All posts by Peter McGarry
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Dave Lindsay: Many thanks for your comments and advice. I'll hang fire for a couple of weeks, as you suggest, and see how things turn out when they've finished doing the switchover.
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Wednesday 12 September 2012 12:49PM
Crook
Hi everyone,
I live in the Tyne/Tees area and receive my TV transmissions from the Bilsdale transmitter via a standard Yagi type aerial which I have had for a number of years.
About 10 days, or so, ago (i.e. before today's digital changeover here) I began to have problems with the Channel 21 multiplex (ITV1, Channel 4, 5, etc.), with both picture and sound breaking up.
Our main tv is fed by a Topfield 5800 PVR. It shows a strong signal on all channels except 21. Sometimes I get a watchable service on 21 but, more often than not, picture and sound are very broken up.
Our other digital tv (a Samsung with its own Freeview tuner) didn't even pick up Channel 21 when I did a retune this morning (i.e. after the changeover).
I am using a Philex SLx4 distribution amplifier to feed the additional TVs in the house. It acts on UHF frequencies 470 MHz to 862 Mhz. I noted that channel 21 uses 474 MHz. I did wonder if this was maybe too close for comfort, but even if I miss this out and take the aerial cable straight to the PVR, I still get a weak signal on Channel 21 and strong signals on all other channels!
Is it possible that my aerial is no longer picking up Channel 21 effectively? If so, could anyone advise what I should replace it with. Or should I get a TV engineer to investigate?