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I have two aerials on two different parts of the house; both point in the same direction. One is getting BBC1 and 2 (mux1?) from transmitter 'Kent' with good reception, the other is getting BBC from 'Bluebell Hill; with unusable reception as of about 6 weeks ago. I am in TN12 0AJ. Is it possible to 'tune' my TV to a different transmitter.
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Roy: Thanks for tips jb38. I did exactly as suggested - hooked up my LG TV and Humax freeview recorder to the 'good' aerial, retuned and everything works just fine. The humax is most informative and shows Mux channel 68 as 'Kent'. I then took the units back to the problematic aerial and without retune the humax displays channel 68 as 'Bluebell Hill'. Interestingly, most of the time when I go to return the signal strength is about 40% but the quality starts at 100% then drops to 1% after a few seconds. On a later attempt the quality was zero and the strength was switching from 10% to 0% every few seconds. I am starting to wonder if there is local interference near the problem aerial I turned off very electrical device in close proximity without improvement. any further thoughts? My house used to be two separate properties which is why I have the two aerials. Would be hassle and cost to reorganise.
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Roy: jb38, Dave - Thanks for the further advice. Aerial with 'dodgy' reception is on the side of the building so several feet lower than the good one which is on a chimney. Recent deterioration could mean some external influence is at play although I cannot spot anything. Sounds like reconfiguring the aerial(s) is probably the way forward. Thanks again for the advice.
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Roy: A while back I reported deteriorating signal for channel 68 on one aerial in my house but Ok on another aerial I happen to have. This seemed to indicate local interference which I could not trace. Now I have lost channel 68 on the other aerial too! I am in Staplehurst, Kent. Is it possible some device external to my home is causing interference?
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Roy: Tried a manual tune of channel 45 on both aerials but freeview boxes/TVs just say 'no signal'.
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Wednesday 23 November 2011 9:03PM
I am in Staplehurst, aerial is pointed at Dover, Freeview was all OK until around start of November when we lost all BBC freeview channels. Any ideas?