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Below are all of nicholas's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.seeing comments for the closure of the mw,its always money,all the time,what about the money spent by the public,and what if north korea drops a device,most of the fancy electronic infrastructure would be fried,as a former member of the wartime broadcasting service,at least the mw transmitters are hardened,so keep yr am radios,they may be needed.
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hi,this is typical behaviour promoted by many companies these days,money is wasted on yachts,million pound houses and excess lifestyles
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well absolute radio management must still have the yachts,private planes,surely we cant deny their pleasures?
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Hi,sometimes the dvr will lost their settings due to noise on the power lines,eg,fridges,washing machines,hoovers these cause spikes on the power rails and the box loses its setting,its like someone bumping into you,you have a second of <where am i?>,also i leave my freeview box
switched on 24yrs,Its just one of those things that happen in life................
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sorry,24 hours,gadgets are like people,they don't want hassle as applied to electronic things
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Hi,due to size,tv speakers seldom give clarity,they are simply fitted to be a complete,if you want clarity,you need larger speaker,eg hifi speakers fitted on the wall,etc..............
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I find streaming and mobile broadband to be so much bother,ee,45 minutes to connect,service dropping out
all the time,vodafone keeps taking duplicate payments,i have 4 ex broadcast digital video recorders,u put a tape in ,no problems,computer cant find the file,goes around in circles,my preference stuff the broadband,if not it will put you an early grave
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hi,for viewers who have technical knowledge,is to replace the aluminum dipole in the aerial with copper wire dipole,this must be bent to look like the aluminum dipole and may improve reception,i have done this with a indoor aerial and got a locked picture from hannington at 10ft off the ground ,location nr bicester,but i stress u must have some technical knowledge.
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Wednesday 1 November 2017 1:22PM
hi chris,i live in a swamp area from oxford,so none of the signals vanishes here,what is happening as in analogue days is fading out of the channel caused by local conditions,try if you can,invert the front of the
aerials slightly upwards and see if matters improve. In VHF days when i resided in swindon,wenvoe,ch5,
was very troublesome,the aerial was tilted upwards slightly and it helped,n................