All posts by Steve Donaldson
Below are all of Steve Donaldson's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Iain Davies : Stockland Hill's PSBs are 23, 26, 29 @ 50kW and COMs are 22, 25, 28 @ 25kW.
I have given these channels in ascending order, which is not the same order they are in with respect to the multiplexes.
Taking an address on Liddymore Road as a sample location, it is less than 30 miles from Stockland Hill, bearing 160 degrees. While there is no line-of-sight, when compared to the signal path to Ridge Hill it is much better. Ridge Hill is 66 miles out and at 30 degrees. Considering all the high ground between Newport and Monmouth, you're lucky to receive it at all.
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Iain Davies : In addition, almost half the signal path from Ridge Hill is over the Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary, so the varying water level may have an effect on the signal.
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Chris.SE: Immediately above the box for posting a comment on this site it advises the viewer to carry out the Freeview reset procedure if having reception problems. This is clearly unhelpful and the opposite advice to that you always give.
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ROGER F C ALBAN: Refer to the previous page, 219, where a comments have been posted in answer to your earlier question.
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Saturday 2 November 2024 1:09PM
Paul: There is never any indication of when engineering works may be completed. The posts above from "Transmitter engineering" are sourced from this page on the Freeview website:
Planned engineering works | Freeview
This is an independent website not connected with any broadcasting company. We therefore can only work with the information we have.
Above, I advised you to check that ITV1 is tuned to UHF channel 21. This was on the understanding your aerial is directed to the Aberdare transmitter. Your comment about reduced number of channels suggests that you aren't using the Aberdare transmitter as it is a full-service one, and therefore that you shouldn't be tuned to C21 for ITV1. To know which channel you should be tuned to we need to know which transmitter it is.
There are a number of relay transmitters in the area that carry just the PSB multiplexes, meaning only BBC, ITV1, S4C, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV3 and some other SD channels, as well as all the HD channels. It sounds like you may on one of these transmitters.
If your aerial points to a different transmitter, then I would check that you are in fact tuned to it and not another one, such as Aberdare. Advice on which this should be can only be given with knowledge of your location, preferably in the form of postcode. A not uncommon issue is that the receiver has tuned to the signal from another transmitter where one is available, and that this results in poor reception. As such, this is one of the first things to check.