All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
David A.: The symptoms you describe, of the quality dipping, suggest that the signals could be being amplified too much. This is akin to turning up the volume on your hifi beyond that which it can reproduce the sound without distortion.
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Anthony Denyer: It isn't likely. The plan for the new quasi-national HD multiplexes (one of which carries BBC Four HD) is for 30 transmitters only. This isn't likely to change until the end of 2018 at the earliest.
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Paul Evans: If the two televisions use the same aerial then a single filter should be fitted before the signal splits, this being particularly important if a distribution amplifier (powered booster) is being used to split the feed, because any 4G signal at 800MHz could potentially be causing it to overload and fitting the filter after it won't prevent that.
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Nicky: Re-site the aerial.
Consider where the signal might be better by assessing the direction that the signal is coming from. Work out where it might have to pass through as few a objects (e.g. walls) as possible.
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parcel: Change the aspect ratio setting on the TV so that it puts black bars down each side rather than chopping off top and bottom.
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MikeP: Of course they were available but on a quasi-national basis where only main transmitters and larger relays carried them on lower power. This is rather like the new HD muxes, although their coverage is even sparser.
If you're referring to the first transmitter where the analogue was switched off and where the digital was (in real terms) at the same power as the former analogue then this was before 2007.
The Ferryside transmitter was the first to be converted to digital in March 2005, albeit that BBC 2W analogue remained until 2009. So unless residents only wished to view BBC 2W they had to use a digital receiver.
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Friday 27 December 2013 10:58PM
Tom: In which case it would appear to be a fault with the aerial system and should be reported to the party responsible.