All posts by Tony1234
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Steve Donaldson:
(I hope this works out as intended.)
Later on I printed out a list of what was on each of COM4 SDN, COM 5 ARQ A, and COM 6 ARQ B. I was missing every single channel on COM6 ARQ B (Channel 39+).
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Chris.SE:
Please see my post above, I was receiving none of the COM 6 . COM 5 and COM 4 were fine. So I will assume that COM 6 was not transmitting and I will do exactly as you suggest in a few days and see what happens.
Many thanks to Steve and Chris for their help.
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Nope, nothing on ARQ9 COM6 or PSB2 BBCB (100,000W !). Repeated clearing of all tuning data from both of the tuning devices and auto-tune and manual tune. I did it with each of the two digital tuning devices connected separately and together in different combinations. Nothing at all despite everything saying that I should be getting a good signal, I rang up the freeview.co.uk helpline and we went all through it again. They could do nothing more. They asked me to ring RESTORETV to check for mobile interference. That just showed that there were no mobile masts around my location that could cause interference.
So my, non-expert, but well researched lay opinion, informed by the observation that I can see the top of the mast but the lower part of the mast is blocked by terrain, is that, at the Wenvoe site, either ARQ9 and PSB2 are transmitted vertically or the transmission equipment is from a lower elevation than that for the other multiplexes which I do receive.
But now - that is my non-expert view - can you good folk please educate me and tell me what might be happening. I am happy to be informed otherwise.
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Many thanks Chris SE. I greatly appreciate your engagement.
At https://restoretv.uk/post…red/ it advised that no postcards had been sent so nothing there.
I have checked the coax. It was my first go to fix for the problem. All OK at the aerial but as I wobbled the coax into the faceplate behind the TV there was a change in quality of the signal. I redid the connection there delicately soldering the central wire of the incoming coax to the terminal in the back of the faceplate. That gave a signal of high quality free of variation as I moved the coax to the TV about. So all is good there.
OK we may well be on an engineering overun because of the bad weather progress not being completed when intended.
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Transmitter engineering: Good morning transmitter engineering Wenvoe.
I am not getting
multiplex PSB3 BBCB Channel 47
or
COM6 ARQB channel 39
and have not done so for over the week I have been working on it. I have done everything they all say on two separate tuning devices. Auto retune with no lead connected to remove all tuning data and then auto retune, alternate same but manual retune. Devices connected each separately together in every combination. Always the same - nothing not a single channel from those two multiplexes.
I am 12 miles west from Wenvoe and can see the upper part of the mast. The lower section of the mast is blocked by terrain. According to all the information for my postcode I should be getting both signals "strong" with no problems. Is there some engineering work going on in respect of those two multiplexes?
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Chris.SE: Many thanks for your two replies. Yes so engineering works - greasing of stays - are ongoing and they have given themselves until the end of November as the current time frame. And these may or may not be causing my problems. When I put my post code in, the results are like just over a week ago - I should be getting good reception on Com6 and PSB3 just like the same as the other mulltiplexes. I see Arquiva have gifted themselves a policy of not dealing with any enquires from the public who pay their wages so I contacted the BBC. They came back after 24 hours to also say engineering works were ongoing but that these should not affect my reception but may do, but they could not be sure. Presumably this is because they have no direct transparency through to Arquiva's works.
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Friday 27 October 2023 7:20PM
I live 12 miles from Wenvoe mast, I can see the top of it from the road. My aerial is pointing at Wenvoe. If I understand correctly, data for the mast informs me that Freeview Talking Pictures is on ARQB and transmitted on Channel 39+.
The picture constantly breaks up and is unwatchable. The signal strength is good, the equivalent of BBC and ITV but the signal quality is zero or occasionally a blip into the red region. My tuner also informs me that it is being received on Channel 36.
Mendip transmits ARQ B on channel 36
My aerial is not pointed at Mendip. That would require a change of angle by about 30 and it is about 20 miles away.
Is Wenvoe actually Transmitting Talking Pictures?