All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Wayne: There is an allocation, as I said, on ASTRA 1N, transponder 61 (11023MHz Horizontal DVB-S2 23000-2/3 8PSK) for BBC One Wales.
Officially it's "soon". As Wales is an entire region for both ITV and the BBC (unlike Scotland where Scotland has five sub-regions) the transmitter technicalities are simpler.
I would expect that the BBC are probably waiting for the BBC Wales newsroom systems to be updated to HD. As I recall, BBC Scotland was upgraded to HD-capable some time ago.
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Nigel: Thanks .. Belmont was a joint site, but the import had a tiny difference in the locations for BBC and IBA... I have fixed it now.
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Frithe Johnson: If you have a Freesat HD box attached to the TV using an HDMI cable, the set will automatically detect it and show Freesat HD on-screen.
You don't need to disable Freeview to do this.
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Steve: The Waymouth transmitter didn't carry any IBA service on 405-lines, only BBC1 South: C1 at 0.05kW H
Black and white days, VHF bands I and III television | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice has full details.
ITV in this area came from Chillerton Down (Isle Of Wight, England) with Southern Television: C11 at 100kW V or Stockland Hill Westward Television: C9 at 100kW V
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The BBC, with it's "universal service obligation" had more 405-line relays than the IBA, which was more about profit than public service, at least when it came to coverage.
So the BBC had relays like Weymouth to fill in coverage.
It is worth noting today that Freesat and Sky users registering a Waymouth postcode will get both ITV West Country and ITV Meridian (South Coast) options due to the historic overlap.
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Also .. it does say "Weymouth was not an original Channel 3 VHF 405-line mast: the historical information shown is the details of the company responsible for the transmitter when it began transmitting Channel 3."
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Mark Agius: No problem.
I used to have an amber-screen monitor that connected to a VHS machine (for the tuner) via a long length of cable as to a monitor in the kitchen. The picture quality (as it was unmodulated) was excellent as I recall.
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pikpilot: There was a typo in the database, so COM4/SDN Dave Ja Vu wasn't showing up in the right place. It's fixed now.
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Sunday 13 January 2013 7:51PM
Roy in Eastbourne: I remember we had a black-and-white TV set that supported both 405 and 625 lines.
I do recall turning the "on switch" the wrong way and it broke off in my hands.. and you could see mysterious wires if you looked though the hole.