All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Kenneth Fraser: The likely answer is "never". See here for an explanation:
Londonderry (Northern Ireland) digital TV transmitter | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
You may be lucky and be able to receive the full service from Rosneath, subject to the expense of a new aerial.
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Daithi: It depends where your aerial(s) are pointing.
You will only ever receive TV3 if you can pick up (and have an aerial directed to) one of the transmitters in the Republic. The transmitters in the North (those that transmit Republic's channels) carry RT One, RT Two and TG4 only - there is no TV3 from them.
Clermont Carn, Co Louth, may be receivable and it is a bit clockwise of south with aerials vertical. If you have such an aerial, you may need a Freeview HD receiver. Some standard definition sets will work with it, although others might give sound but no picture.
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Brenda: Your best bet with regards Film4 (and other channels) would be to look at getting a Freesat receiver. Your block has a satellite dish on the mast to which the terrestrial aerial is fitted to the top.
See here for a comparison of full Freeview versus Freesat:
Freeview/Freesat | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice
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Peter Brooks: Are you looking for F-connectors? There are loads on eBay.
How To Attach / Wire Up Plugs, Wall Plates & Aerials
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Peter Brooks: With satellite, you need a a feed for each receiver.
Recording devices (e.g. Sky+ or Freesat PVR) require two feeds so as to allow one channel to be watched and another recorded simultaneously. Some TVs have Freesat tuners built in, therefore someone with a satellite PVR and satellite TV would require three feeds to the one room.
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Julian Parker: It wouldn't necessarily be due to proximity.
When the automatic tuning scan is run, a receiver scans or listens to all frequencies so as to see what it can find. At the end, it makes a 'decision' of which transmitter to go with, should more than one be found.
In this case, evidently and for whatever reason, the decision is to go with, I assume, Wenvoe.
The workaround may be to have the aerial unplugged during the part of the scan where Wenvoe's channels are, although they are only just below Mendip's.
Have the aerial unplugged up to about 55%. If, having done this some channels are missing (because the aerial was out until a bit too late) and there is a manual tune option, then add the missing ones manually:
COM4 - ITV3 etc is on UHF channel 48
PSB1 - BBC One etc is on UHF channel 49
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Julian Parker: You will probably find that all services on PSB1 are 'wrong'. That is, the Mendip ones are in the 800s. It probably won't just be BBC One that is wrong although it will be most obvious as it has regional variances, as does BBC Two sometimes.
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T Harman: If you have a roof-top aerial which feeds another room, and it is pointing to Heathfield, as most aerials appear to do on your road, I suggest that you use it to tune the set into the transmitter.
Depending on which side of the road you are depends on whether reception from Heathfield is likely to be better at the front or back of the house.
Consider the direction to the transmitter, by observing other aerials. Then consider whether the line to the transmitter passes through lots of bricks and mortar. If it does then reduce this by moving the aerial and see if reception improves.
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Julian Parker: This page lists services by multiplex:
DTG :: DTT Services by Multiplex
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Saturday 30 March 2013 2:33PM
Paul Hobbs: Try something to reduce the level of signal. For example, a set-top aerial, a piece of wire in the centre part of the aerial socket or connecting only the centre conductor from the aerial lead into the receiver.
A more permanent solution, if this is too much signal level, is to install an attenuator.