All posts by Briantist
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Richard: The BBC Project Mayflower report is certainly a very interesting read, not just for DRM but about analogue radio propagation too.
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Alan Phippen: The commercial operators regard the "public service" transmitters, such as this one, as uneconomic and as they can't profit from broadcasting from them.
As they have refused the offer of frequencies some years ago, there will be no additional multiplexes broadcast from here.
However, if you have an additional aerial pointing at the Mendip transmitter, you could get two of the three commercial multiplexes.
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Em: If their reception is OK, then you have a fault on your connection and you should consult the management company to fix it.
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Richard: The switchover has been in planning for about a decade. The original plan had it completed by now, but Tessa Jowell delayed it by two years for reasons that now seem in-obvious.
Remember that it is not just the UK that is effected by these changes, but requires a cross-Europe co-ordination.
It is annoying that people have to keep retuning, but it is much less fuss than some of the other options.
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Alan Phippen: Freeview is "free" as it requires no subscription.
The public service channels are provided to everyone; some effort is needed to get the commercial channels in some places.
More here - Where are the public service (Freeview Light) transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Heinz: There is a list here - TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Saturday 5 February 2011 2:04PM
Richard Baguley: Basically
100,000W x 6 / 8 = 75,000W.