All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
michael:
Hi michael. Can you point us to the "reportedly"?
If it's true, then clearly "quality" must be an issue.
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Roy Shepherd:
This is not the broadcaster's website so they won't see your post here. You need to contact UKTV (website link for Dave at the top of this page).
If you think they are breaking the rules with too many adverts maybe contact OFCOM.
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tonyA:
Posts aren't actively moderated. The site has spam filtering which isn't working effectively at this time for reasons unknown, the site owner is aware and was trying to get the problem resolved.
The site also has a swear filter which should remove posts that are found to have unacceptable terms.
There is a wide variety of information on this site that has not been updated since the 700MHz Clearance as the site owner has not had the time to deal with all of it. There's 1100+ transmitters in the UK and some of the information has to be updated manually as it's derived from documents such as pdfs that don't make themselves readily interpreted by automated software. He's been made aware of some of it that really could do with correction asap but he has to make time.
Some of the data is provided by automated scanning of data provided by DUK, but when they change the format of the information, it doesn't always get updated/presented on this site correctly.
The other issue is that those documents are not always error free. Even some of the top level documents such as one of OFCOM's has some errors, and even though OFCOM have been made aware, they haven't been updated. Such data has to be cross-checked with some of the documents issued by DUK (now calling themselves EveryoneTV) or Arqiva. Most of those are accurate.
It is those latter sources which engineers posting here (at least two of us) have used to provide you with the correct information.
One source you can go and check for yourself if you are not prepared to accept what we are telling you is Freeview's Detailed Transmitter Information for Industry professionals where the data on those pages comes from DUK.
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michael:
I suspect that StevensOnln1 is correct with his thoughts on this. I can't say I'd given the whole matter any detailed thought or given time to delve deeper into it all.
Your LA and a Planning App reference would have been handy, I'm afraid I have too many other things to do instead of wading through 100s of Planning Apps for umpteen LAs just to see if I could find one for a mast.
I can only assume that an App is needed if there is some physical change to the mast (rather than a straight forward one for one substitution) or the mast is in an AONB, Conservation area or SSSI etc.
If your reference to Kathrein is the company Kathrein Digital Systems GmbH, then I think it much more likely that it will be the Mobile cells rather than DTT as I would have thought that Arqiva would submit an App if it was for DTT and one was required!
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Saturday 18 May 2024 6:49PM
Wendy:
As per various posts before yours, the transmitter is subject to Planned Engineering and sometimes there are service interruptions, though these are usually brief., however Arqiva never provide details of the work or how long it may last as some of it can be weather dependant.
I'm afraid the worst thing you could do, is retune when you have no signal. You cannot tune to signals that are not there or cannot be decoded. The usual result is it clears your correct tuning and you get nothing when the signals return.
Do you still have ITV, 4 & 5 and the other channels? If so, then do a MANUAL retune for the BBCA/PSB1 multiplex on UHF channel C28 (for Durris).
If your set has an HD/T2 tuner and you normally get the HD channels (LCNs 101-107) and you are no longer getting them, then do a MANUAL retune on UHF channel C22.
If any multiplexes are still off-air, I'm afraid you'll just have to keep trying those retunes until; signals are normal and you get the channels back.