All posts by Briantist
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trevorjharris: Good point. Sun outage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia details it. I was trying to work out a calculator to say when it would happen at a specific location. Predicting Solar Outages - Sun Interference seesm to have details.
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Ron Lake: I've always had a soft spot for Emley Moor Mast.
Some of my school friends lived in Skelmanthorpe, so I was often in the area.
No need for a TV aerial!!!
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trevorjharris: Intersting Baron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says
"Baron: In the Peerage of England, Peerage of Ireland, Peerage of Great Britain and the Peerage of the United Kingdom, barons form the lowest rank, placed immediately below viscounts."!
Is that what you meant?
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Brad: You might find Upgrading from Sky+HD to Freesat+HD | Freesat | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice helpful.
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Dave Lindsay: How true! But in Skelmanthorpe you didn't use a top-top aerial, you just put a TV somewhere and it worked.
Looks like things have not changed...
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d: The best place to start is the Single frequency interference | Freeview Interference | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice page.
Indoor aerials are not really suitable for reliable Freeview reception. You should be using a rooftop aerial.
Also, please provide a full (not partial) postcode (or preferably enter it in box at the top right) .
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MikeB: I suspect that as the BBC has such a wide brief, then it can appear "dumbed down".
Personally, I use iPlayer and YouView and choose what I want to watch.
It just wish there was more BBC FOUR. I've just watched BBC iPlayer - Treasures of Ancient Egypt: The Golden Age (High Definition) and I can't think of a less "dumbed down" programme.
I agree about In Our Time. There's a wonderful archive of 600+ episodes at BBC - Radio 4 - In Our Time - Archive by Title: A - page 1 . Every single one of them is brilliant, and if anyone think they're dumb then they're actually looking in a mirror.
Of course the BBC makes EastEnders and Doctors. It has to serve everyone. I don't watch them and I still feel OK.
I would even defend BBC three. As I teanager we got DEF II a three nights a week for two hours, with some good UK programming (Reportage) and mostly imports.
BBC three provides actual real programmes, the comedy is some of the best. BBC Three - Bad Education and Russell Howard are rip-roaringly funny.
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MikeB: Thanks very much for that.
I appreciate your feedback on that page.
Google says there are "About 139,000 results" for ukfree.tv - so it is sometimes hard for me to remember to go back and look at pages.
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Thursday 16 January 2014 4:14PM
Noel Thomas: HI.
I covered the areas that don't yet have local radio DAB coverage.
The end is near for analogue radio... Part 4, the local radio to do list | Digital radio | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice
There IS a plan, listed here
http://stakeholders.ofcom….pdf
The Digital Radio Action Plan Version 10 9 January 2014 is here
http://www.gov.uk/govern….pdf