All posts by Briantist
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Ian from notts: The COFDM signals used for the digital TV are much less prone to problems caused by Tropospheric Ducting (aka "The Inversion Effect").
However, the prediction for "excellent" Freeview reception is "99%" - which still allows for 90 hours a year of problems.
Looking at the forecast - Tropospheric Ducting Forecast for VHF & UHF Radio & TV it seems quite likely that the strong signals used in the Netherlands could quite easliy make it to East Anglia, for example.
DVB-T receivers can (by use of the "guard interval") reject a weak, distant signal most of the time, but Tropospheric Ducting can sometimes (the 1%) dump strong distant signals where they are not wanted.
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DavidB: the laws of physics still apply to the signals even if they are digital rather than analogue.
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Bryan: Try My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice please.
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Nancy: If you are getting no input for both signals, then I would suspect damage - or at least movement - of your satellite dish.
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Andy Ripley: As it says above, BBC Three/CBBC will be on ALL masts, and the other two streams (BBC FOUR/News) on the new Freeview HD masts - see Want to know which transmitters will carry extra Freeview HD? | High definition | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice plus cable and satellite.
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David: I have change the article to make it VERY CLEAR that there is 98%+ coverage for one stream.
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Wednesday 10 July 2013 12:46PM
Mat: By the way... If you go to My Freeview | ukfree.tv - 10 years of independent, free digital TV advice on your Android phone, UK Free TV will pick up your GPS position automatically.