All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
stuart: It's not surprising that you couldn't pick up any digital TV from Hannington before switchover because it was severly reduced in strength in your direction due to the fact that Guildford used the same channels.
If you have a seventies aerial on Hannington, then you should definately try it now. Indeed, I see on Streetview that quite a few houses have an aerial on each transmitter.
If you have a Crystal Palace aerial and you haven't tried it since it switched to digital in April, then you should try that as well.
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Keith Myres: If I am right in suspecting that you are served by a communal aerial, then I suggest that the problem might be that its amplifier needs turning down because it is boosting the signal too much.
This could be the case because the signal going into the aerial is now stronger than it was and hence the signal coming out from the outputs must be so as well. This could be above the level that receivers are built to accept and therefore the cause of your problem.
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Tom Murphy: This is an independent site. Information provided on it comes from official sources. Because the sources don't notify the site when there is a change or update to the engineering work, it is up to the site to "look". I have no idea how often it does this, but it stands to reason that there could be a delay in the information getting onto this site. This is why, at the top of the page where it says that BBC and Digital UK report no faults, that there is a link to recheck. Clicking the link will cause the site to "look" at the source information. The link is not present where there is an engineering works report shown.
You can view the source information yourself by going to:
- Digital UK | www.digitaluk.co.uk/engineeringworks
- BBC | www.bbc.co.uk/reception and entering your postcode and selecting the appropriate options
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Derek: Yes. The strength of the Commercial channels will (finally) increase. This will happen in the early hours of 2th when you will need to do a full retune.
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stuart smith: This suggests that it is a problem with the aerial system and that it needs adjustment following switchover.
It may be helpful if you can find any neighbours with the same problem.
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Gordon Ormston: What sort of reception do you get on the three remaining analogue channels? (56, 66, 53)
Try with and without attenuation.
Some other things to try are:
- a 12 to 18 inch piece of wire inserted into the inner part of the aerial socket.
- a set-top aerial.
- connect the inner part of the aerial socket to the lead from your aerial leaving a gap unscreened so as to "loose" some signal.
The transmitter is only 3 miles away and you're not far of having line of sight.
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Denise Hunter: ITV3 and others on SDN from Heathfield remain on low power until 27th June when a retune will be required. On that date the signal will go up to full power.
If you have a booster, remove it. It may or may not restore availability of ITV3. If it does not, but the other channels remain OK, then leave it out.
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Peter Richards: Perhaps you will have to wait until 27th June when ITV and others will go to full power. Only the BBC is on full post-DSO power now.
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Saturday 16 June 2012 3:03PM
Stuart: I wrote the bit pointing you to my experience with a loft aerial before looking at the problem with the trees.
On the basis that you say that it is worse during darkness, I am of the opinion that it is far more likely to the trees. However, that doesn't stop you experimenting if it is possible to increase the gap between the inside of the roof and the back and front of the aerial.