All posts by Nick
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Does anyone know why several of the commercial channels from Sudbury have to ads etc for Meridian rather than Anglia?
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Hi Norm,
I can't see any mux on the high channels according to the table above. At IP12 I have been experimenting and on a good day occasionally get Pick and Challenge, so not doing badly.
I can't see how an aerial designed for channels in the 40-50 range can be much different from a wideband, which also gets the mid channels better than those at the extremes.
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Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) Freeview Light transmitter | freeMonday 23 April 2012 6:40PM
Woodbridge
Please would someone advise which dab transmitter would serve Aldeburgh with a good roof aerial and provide a full service?
I see the Aldeburgh transmitter is like the tv service, ie 'light,' only providing the BBC stations. Mendlesham?
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Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) Freeview Light transmitter | freeMonday 23 April 2012 11:36PM
Woodbridge
Many thanks Dave. It looks to me, though, that my only hope of getting the non-BBC stuff is from Mendlesham as the others seem to do the commercial channels on low power, or not at all, which would entail a 3+ directional aerial.
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Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) Freeview Light transmitter | freeMonday 23 April 2012 11:38PM
Woodbridge
Incidentally, is there a reason why the commercial channels are lower power than the BBC, where available?
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Aldeburgh (Suffolk, England) Freeview Light transmitter | freeMonday 23 April 2012 11:57PM
Woodbridge
Is the Aldeburgh DAB xmitter ever likely to carry commercial broadcasts or are we to remain light, and disadvantaged, as with the tv?
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Hi Norm.
I can see channel 54 on the table above. So the wrong browser will leave out info? This is getting very complicated.
Elsewhere it shows arq 4 and 8 on double the power shown here. Do you know which is correct?
My understanding of aerials is that the elements are cut to the correct length for the frequency, therefore all are a compromise as all have to receive on more than one frequency.
A wideband would seem to me to be much the same as an aerial built for the mid frequencies, eg Sudbury. If anyone can explain the difference between these two, I would be grateful.Log periodic would not have enough gain for my location
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I cannot see anything here which says what will happen re the low power muxes from June.
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Friday 20 April 2012 10:47PM
Thanks Norm, but I think I will get the Aldeburgh transmitter whichever way I point the aerial because it is so strong, and apparently the meter cannot be set to look for a particular set of channels.