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Freeview reception at SY5 7DR



List is for aerial group type: wideband group A group B group C/D group E group K

ch name signal strength direction transmitter
C21+Freeview HD multiplex BBCB (PSB3) National
northeast 41°FentonV
C22+multiplex Arqiva-A (COM5)
V
C23multiplex D3+4 England Central (West micro region)
e-ne 64°The WrekinH
C24multiplex BBCA England West Midlands
northeast 41°FentonV
C25multiplex SDN England (COM4)
V
C26multiplex BBCA England West Midlands
e-ne 64°The WrekinH
C27multiplex D3+4 England Central (West micro region)
northeast 41°FentonV
C28multiplex Arqiva-B (COM6)
V
C30-Freeview HD multiplex BBCB (PSB3) National
e-ne 64°The WrekinH
C33-multiplex BBCA Wales
west 275°Long MountainV
C34Freeview HD multiplex Arqiva-D (com8)
northeast 41°FentonV
C36multiplex D3+4 Wales
west 275°Long MountainV
C41+multiplex SDN England (COM4)
e-ne 64°The WrekinH
C44multiplex Arqiva-A (COM5)
H
C47multiplex Arqiva-B (COM6)
H
C48Freeview HD multiplex BBCB (PSB3) National
west 275°Long MountainV
C55Freeview HD multiplex Arqiva-C (com7)
northeast 41°FentonV

H Horizontal V Vertical HD High Definition


List is for aerial group type: wideband group A group B group C/D group E group K

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Wednesday, 27 June 2018
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George
11:30 PM

Hi, We are located at the east end of Dunbar and the only usable TV signal appears to come from way up north (which must be 90 miles away) over the North Sea from, I think, the Durris transmitter group. This is generally not a problem, however, the STV news and weather has nothing of local interest and on occasion, high pressure interferes with the signal. The biggest disappointment is not TV but DAB radio with BBC Radio Scotland dropping out for a minute or two at a time while all other DAB radio appears unaffected.
Is there any possibility of a future more local transmitter for the east of East Lothian or a transmitter in the East Nuke of Fife?

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Thursday, 28 June 2018
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StevensOnln1
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10:21 AM

George: Your postcode is predicted to have good reception from Angus, Durris and Craigkelly transmitters and there are no plans to build any new terrestrial transmitters for the purposes of providing a different regional news program. BBC Radio Scotland is carried on local commercial multiplexes, with the Edinburgh mux predicted to be available at lower strength at your location than the national stations. Plans are expected to be announced for further expansion of DAB services once a closure date is set for FM/AM radio stations.

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MikeP
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4:56 PM

StevensOnln1:

The BBC have announced a few weeks ago that they will not be closing any FM services. So though DAB will be available, so will the current FM services.



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StevensOnln1
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11:17 PM

MikeP: The BBC actually said that now is not the time to close FM services, they want to wait until a larger proportion of listeners have switched to digital of their own accord. In the long term, FM will close for all but very small commercial and community stations, just not on the previously suggested timescale of 2 years from digital radio reaching 50% (probably more like 5-10 years from now). See the article linked from A516digital below.


Global Radio and BBC united on DAB/FM/IP hybrid future - a516digital


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Friday, 29 June 2018
MikeP
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3:38 PM

StevensOnln1:

They have since issued a further statement rescinding the idea of turning off FM. They said it was because the rate of take up of DAB was too slow so they have ceased planning for the changeover. It was reported in several national newspapers.



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StevensOnln1
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4:21 PM

MikeP: Please can you provide a link to this more recent statement? The link I posted from A516digital in March mentions the misleading headlines from various national papers about FM closure being abandoned, which is not the case if you read the statement properly.

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Saturday, 30 June 2018
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nmugford
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2:09 AM

hi,for viewers who have technical knowledge,is to replace the aluminum dipole in the aerial with copper wire dipole,this must be bent to look like the aluminum dipole and may improve reception,i have done this with a indoor aerial and got a locked picture from hannington at 10ft off the ground ,location nr bicester,but i stress u must have some technical knowledge.

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MikeP
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3:42 PM

N Mugford:

It is perfectly correct to replace an aluminium dipole with a copper one. However the dimensions are critical. So it would be better to carve an exact replica of the aluminium dipole in a sheet of copper, using the resultant item to replace the original dipole. The need to be an exact copy is to maintain the required frequency range coverage and the impedence presented to the TV set, always required to be 75 Ohms. It would also be wise to protect the copper against corrosion, especially if it were to be placed outside the property where it can get wet.



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Tuesday, 10 July 2018
B
Banacek
10:24 PM

Having difficulty finding Channel MUX for new Paramount on 57. Our Sony DVR has to be manually retuned for every change, as it prefers distant Cumbria to our local Emley Moor transmitter.
can anyone help, please?

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Banacek
10:51 PM

Banacek: Found the MUX by trial, it's 51 FYI

JK

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