All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dennis: Those in Canterbury, and indeed anywhere, can receive the full collection of Freeview channels "if" they can receive from one of the 81 full-service transmitters.
See the explanatio I wrote here:
Londonderry transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
In some cases, those receiving from a relay such as Chartham find that they can, with a replacement aerial, receive the full service from one of those 81 transmitters.
It might be worth looking around your area to see what those around you are doing. Can you see any aerials pointing to Dover?
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Kathryn: Without giving your location (and possibly the transmitter you are using) it is impossible to even suggest an answer to such a question.
There engineering works at some transmitters which have resulted in poor or lost channels for some people. I know that Tacolneston is such a station.
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Ray Styles: For Freeview (terrestrial television) you only need one cable for which you can view as many channels simulataneously as you wish.
For satellite (Freesat, Sky etc) you need one cable for each channel you wish to view. So for a recorder with two feeds you can receive two channels simulataneously.
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Mike Potter: Refer to:
Digital UK - Planned Engineering Works
Quite a few digital relay transmitters, including Langholm, are subject to "service shutdowns" over this week.
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Martin Lucas: Each channel number has a frequency in MHz and these are shown on the transmitter page, so follow the link to Sutton Coldfield.
Belper has its own transmitter (again, click the word Belper to see its frequencies) so you could always be tuned to that instead. It uses higher channels so you may be able to avoid it by unplugging the aerial near the end of the scan.
Belper is a relay of Waltham and therefore provides East Midlands programming.
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David Campbell: Are you sure that you are receiving RT from Carnmoney Hill and not Clermont Carn?
Select one of the RT channels and bring up the signal strength screen. Carnmoney Hill is on C48 and Clermont Carn is on C52.
Both Clermont Carn and Carnmoney Hill are vertically polarised and I believe that the bearings from your location aren't too far apart.
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Malcolm: I have read your follow-up posting where you said that you tried manually tuning with no joy:
An update | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
The Streetview photo of your building shows the aerial on the roof clearly facing Heathfield, and so the Eastbourne relay plays no part in your reception.
Up until switchover, the lowest UHF channel (frequency) used in the 40s was 47. Your aerial system may be filtered to only allow particular channels or a particular range of channels. Now that the lower 40s are in use, and the lowest one is the one you can't receive, I wonder if it is your aerial system which needs some adjustment.
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Michael Cooney: The coverage map does not show what "should" and "should not" be possible to receive.
It is an indication of where the signal is calculated as being at or above a particular level at a particular height above ground. This does not mean that below that level that reception will not be possible. It could also be the case that the height a few CMs above that which is calculated is at or above the level.
The obvious thing to try is tuning in the problematic TV on one of your other aerials.
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Monday 26 November 2012 11:08AM
Up until now, BBC, as a Public Service Broadcaster and recipient of the Licence fee has carried all its services from all transmitters. This is a departure from that "universal" coverage principle.