All posts by Dennis Thomas
Below are all of Dennis Thomas's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
I have just been on to Arqiva,not sure if they knew about it or not,but they DO now :)
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''Arqiva do not take calls from the public'' Well they took one from me last night :)
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Bec,the HD service from Hints will not be upgaded,on full DSO on the 21st of this month,all services,incuding HD, will come from the Sutton Coldfield site.
Right now the transmitter power for HD service is 4KW from Hints,when it starts from Sutton this will go to 200KW,as will all the remaining MUXs.
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Hints,it's the local name for the site Briantist,I am from Tamworth as well :) I can see how asking about Hints would confuse people though :)
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Bec,if you live in Tamworth your aerial should point towards the Sutton Coldfield mast,this has always been the case.
If you get Freeview now the signal comes from Sutton,NOT Hints/Lichfield,the only TV transmissions from Lichfield now are low power HD and the old analogue channel 5.
On the 21st of this month,there will be no TV at from the Lichfield mast,trust me that is true,Lichfield is not a relay,or a local mast for Tamworth. The Sutton Coldfield mast covers some thirty miles,or so from that site.
Once again if your aerial is pointing at the Hints mast,its looking the wrong way.
If you get Freeview ok, its because it just happens to pick up Sutton,because the capture angle of you aerial allows this.
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Bec,just thinking about this,I am in Tamworth,my aerial pointing at Sutton,butI would only have to turn it by about fifteen degrees to point at Hints/Lichfield. So I feel you think it's looking at Hints,when,in fact,its locked on Sutton.
This is certainly the case if every TV aerial around you is pointing the same way as yours,they are not all going to be wrong.
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Paul,the Freeview HD service starts from the second retune,we have to do,on the 21st of this month.
It is already being transmitted from the Lichfield site,but on low power,but this will stop then,and the high power HD signal will come from Sutton.
The above assumes that you have a TV or PVR that can receive HD in the first place,there has been a lot confusion about that,people thinking they have a HD set,when it's only HD ready,not the same thing.
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Dave,the low power Freeview HD service from Lichfield,that is on 'now',is directional towards Birmingham,so I think that is why you can't get it.
After the 21st of this month,when you have done the second re-scan,you should then get it,as it will coming from the Sutton Coldfield site,and at about fifty times the power as it is from Lichfield,right now.
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Rick,the HD multiplex is still being broadcast from Lichfield,at the moment,and on low power.
Wait until Wednesday,when the service will transfer to Sutton Coldfield,and on high power,you should be OK, after you do another scan.
Ref getting Freeview HD directly on her HD TV the answer is yes,as long as it has a HD tuner DVB-T2,and not just a HD ready set.
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Thursday 1 September 2011 7:20PM
Same with me in Tamworth,just switched on,glad its not just me.