All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dolby72: Quite a few people are caught out by their TV being HD but not having the capability to receive HD signals.
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John H Williams: You keep asking the same question for which answers have been given and which you ignore:
Dolgellau (Gwynedd, Wales) Freeview Light transmitter | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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DemThonp: General advice for siting your aerial is to see which direction the signal is coming from. Then consider what things are in the way in that direction, eg a building, and think whether you can move the aerial to somewhere away from the obstruction.
The point is that these things can cause shadows as far as the signal goes.
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pat sommerville: The question you are asking is "will a set-top aerial work at your sister's address?" Without knowledge of that location it is impossible to get any idea as to what the chances of success are.
It is important to understand that that is what it is: a chance of success. Even at a single address there are often parts where the signal isn't as good because of obstructions (walls, buildings etc).
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Lizzy: I doubt you'll be able to receive the Commercial (COM) Freeview channels at your location. Due to the terrain in the area there a number of relay transmitters that don't carry the COM channels.
Judging by Google Streetview photos you are likely to be using Skipton or Skipton Town transmitter. Due to the fact that you are very low-lying you aren't able to receive the full service directly from Emley Moor.
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Jerry: The HD services available from Keighley are those available from all transmitters: BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC, ITV and Channel 4.
The quasi-national HD services of BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC News and Al Jazeera won't be made available from Keighley before 2018 at the earliest. Unless you can pick them up from Emley Moor or Bilsdale Moor then you ain't gonna get 'em terrestrially.
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Tracey Wilde: These services aren't available from Fenton yet, so you must be picking them up from Sutton Coldfield on UHF channel 33 (570MHz) - this information is usually given on the signal strength screen.
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Tracey Wilde: It's not surprising that it is intermittent because the aerial is pointing the wrong way and is vertical rather than horizontal. The thing to do is accept this as a temporary workaround until Fenton comes on air. Once you have it stored don't retune because that may result in loss of it altogether. Only retune when Fenton has come on air (Digital UK doesn't give a date yet.
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Tuesday 8 April 2014 1:34PM
Dolby72: Yes. An aerial works by frequency and digital channels are in the same range as the former analogue from Crystal Palace which means a replacement shouldn't be required.
Where are you? I wonder if the signal is too strong due to your close proximity to the transmitter.
C26 used to be for BBC One analogue. How was its picture?