All posts by Michael Perry
Below are all of Michael Perry's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Andy:
Glad you got sokme things working. However, the low strength of the Com7 signal suggests your aerial may well be of the Group C/D type, which are poor for receiving channel 31 signals as they are outside of the designed response range. So a change of aerial to a log-periodic typre is likely to improve the signal strength and hence the reliability of those channels reception.
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Maureen Acraman:
We have no way of checking as you didn't give a full post code. There are over 1000 transmitters around the UK and we cannot assume that you are using the Aldeburgh transmitter just because you posted here as you posted elsewhere on this site as well.
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Dawn et al:
True Christmas is available on Freesat channel 303. On Freeview it shares a channel allocation with other daytime services so cannot be broadcast during daytime.
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Scott:
It is not expected that there will be any reduction in the HD bit rate. What is planned to happen is that more services will be broadcast using DVB-T2 encoding which is a lot more efficient and allows for more channels to be carried by a multiplex than is currently the case. Hence the expected abilitry to broadcast more HD channels and more channels without using the Com7 or Com8 services which will disappear.
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Chunky:
To help you decide we really need a full post code so that we can check what the signal reception conditions are like at your location.
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suzanne lucas:
It is unlikely to be anything connected with Canterbury Cathedral scaffolding, it is not between you and the transmitter at Chartham. The Cathedral is South East of you and the transmitter is West South West of you. It is more likely to be aerial cable problems. Check that all the cables are properly inserted into the sockets, by unplugging them and then re-inserting, and check the cables are undamaged.
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Kab242:
To be able to offer any advice we need to known where you are located, so please give a full post code. Then we contributors can see what the signal reception conditions are at your location.
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Stuart:
Different TV sets have different sinsitivities of the tuner unit - even ones of thre same make.
We need to know what the TV set shows as the signal strengths of the received multiplexes are, including the ones giving problems, if possible. Your User Manual will tell you how to get that displayed. For SD channels you need a strength of between 50% and 85% and for the HD services you need between 60% and 85% for reliable reception. Note that Com7 and Com8 are lower power than the main services, so are likely to be more prone to problems.
It would also be useful to us if you would give a full post code for your location as then we can look up what the reception conditions are likely to be.
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Jenkins:
It currently hsares a channel with another broadcaster so is only able to broadcast after 9 PM.It is available all day on Freesat.
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Tuesday 3 October 2017 4:31PM
Scott:
It is expected that all, or at least most, of the channels on COM7 and COM8 will be subsumed into the multiplexes available when the forthcoming planned changes are implimented. I have no details of what will move where nor of which channels will remain and which will cease (if any).