All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Malcolm Godden : I guess the unwanted 4G signal is strong at your location as you are only 300m from the base station (assuming that it is the one which is co-sited with the Sheepdrove TV transmitter.
If you have a set-top aerial then it might be worth a try, at least as a temporary measure. The objective being to pick up less of the 4G signal.
Or a piece of wire a foot or two long inserted into the inner part of the aerial socket.
These are suggestions that may be temporary workarounds until at800 comes up with a solution.
Incidently, have you fitted your filter immediately behind your TV set? Or if there is a recorder, have you fitted it before that?
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Mandy : Perhaps it's interference emitted by the HDMI lead and being picked up by the aerial lead. Try moving the HDMI lead away from the aerial leads or indeed, remove the HDMI lead completely and power on the Sky box then see if the Freeview on the other TVs is still affected.
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angela baker: As you appear to be using a communal aerial system and the problem affects several users of that system it would seem likely that the issue is not with your own equipment. I would report this to the party which maintains the aerial system.
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JamesD: As Russ Dring says, BT Sport isn't broadcast by the Calne transmitter.
The Digital UK Coverage Checker suggests that you "might" be able to receive all channels from Mendip. Such predictions never be totally accurate, and this is particularly so in situations like yours where the transmitter cannot be seen.
There are trees in the way on the high ground which is in the way and they could affect you, and such effects could be seasonal.
If you do decide to have a shot at reception from Mendip then I suggest you retain your Calne aerial as a back-up, incase reception from Mendip does deteriorate.
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Beth: There will be no live mains (or shouldn't be) within the aerial. If no signal is coming out of it then this could be for a number of reasons.
The most obvious is that the "splitter" box requires a power supply, and without one isn't likely to give any signal out.
A photograph of said objects and/or knowledge of the manufacturer and model number(s) may allow identification of their purpose.
If you are looking to use an aerial for Freeview then it might be that this aerial is can be used.
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Mandy : You've done right trying different RF channels.
I'm not familiar with Sky boxes, so suggestions are general. On the same vein as discounting possible interference from the HDMI lead, perhaps leads for ethernet (network - i.e. to connect to the internet), USB and maybe others could interfere. With this in mind, if there are other leads like that which come to life when the Sky box is on, then try removing them to discount them as a possible cause.
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Mandy : What about getting one of the TVs in one of the other rooms, complete with Magic Eye, and plugging it directly into RF2 of the Sky box. Probably best to power down the Sky box first.
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MikeP: JamesD's postcode is carried in his posting, it being under the blue links to "Reception map" etc.
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Nicholas Willmott: The plan for the forthcoming COM7 and COM8 multiplexes was one of serving the most viewers for least cost. Ofcom has granted the licences, subject to a clause that allows withdrawal in 2018:
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For that reason, costs are being kept down by reusing equipment used previously prior to switchover.
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Monday 18 November 2013 8:41PM
Malcolm Godden : You are not alone!
See here for another complaint from a viewer on Hungerford Hill and my subsequent response:
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If you have an amplifier (booster) then the filter should go before it.
Failing that I suggest you give at800 a ring.
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