All posts by Peter Henderson
Below are all of Peter Henderson's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
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BBC One Scotland starts in High Definition, Monday 14 January 2Wednesday 16 January 2013 5:38PM
Newtownabbey
BBC 1 Scotland HD.
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It may possibly be too nmuch gain Lynn. If you have an amplifier try removing it, or you may need to fit an attenuator.
Another thing to bear in mind is that some Freeview STBs/TVs have built in amplifiers. If this is the case then switch it off in the menu system. Look for something such as "antenna power" or similar.
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Northern Ireland RTE1, RTE2, TG4 special mini-multiplex from 24Wednesday 30 January 2013 11:09PM
Newtownabbey
"I live in Belfast, would there be a problem with my aerial?"
Quite possibly Niall. I haven't noticed anything different at this end, and Black Mountain is fairly weak here in Jordanstown (siignal strength wise) although there's no breal up at present.
It's also possible some sort of local interference is affecting the signal.
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Northern Ireland RTE1, RTE2, TG4 special mini-multiplex from 24Saturday 2 February 2013 5:26PM
Newtownabbey
Cairan: You cannot receive "Freeview" using Sky STB, with or without a subscription card. I suspect that what you are using is a Sky box to receive the free to air sattelite channels which don't include RTE or TG4. Freesat from sky requires a one off subscription fee and a viewing card suplied by Sky. This will not include RTE as it's only available through a basic Sky subscription. Nor is RTE available on Freesat.
As Dave quite correctly points out, you should be able to receive Saorview from Clermont Cairn in the town, and possibly Three Rock as well. To receive Saorview you need either a Freeview HD STB or TV, or an STB or TV capable of decoding MPEG 4 transmissions. Any of the Humax boxes would suffice as they've no major issues with Saorview, apart from putting the channels in the 800s.
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Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 6 February 2013 2:10AM
Newtownabbey
Dave: There was talk a while ago that the COM operators may be interested in upgrading a number of Freeview Lite transmitters to full Freeview. Carnmoney Hill has been mentioned, along with Londonderry and Cambret Hill in Scotland.
I haven't heard anything recently so you may be correct. It mught very well never happen.
A good alternative is Freesat.
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Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 6 February 2013 1:10PM
Newtownabbey
Well, I'm puzzled as to why the Londonderry transmitter isn't full Freeview. Equivalent transmitters in England e.g. Oliver's Mount serving the town of Scarborough are. I'm also surprised no politician has raised this in the assemby. After all, Derry is the second major city in NI.
Then again, I've been told most Derry viewrs can receive Limivady so maybe it's somewhat irrelevant.
Cambret Hill is also a bit of a puzzle as it covers quite a large area of Southwest Scotland and is similarly quite high power (2.8 kw), like Londonderry.
Carnmoney Hill does serve much of the borough of Newtownabbey and as such has quite a large number of viewers for a 20 watt relay station.
Still, it does seem as if it's set in stone now Dave, and if you're stuck with Freeview Lite Freesat would appear to be the only alternative.
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Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 6 February 2013 2:23PM
Newtownabbey
Yep, good point as well Dave.
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Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitterWednesday 6 February 2013 2:27PM
Newtownabbey
Cambret Hill is in a similar position i.e. it carried Channel Five analogue prior to switchover but is now Feeview Lite.
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Carnmoney Hill (Northern Ireland) Freeview Light transmitterThursday 7 February 2013 1:03AM
Newtownabbey
There was also a local TV station on analogue in Derrry itself Dave. Not sure where the transmitter site was, but my parents could receive it in their apartment in Portrush.
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Wednesday 16 January 2013 3:40PM
Newtownabbey
As I suspected, no sign of it on the Sky EPG.
I assume Freesat is the same @?