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Message from Arqiva:
Arqiva is aware of low signal reception of the new BBC digital TV multiplex at Hannington since switchover earlier this morning. This is being looked into urgently. Analogue BBC1 and ITV1 may also be affected, especially in fringe areas or where indoor aerials are being used. Other digital and analogue TV services should not be affected.
The engineering can sometimes take all day and hopefully everything should have settled before the end of the afternoon.
So ... do not adjust your set!
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I have had an email from Arqiva:
Arqiva is aware of low signal reception of the new BBC digital TV multiplex at Hannington since switchover earlier this morning. This is being looked into urgently. Analogue BBC1 and ITV1 may also be affected, especially in fringe areas or where indoor aerials are being used. Other digital and analogue TV services should not be affected.
The engineering can sometimes take all day and hopefully everything should have settled before the end of the afternoon.
So ... do not adjust your set!
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Iain: Yes. However there are problems at Hannington at the moment, so you should wait until this evening for them to fix them.
The best thing to do is to wait and see if you have a problem with the booster when the signals are working correctly.
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mrdtv: Which is odd because the whole system had a full test some months ago... It could just be a configuration issue, or it could be a failed component somewhere in the system.
The panels that provide the broadcasts work together to provide a specific pattern of coverage, which is computed for each it from the required output. If this isn't right you get problems, there were some initial issues at Sutton Coldfield as I recall.
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Rubina Pabani: The Africa Channel UK is not a free-to-air channel, but part of the Sky subscription package.
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Steve P: Yes, they are having trouble, I have had confirmation of this from Arqiva.
However, I have also been told that the problem is now cleared and BBCA is working correctly.
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mrdtv: I've just seen a post saying that BBCA is working correctly... I look forward to hearing more.
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Wednesday 8 February 2012 12:43PM
mrdtv: I'm not sure C45 is a problem there, BBCA is at 50kW which is -7dB from the analogue services at 250kW. The existing digital services are -11dB and -14dB from the analogues.