All posts by Steve Walkley
Below are all of Steve Walkley's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Guys, I am In Cheltenham and on the Ridge Hill TV service. On 17/18th Feb 22 I lost most of my TV channels. Normal service returned from the 19th Feb 2022 and since. I have an indoor loft antenna and suffer poor reception in very heavy rain otherwise I get a full service with good levels and FEC. I'm guessing the weather was at the Ridge Hill end.
To address my general reception problem I bought a TV Amp and installed it. It worked very well but is limited to Channels 48 and below meaning many of my goto channels are missing. About to return the amplifier and I note Ridge Hill Channel 55 is changing because of pressure from 5G. I see this change slated from November 2021 but its now Feb 22 so when. Do I return this amplifier to BnQ or do I hold on?
I have found an alternate amplifier which will cover the current Ch55 at more cost but guess if I buy you will complete the update of Ch55 the next day and I loose out to 5G interference there after.
What exactly happened to your service over 17/18th Feb if anything? It was bad at my end.
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Guys, I am In Cheltenham and on the Ridge Hill TV service. On 17/18th Feb 22 I lost most of my TV channels. Normal service returned from the 19th Feb 2022 and since. I have an indoor loft antenna and suffer poor reception in very heavy rain otherwise I get a full service with good levels and FEC. I'm guessing the weather was at the Ridge Hill end.
To address my general reception problem I bought a TV Amp and installed it. It worked very well but is limited to Channels 48 and below meaning many of my goto channels are missing. About to return the amplifier and I note Ridge Hill Channel 55 is changing because of pressure from 5G. I see this change slated from November 2021 but its now Feb 22 so when. Do I return this amplifier to BnQ or do I hold on?
I have found an alternate amplifier which will cover the current Ch55 at more cost but guess if I buy you will complete the update of Ch55 the next day and I loose out to 5G interference there after.
What exactly happened to your service over 17/18th Feb if anything? It was pants at my end.
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Chris.SE:
Thanks for the detail and apologies for the multiple posts. Assumed "Fatal Error" was definitive and the post had failed. Looking forward to yet another annoying re-tune.
Lost the last episode of Dr Who Daemons on Ch55 to my new amplifier Ch48 limit..
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Guys, my partner has just moved to Kidlington. The property included a loft antenna, which given high error rate on some channels, turned out to be 46 off beam. Having corrected this the 554MHz Oxon & Bucks signal is still a stand-out high error rate. A lower frequency carrier shows a lower Rx level but good FEC. All other carriers are 10-10.
Looks like there is fall-off at lower 554MHz. and below so it could be a wrong banded antenna our end. What I can't easily determine from the detail above is a definitive statement on what Group antenna is necessary for this transmitter. Seems Screwfix only do Group K which looks to cover the necessary range.
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Tuesday 22 February 2022 2:56PM
Guys, I am In Cheltenham and on the Ridge Hill TV service. On 17/18th Feb 22 I lost most of my TV channels. Normal service returned from the 19th Feb 2022 and since. I have an indoor loft antenna and suffer poor reception in very heavy rain otherwise I get a full service with good levels and FEC. I'm guessing the weather was at the Ridge Hill end.
To address my general reception problem I bought a TV Amp and installed it. It worked very well but is limited to Channels 48 and below meaning many of my goto channels are missing. About to return the amplifier and I note Ridge Hill Channel 55 is changing because of pressure from 5G. I see this change slated from November 2021 but its now Feb 22 so when. Do I return this amplifier to BnQ or do I hold on?
I have found an alternate amplifier which will cover the current Ch55 at more cost but guess if I buy you will complete the update of Ch55 the next day and I loose out to 5G interference there after.
What exactly happened to your service over 17/18th Feb if anything? It was pants at my end.