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: Further to KMJ's posting, of course Rowridge will be carrying the two new HD muxes, but Salisbury will not.
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Mark: I would suggest no because it is a communal system and therefore the system should be providing you with a good signal from the wall socket.
If this has been happening since switchover in June last year (and perhaps if it hasn't) then maybe the signal strength from the wall socket is a bit on the high side meaning that the amplifier (booster) within the aerial system could do with being turned down.
At switchover there was quite an increase in transmission power from Dover. The system may have been set-up for the weaker pre-switchover signals and now that the signals are stronger, it could be amplifying them too much.
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Mark: Try and establish whether it affects other tennants, checking that it is Freeview they are using and not a satellite or cable service.
And try swapping the aerial lead which connects the TV to the wall socket.
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jb38: Yes. It returns Error 500: "internal server error". I used it a week or so ago and I remember it did the same then.
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JOHN HUGHES: Mount Leinster doesn't share any channels with Fishguard, so if it is being picked up then that is because your receiver is doing an automatic scan. If this is the case then you may be able to disable the function to add new services or else you may have to look at adding a filter or attenuator in order to prevent it from receiving Mount Leinster.
Fishguard's PSB2 and PSB3 are on 58 and 54 respectively which are co-channel with Kippure, south of Dublin. If that's your problem then a solution may be more tricky. The Digital UK predictor does mark these two channels down on what it gives for PSB1, presumably due to possible interference from Kippure.
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Caroline: You are not "forced" to pay for any TV service; the only pre-requisite is a TV Licence.
The politicians decided that the Commercial broadcasters (which don't transmit from Whalley transmitter) could pick and choose - i.e. they have free reign on their transmission network. Things today must be run for a return which is why your transmitter only carries those it has to; it is there to provide a Public Service.
See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
The only thing you can do is assess whether you might be able to receive from Winter Hill.
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Roger Shrimpton: No, this isn't likely as the Commercial broadcasters don't wish to pay for it because they don't see it as worth their while. See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
The only question to ask is are you in a location that could receive the full service from a transmitter like Caradon Hill?
As a sample, I took a postcode near to the Community College and the prediction from Digital UK for reception from Caradon Hill was excellent.
I believe that if you have BT Infinity then there is a way that you can watch the BT Sport channels via it, although you will have to ask BT.
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Y Fuller: Because there are two types of broadcaster in the UK: Public Service and Commercial.
The Commercial (COM) networks which carry Drama and others have free reign on where they wish to broadcast from, a decision which was driven by their objective to make a profit.
The Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) networks, on the other hand, must provide a service to the population, which means installing transmitters like St Anthony in Roseland that serve small pockets.
For a further explanation see:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
You would appear to be in a spot where reception of the full complement of channels from an alternative transmitter is not possible.
Perhaps consider a satellite service such as Freesat. This does not carry Drama because it is only available via satellite on Sky's subscription platform.
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Jonathan: You will need to switch your bedroom TV to digital (perhaps labelled "DTV") to view Freeview. The analogue part is only used for reception of the output of the Sky box. Once you have tuned that in then you leave the analogue tuning alone.
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Sunday 20 October 2013 4:37PM
david: I doubt they will get the new HD channels before 2017. This is because the two new networks of transmitters are being set-up on a shoestring, using equipment which is lying idle.
In 2017 the licences for these services may be revoked by Ofcom so as to allow major changes to the Freeview network.