality of reception at very little or NO cost. But if you are one of the unlucky ones who are far from your local repeater then get a high gain airel and follow the instructions above i hope this is helpfull and in my opinion keep it analog i could deal with a bit of fuzz and the occisional ghost image on the screen but when my tv starts talking like a robot i get the ump.