Daventry (Northamptonshire, England) DAB transmitter
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Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Daventry (Northamptonshire, England) mast?
No problems on any service. 
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Daventry DABWednesday, 16 August 2023
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Chris.SE1:33 PM
Martin:
Ah, this is why this site asks for a full postcode to avoid this sort of confusion and to maybe check predicted reception.
According to feedback from another report in another transmitter area, your reception should now have returned to normal, as a transmitter issue has been fixed. We don't know any more details, it looks as though the Daventry transmitter may have been at the centre of things but whether it was a synchronisation issue or power down issue we don't know.
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Saturday, 8 June 2024
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Jill Cottom 3:43 PM
I have had freeze frame TV fo over two weeks. Is it due to the solar storm? I have checked everything on my set and all is in order. My post code is NN116JS (Daventry).
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Chris.SE11:38 PM
Jill Cottom :
Hi Jill, it's highly unlikely to be the solar storm as such effects are often quite brief.
Considering your location, you should be getting your signals from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter, albeit that you are some 58km from it, you are predicted to get good reception in normal circumstances.
I say "normal circumstances" as the transmitter is currently listed for Planned Engineering with the possibility of Pixelation or flickering on some or all channels. That said you should not be having a continuous problem.
Interruption's to service are generally short, but some multiplexes (they carry groups of TV channels) can be on reduced power for longer periods.
One thing that's never recommended, if you originally correctly tuned, never retune when you have no signal or badly pixellated pictures. You cannot tune to signals that aren't there or can't be decoded, the usual result is to clear your correct tuning, even sometime you can get tuned to weak signals from another transmitter which will be unreliable.
Some basic checks you can do -
Check all your coax plugs etc are plugged in correctly. and that there is no corrosion or water present.
Check that your aerial looks intact and is still pointing correctly - it should be pointing pretty well compass bearing NW for your location and its rods (or squashed Xs) should be horizontal.
Check in your TV Tuning section that you are correctly tuned to Sutton Coldfield's UHF channels.
They are C43, C46, C40+, C42, C45, C39+, and that's in the multiplex order
BBCA/PSB1, D3&4/PSB2, BBCB HD/PSB3, SDN/COM4, ArqA/COM5, ArqB/COM6.
For a list of which TV channels are carried on which multiplex, see
Channel listings for Industry Professionals | Freeview
There is a Local multiplex transmitted from Sutton Coldfiield but you are unlikely to get it in your location.
If it turns out that you aren't correctly tuned, the best option is to unplug the aerial and do a full automatic retune which should clear the existing tuning as no channels should be found.
Plug the aerial back in and preferably do a Manual tune for each UHF channel. If you can't do that, then you'll have to do an automatic retune, then check your tuning again. Once correctly tuned, do not retune.
Tell us how you get on.
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