All posts by Chris.SE
Below are all of Chris.SE's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Maria Hall:
If you are tuned to the Carnmoney Hill transmitter, it's most likely that the outage was caused by power failure due to the severe weather.
The BBC did report it as being off-air -
From 2:29am to 1:52pm on 7th Dec 2024 Off the air due to a fault.
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Noleen Logue:
Yes, the Castlederg transmitter was reported as being off-air by the BBC, no doubt due to a power cut resulting from the severe weather -
From 12:55am to 9:36am on 7th Dec 2024 Off the air due to a fault.
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John Evans:
You should have your signals back now. The BBC reported faults for both DAB and FM.
From 2:43pm on 7th Dec 2024 to 9:42pm on 8th Dec 2024 Off the air due to a fault (DAB)
From 2:43pm on 7th Dec 2024 to 10:35pm on 8th Dec 2024 Off the air due to a fault (FM)
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Iwona Kurjanska:
This is not the transmitter engineers website, nor the electricity suppliers, nor the BBC's but the BBC have reported the problem -
From 10:38am on 7th Dec 2024 BBC National DAB Off the air due to a fault
AFAIK the transmitter is still off-air no doubt due to a power failure like many areas after the severe storm.. When electricity is restored I'm sure you'll get reception back.
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Ann Roberts:
I hope your mother didn't retune when she had no signal as this would have just cleared the correct tuning. As the transmitter is currently listed as working, she may need to retune again if she did it whilst it said no signal.
One other obvious check, is her aerial and coax downlead still in one piece and pointing correctly?
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David Young:
Hi. As you may have noticed from the post immediately before yours, there is Planned Engineering at the transmitter at present so that might have been the cause of No signal.
However, you mention you keep getting poor signal, so I'm thinking there maybe something else causing problems, you are only 13km from Heathfield with a clear line of sight. How long has this current problem be going on?
Where is your aerial located - Chimney, Wall bracket, Loft? It should be pointing at compass bearing 348 degrees (that's ~10 degrees N of NNW) with its rods (or squashed Xs) horizontal. Roughly how old is it?
Is the coax for the aerial secure and undamaged?
Do you have any amp/splitter to feed more than one TV?
I hope you did Not retune when you had No Signal, you cannot tune to signals that are not there or can't be decoded. This often just clears the correct tuning.
If you did retune, it may be best to check in your TV tuning section that you are correctly tuned to Heathfield's UHF channels as it's possible it may have tuned to weak and unreliable signals from another transmitter.
In the multiplex order BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6
The UHF channels are C41, C44, C47, C40, C43, & C46
For which TV Channels are carried on which multiplex see
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
IF you are incorrectly tuned, it may be best to clear all existing tuning by unplugging the aerial and carrying out an automatic retune (no channels should be found) the reconnect the aerial and then do a manual tune of the correct UHF channels.
Pots back with the details.
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jimmy:
Hi again. I'd doubt it's just the fog causing disruption. This transmitter is a relay of Darvel which is listed for Planned Engineering, so this could be the primary cause of the issue.
But in addition to which, the high pressure weather system has brought some strong tropospheric conditions to parts of Scotland, so interference from very distant transmitters is another possibility.
As previously advised, do NOT retune.
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jimmy:
To add to the above, the BBC are reporting that the current conditions may be affecting the reception.
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Kenneth Johnson :
As you can see from he post following yours, the BBC are reporting problems due to current (tropospheric) weather conditions. In addition to which, this transmitter is a relay of the Darvel main transmitter which is having Planned Engineering.
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Saturday 7 December 2024 4:30PM
Stephen:
Hi. Yes undoubtedly it's likely to be Sutton Coldfield, so you'll find the mux on C48 in your tuning section.
It'll no doubt be a weaker signal with the transmitter being 60km away and a bit off beam compared to the direction of the Wrekin.
According to the Freeview predictor, the aerial should be roughly at compass bearing 40 degrees (slightly N of NW) whereas Sutton Coldfield is compass bearing 85 degrees (towards almost due E). Those Log periodics do have a fairly broad beamwidth which is why you might be getting it (depending on the actual direction your aerial points). Sometimes that can be useful, other times it can be a nuisance if there's unwanted reception of other transmitters.
You might be able to tweak you reception of that Local mux by pointing the aerial slight further East BUT it could be at the expense of your Wrekin signal as you have a close-by hill whose top is just in the way of the Wrekin signal.
Your rewired outlets with decent cable is most likely why sufficient signal for the Local mux is getting to them.
Let us know if you have a play with your aerial direction and how you get on.