Dunkirk (Kent, England) DAB transmitter
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Are there any planned engineering works or unexpected transmitter faults on the Dunkirk (Kent, England) mast?
No problems on any service. 
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Dunkirk DAB Dunkirk AM/FMFriday, 30 August 2024
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Cormac Scallon9:28 AM
I manage a retirement lodge and several owners have reported losing the signal on their Televisions for several hours at time. Mostly BBC 1 BBC 2 ITV & Channel 4, the channels over 10 seem to come through. TV's have been turned off at the mains and also retuned in.
Is this due to High Pressure in the atmosphere or are there works in the local area (Faversham)
Sky TV and iPlayer work fine!
many thanks
Cormac
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Saturday, 31 August 2024
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Chris.SE5:56 AM
Cormac Scallon:
Yes it could be the current weather conditions accompanying the high pressure weather system which may be very variable over the next 24 hours. There are no faults or engineering work currently reported.
However, one thing that you should NOT do IF you were correctly tuned to start with is retune! It doesn't matter if the problem is due to weather, faults or engineering. You cannot tune to signals that are not there or cannot be decoded, the usual result is to clear the correct tuning, you can even get tuned to weak and unreliable signals from other transmitters.
IF your aerial is pointing at Faversham, it'll be roughly WSW (compass bearing 237 degrees) with its rods vertical, then check that you are correctly tuned to Faversham's UHF channels which are 21, 24 & 27.
It is possible to receive some other (main) transmitters in parts of Faversham although perhaps not reliably, so if your aerial is pointing differently with its rods horizontal, if you state which way it points, we can advise the correct UHF channels for that transmitter.
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