All posts by Dave Rogers
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I live near the top of the valley in Denton (BN9). I am aware of the switchover due in March onwards, and I have a couple of comments and questions.
I receive Freeview (and DAB - proper aerial)from Whitehawk and have for years lost ITV, & 4 etc in wet weather. I realised on New Years Day that I was watching Ch4 and it was raining, so yes, well pleased with improved performance!
After Newhaven comes on stream will it still be sensible to pick up Freeview from Brighton (ie do nothing other than retune) or should I realign my aerial (or even need a new aerial, get rid of the amplifier etc)?
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Mike Dimmick's post mostly answers my questions (which I posted on the Brighton Freeview page but here it is again for the Newhaven forum:
'I live near the top of the valley in Denton . I am aware of the switchover due in March onwards, and I have a couple of comments and questions.
'I receive Freeview (and DAB - proper outside aerials)from Whitehawk and have for years lost ITV, & 4 etc in wet weather. I realised on New Years Day that I was watching Ch4 and it was raining, so yes, well pleased with improved performance!
'After Newhaven comes on stream will it still be sensible to pick up Freeview from Brighton (ie do nothing other than retune) or should I realign my aerial (or even need a new aerial, get rid of the amplifier etc)?'
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Many thanks, Dave.
As I said, I seem to have improved Freeview performance as of New Year's.
Pleased to hear Whitehawk, as well as Newhaven, will soon carry BBC South East News etc - the only reason I still have C39 analogue from Newhaven tuned.
Working out nicely, it would seem.......?
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Dave L,
Yes, Freeview carries the main BBC radio channels and seemingly in better quality than DAB (in fact I recently sold my DAB hifi tuner on *Bay). I listen to R4 and Planet Rock on my DAB portables around my home but have always prefered R3 on FM, even in the kitchen.
That is my other gripe at the moment: FM from Newhaven is appalling and has been for a few weeks now..
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Hi, Have been experiencing similar problems on Freeview for the past fortnight as R.shearing above: Saturday a fortnight ago experienced freezing and drop-outs whilst trying to watch the MotoGP qualifying on BBC (usually get a good signal from Newhaven despite high gain aerial with masthead amp pointing at Whitehawk). Previously had near perfect reception on all services whatever the weather/atmosphere conditions.
Intermittent drop outs and pixellating on all BBC channels (including HD) but very little problem on other transponders - signal quality and strength both seem lower than before and even go to zero in drop out situations.
My neighbour across the road has a similar set up to mine and is experiencing similar problems (we are near the top of Denton above Newhaven).
Anybody any thoughts? I've not contacted the BBC yet (and there seem to be almost daily posts re: engineering but no mention of low power or quality).
Regards.....
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Further to the above: have just been watching a bit of the tennis on BBC 1, 2, 101, 102, 301 & 303 - dropping out all over the place.
Going to Pick & Dave (from Brighton) and then BBC 1 HD from Brighton: seemingly clean, stable signal so I'll manually retune this evening avoiding Newhaven transmitter.
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Hello DaveL/Michael,
Just sent this enquiry as a long shot to at800 as Brighton is undergoing 4G testing:
'Hello,
Since mid-morning Saturday 15/6/2013 I (and others, close neighbours and others in the BN9 and BN47 postcodes) have been experiencing problems of low quality/low power from Newhaven Freeview transmitter giving rise to drop-outs, freezing and pixellation: all BBC SD channels and all HD broadcasts.
Signals from Brighton Whitehawk seem relatively unaffected but power seems to be down (without the drop-outs) even there, esp. on HD.
Any possibility this may have something to do with 4G testing?
Many thanks and kind regards,
Dave Rogers'
Could be interesting!
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Getting interesing, this......see Andrew's comment between Dave L's and my last comments.....
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Friday 13 January 2012 11:58AM
I live near the top of the valley in Denton (BN9). I am aware of the switchover due in March onwards, and I have a couple of comments and questions.
I receive Freeview (and DAB - proper aerial)from Whitehawk and have for years lost ITV, & 4 etc in wet weather. I realised on New Years Day that I was watching Ch4 and it was raining, so yes, well pleased with improved performance!
After Newhaven comes on stream will it still be sensible to pick up Freeview from Brighton (ie do nothing other than retune) or should I realign my aerial (or even need a new aerial, get rid of the amplifier etc)?
And what is happening with FM radio from Newhaven? I have three DAB radios around my home for covenience, but do not have DAB in the car and prefer Radio3 on FM at any time, even in the kitchen (not just serious listening on the hifi). Now the noise is awful even in mono even though I can almost lean out and touch the transmitter when at home!