All posts by Bill Wallace
Below are all of Bill Wallace's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Barbara Massey: JB38 spells it out quite succinctly. If you haven't got full HD (ie, HD tuner, not just HD Ready) then bad luck with not being able to receive CBS Drama. I too am in that position at NN12 7TN
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Andy: If I may add to JB38's comment, you could try a company called DASTV in Mansfield. They have (or had) a vast range of good quality components such as splitters and combiners as well as log periodic aerials when last I dealt with them. However, the DASTV website which was (and possibly still is) www.dastv.co.uk now brings up WordPress Hello World (whatever that is!) However, I understand that the e-mail address info@dastv.co.uk is still valid, as is their address:
2 Hamilton Place
Hamilton Way
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 5FA
Good Luck.
Geordie lad
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Rachel Gundry:I support wholeheartedly your views on Al Jazeera English being now HD only. I find both BBC and ITV (et al) rather boring when some UK event hits the headlines (at present the EU Referendum and Jo Cox's untimely death) and often went to Al Jazeera or RT.Com for world news. Now, I have to rely on the latter. It's a pity that no other new organisations are on Freeview.
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Sorry about the minor typo in my last message: should read news organisations NOT new organisations.
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If I had my way the BBC would revert to its original aims outlined by Lord Reith. It should be simply a Public Service Broadcaster devoid of the rubbishy (and expensive) "soaps", money giving competitions, etc. It should not be attempting to match the commercial TV and radio services.
I have no objection to documentaries or similar programs of educational or scientific interest, most of which meet the Lord Reith aims for the Beeb when it was set up in 1922.
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Is there any reason why I can't get ITV Hub on my LG 49LF590V TV from the Sandy Heath transmitter? There are a myriad of other networked services available but I can't see that for ITV. Although clearly not an aerial problem, my location is NN12 7TN.
LG haven't been helpful with their response.
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MikeB: Perhaps you should also mention the possible problem using simple signal splitters; most are simply a simple soldered junction o three TV type sockets which result in impedance mismatching and consequent signal loss. Even the better designed ones of hybrid transformer configuration need to be treated with care and each "output" port terminated (eg, connected to a TV). In either case, if not terminated it is possible that "stub effect" comes into play if/when an "output" TV lead is a quarter wavelength long (or odd multiple thereof) it acts as a short circuit. Obviously this extreme effect will not affect all channels but it may explain why some channels appear to be received OK and others don't.
I hope I haven't "overegged the pudding" or am "teaching granny to suck eggs". Whatever, it's sometimes better to look more deeply into alleged aerial problems than simply blame loose connections, etc.
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MikeP:
Hi Mike, thanks for your agreement on the technicalities vis-a-vis passive splitters. However, I've come across several without ANY resistors (clearly ones to avoid!); hence my comments on impedance matching. As you say, there shouldn't be any problem with active splitters such as the SLX6 6 way (plus additional hybrids) used for the full distribution in my house.
PS for Mike B: Do you really have to be so churlish? Clearly one should first look for the obvious or most usual, but what I was trying to illustrate was an example of the not so obvious which Mike P recognised.
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MikeB:
As it happens, I am a retired professional but don't see anything wrong with offering free professional advice to the possibly non-professional audience.
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Wednesday 22 July 2015 9:12AM
Towcester
If the BBC concentrated on its original Lord Reith remit and standards then I'd be fully supportive. However, its obsession with "soaps", game shows and the like is far from the information, educational and cultural service intended. Moreover, its bloated staffing, almost invariably overpaid compared to its viewers, should be cut down to the bare essentials for the Public Service Broadcaster it claims to be.
If the BBC wishes to continue as it is now, then by all means let it advertise and pay its own way rather than be funded by the licence fee. The emulatioon of commercial channels and obsession with ratings is now beyond a joke. Furthermore, apart from the dubious content, most of its programs miss their scheduled start times because of self advertising, a disgraceful state of affairs for an organisation which claims to set standards for broadcasters worldwide.
Other than the views expressed above, I have no axe to grind on the licence fee issue; I'm one of those who now has "free TV" due to age - but I doubt if I'd miss the BBC at all if it disappeared entirely.