All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
David: Yes, as per TVs and boxes that do not support the 8k-mode | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . This is to increase the robustness of the signal by increasing the number of carriers in the signal to 8,000.
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Rob: Loft aerials with boosters are not good for reliable Freeview reception. If possible you should move the aerial to the roof and remove the amplifier.
You may find that removing the amplification device (or turning it down) will improve matters.
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John Green: Not sure why you are not using the Winter Hill transmitter, as you are well within its reception area.
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gary wroe: BBC TWO has closed on analogue, you will no longer be able to receive it, but the channels is now carried to all homes on Freeview.
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dutchman: Yes, thus "Between the first and second stages of switchover at Sutton Coldfield, SDN will use channel 41 (8kW)." I will make a manual change to the page to reflect it at the top, rather than just in the footnotes.
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ezrapound: Yes, it says this above
"Wednesday 7th September 2011
ITV-1 swaps to C40. BBC TWO C43 closes. BBCA starts on C43. "
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After switchover frequency notes ():
Between the first and second stages of switchover at Sutton Coldfield, SDN will use channel 41 (8kW).
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dutchman: At *ALL* transmitters, BBCA operates at full power, now 200kW up from 8kW, that's +14dB.
Most set-top boxes will show a "signal overload" looking more-or-less like a "low signal" condition.
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Andrew: Please see Will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice . You do have many times more channels than you had on analogue.
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Thursday 8 September 2011 9:10PM
mike Roberts : Emley Moor (and indeed all masts) have ONE multiplex at full power at the first stage of switchover, and get ALL their multiplexes at full power two weeks later.