All posts by Dave F-P
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Thanks Dave Lindsay for the prompt reply. Freesat it will be then, so much for watching everything through BTVision box! Cefn Eglwysilan is indeed the culprit, lovely to walk up (and yes you can see the Wenvoe transmitter from up there!)but a real pain for those of us in the lower parts of the valley (which to be fair is where nearly all the housing in the valleys is). I've had a read through a lot of the posts and it seems we will never get all Mux's as it is un-economical, so I think it would be worth letting all us valleys dwellers know a better option would be freesat. Keep up the good work all, nice to find this kind of helpful forum when scratching head for possible workarounds.
Dave
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Saturday 1 December 2012 2:10PM
Pontypridd
Well it seems all hope of getting signal from Wenvoe is lost. Too many hills so have to put up with freeview lite for now. (Postcode - CF37 4EG. Gave up our sky subscription a month ago, without realising local repeat transmitters only broadcast lite service. I do have great signal from my local transmitter, even using a wideband antennae, but even with a band B Yagi, masthead amplifier and use of a compass to get the right bearing (174 degrees I think?)I'm looking straight at a mountain so no chance of signal. Can't even get line of sight to Pontypridd which would still be "lite". I've decided to invest in a dvb-t tuner card for my pc, which I can then run the satellite cables to and watch freesat via my TV to get a few more channels. I'd be interested to see a terrain plot to Wenvoe though, just to confirm I'm not in lala land (too much time spent up on the roof). I think I'd need a 300ft mast to have any hope!