All posts by Steve Donaldson
Below are all of Steve Donaldson's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Alf jasinski: According to Restore TV they sent you a postcard:
https://restoretv.uk/post…ure/
Restore TV is the organisation charged with alleviating reception issues caused by mobile phone base stations operating in the 700MHz and 800MHz bands, frequencies formerly used for TV. Give them a ring and they should send a free filter out to you.
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Chris.SE: Ofcom publishes Technical parameters for broadcast radio transmitters:
Technical parameters for broadcast radio transmitters - Ofcom
This covers transmitters of AM, FM and DAB radio. With respect to the most latter, the stations on each multiplex are given.
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Chris.SE: mb21 allows you to view a map of transmitters by radio station or DAB multiplex, as well as TV transmitters:
mb21 - Transmitter Information - Google Transmitter Marker Maps
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Allan Robertson: All four multiplexes that Redmoss transmits, BBC National, D1 National, SDL National and Aberdeen local, are 1.2kW. All transmissions have the same aerial height and radiation pattern, so they are from the same antennas. They are directional, in the direction of Aberdeen and its suburbs.
Balgownie carries just the BBC National DAB multiplex at 300W.
Your next-closest DAB transmitter is Durris. It broadcasts the Aberdeen local multiplex at 2kW, and the BBC National and D1 National both at 10kW each.
The only SDL transmitter is Redmoss. In fact, Redmoss is the north-most SDL transmitter in the country.
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Millburn Muir (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) DAB transmitterSaturday 25 January 2025 1:38PM
Alexandria
R. Baird: There is a power outage reported at the transmitter's postcode, G83 0AZ. While this doesn't mean for certain that it affects the supply to the transmitter, it seems a likely possibility. At the time of writing, the estimated restore time is 26th January at 14:00.
SP Energy Networks is responsible for the electricity network in the area. The incident reference for the transmitter's postcode is INCD-1116781-s, information on which can be viewed here:
https://www.spenergynetwo…81-s
It says that the incident was created on 24th January at 12:46.
BBC Reception [bbc.co.uk/reception] says that the FM and DAB radio transmitters went off air on that date at 12:22 and that the TV transmitter went off at 19:36, also on the same date.
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Dumbarton (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) analogue radio transmSaturday 25 January 2025 1:39PM
Alexandria
Christine Mitchell: There is a power outage reported at the transmitter's postcode, G83 0AZ. While this doesn't mean for certain that it affects the supply to the transmitter, it seems a likely possibility. At the time of writing, the estimated restore time is 26th January at 14:00.
SP Energy Networks is responsible for the electricity network in the area. The incident reference for the transmitter's postcode is INCD-1116781-s, information on which can be viewed here:
https://www.spenergynetwo…81-s
It says that the incident was created on 24th January at 12:46.
BBC Reception [bbc.co.uk/reception] says that the FM and DAB radio transmitters went off air on that date at 12:22 and that the TV transmitter went off at 19:36, also on the same date.
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JB: The Largs transmitter gets its signal from the Rothesay transmitter, which is on Toward Hill. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is responsible for the electricity network at the Rothesay transmitter, and it is showing there to be a power outage there, postcode PA23 7UE.
The fault reference number is QF9714 and the estimated restore date and time is Monday 27th at 17:00. See the SSEN Power Track site for updates on this fault: Power Track
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Rothesay is currently off-air due to power outage. Rothesay Town, Largs and Tighnabruaich are off air too as they get their signal from Rothesay.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is responsible for the electricity network in the area of the Rothesay transmitter, and at the time of writing it estimates power to be restored by 17:00 on Monday 27th January. The fault reference number is QF9714 and updates on this can be found on the SSEN Power Track site: Power Track
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Carol Herbert: Yes. There is a power outage at the Rothesay transmitter on Toward Hill.
Rothesay Town transmitter receives and rebroadcasts (relays) the signal from Rothesay, hence the issue affects viewers of both transmitters.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is responsible for the electricity network in the area of the Rothesay transmitter. The fault reference number is QF9714, and at the time of writing the estimated restore time is 17:00 on Monday 27th. Updates on this fault can be found on the SSEN Power Track site: Power Track
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Monday 6 January 2025 3:29PM
John Terry: In answer to the question of whether there may be coverage improvements for Smooth, then I do not know. There are two "Smooth" stations available in Kent: "Smooth UK" on the Digital One national commercial multiplex on 11D and "Smooth Kent" on the Kent local multiplex on 11C.