All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Ivor Hughes: If you are using a communal/shared aerial system then it could be the aerial system that needs adjustment.
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m bowman: Unfortunately not. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
Some viewers will be able to switch from using the local relay to the main station such as from Shotleyfield to Pontop Pike.
In the days of analogue it would have been a question of which transmitter is the easiest to receive from with both providing equal service in the form of the four channels. The fact that the relay was chosen then doesn't necessarily mean that the full service from the main station isn't available now, although it may require a more extravagent aerial to pick it up.
I don't know whether you live in a location that might be able to receive the full service from Pontop. I appreciate that you said that you are unable to pick it up, but I wonder if you say that simply because you have always used Shotleyfield.
The terrain plot shows that you live only 3.6 miles from Pontop Pike but cannot see it:
Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location
Also, on the slope there are buildings in the way which isn't good.
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g allonby: What's being done? Has the local paper reported on it?
Is the company Energiekontor UK Ltd paying to have new aerials fitted to those houses that are affected?
Home : HyndburnWindFarm
At your location it would appear that you might be able to receive Freeview from Pendle Forest. Are there new aerials springing up which are pointing in that direction?
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Roger Taylor: According to BBC Reception there are "No problems" with the transmitter.
BBC - Help receiving TV and radio
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michael green: If you're receiving from Rowridge then turn your aerial to vertical polarisation as the COM channels (those that carry ITV3, Pick TV, Yesterday, Dave, ITV4 etc) aren't as strong horizontally.
There should be no need for a different aerial (unless the current one is broken). Don't get a wideband aerial (unless it's a log periodic) - "high-gain" wideband aerials aren't "high-gain" at the UHF channels used by Rowridge.
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michael green: Rowridge transmits horizontally and vertically on all channels and has been doing so since April.
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nick ratner: Refer to this page which shows all transmitters for BBC Scotland (and therefore STV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 etc):
BBC Scotland | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
If there is a relay transmitter on North Ronaldsay, then it isn't one run by the broadcast authorities.
Keelyland Hill is the main transmitter for the Orkneys and it has two dependant relays, one of which is on the mainland and one on Westray.
Looking at the map, the only other transmitter I can but wonder whether you might be able to receive is Bressay. It uses all Group A channels, so you would be best using a Group A aerial. Not sure if it would be possible.
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nick ratner: See:
Digital TV Transmitters
The relay stations only carry PSB channels. On the Orkney and Shetland Islands, only Keelylang and Bressay broadcast all channels. From both transmitters COM5 (Pick TV etc) and COM6 (Film4 etc) are at half power to the PSBs. From Bressay COM4 (ITV3) is at the same power and Keelyland it is half power to its PSBs.
Therefore there will be a portion of viewers who will receive only PSBs from these stations. If it is the COMs that you are having difficulty with, then you will therefore be no better off, even if there was a local relay that you could pick up off.
To see the full list of Freeview channels (including which are PSBs and which are COMs) see:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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Nick Ratner: Failing that, or maybe instead of that, you will probably have to look to the sky. Not that owned by Murdoch, but free-to-air satellite, probably Freesat.
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Thursday 29 November 2012 2:48PM
Peter Henderson: How can you diplex Newcastle and CC as they are both C/D?
CC uses 52 and Newcastle uses 50, 55 and 59.