All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
J Golding: I am wondering, has something happened to your aerial or the cable from it? If you have one aerial and a distribution amplifier to feed the various outlets in your house then I would check it.
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geoff: It depends on which transmitter you have your aerial directed to.
If it is West Runton (272degrees, aerial mounted vertically) then it is correct, you will not get the commercial channels.
If your aerial is horizontal, then you will probably be on either Tacolneston or Belmont which do broadcast these channels, although the latter transmitter's power of them is lower than the Public Service Broadcaster (PSB) channels (BBC/ITV/C4/C5) which will lessen your chances.
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David F: I'm not an aerial installer or expert in the field of how TV signals propagate or what affects them.
I do, however, wonder if another issue you might have is that because the transmitter is directional to its north-east side (see radiation pattern near the top of this page), it could be that your aerial is picking up reflections from the main service area (i.e. from where the main beam is focused) in addition to the bit of signal that radiates in the 'wrong' direction.
Can you not receive from Darvel (you might need a roof-top aerial)?
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Trevor Wadsworth: Looking at the predictor it's doubtful.
Tacolnestion is at 238degrees (between South West and West South West) with your aerial mounted horizontally. See here for a picture of a horizontally mounted aerial:
Aerials, TV Aerial and Digital Aerial
On the signal strength screen it should say that it is tuned to UHF channel 62 (when you have it on one of the HD services).
I had a quick look at your area on Google Streetview and all the aerials I could see are on Tacolneston. I did see a few bungalows, which by their very nature does mean that aerials are lower to the ground. Also look to see if there are any trees in the line of your aerial. They could affect some frequencies (multiplexes) and not others.
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Chris Brown: Lots of other reports are being posted on this site about audio sync issues from Sutton Coldfield on the same multiplex.
See the Sutton Coldfield page:
Freeview on Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice
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Bob: You will be able to get HD from Luscombe Valley. What you won't get are the commercial channels as it is a "Freeview Light" transmitter.
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Ken Shipley: I don't understand. Does the Samsung TV not have built-in Freeview?
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Bob: How is your analogue reception (in particular Channel 4 as it uses the frequency that HD channels will use)?
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Lee: It is highly likely that those near to relays will have their aerials directed at its parent.
Is this poor planning? Should relays not use neighbouring channels to that of their parent?
I guess you can't even fit a filter because there is not empty channel between the one you want and the one you don't want.
The only suggestion is if you can mount the aerial such that your building acts as a (sufficient) screen for the Lowestoft but still permits receipt of Tacolneston's signals.
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Tuesday 6 December 2011 12:09PM
Terence Gray: Please post your post code so we might get an idea of the likelihood of reception at your location.
Aaron: Such an amp, if useful now, will probably not be needed come June.