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All posts by Dave Lindsay

Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.


Stuart: Check the UHF output channel of the Sky box. You might find that it is on or near that of COM6 (the ITV4 multiplex) of your transmitter.

How do I change the RF output channel on a Sky Digibox?

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Thats Solent
Wednesday 5 August 2015 6:13PM

Violet Curtis: I don't believe That's Solent is available via Sky.

This site, not connected with broadcasters, doesn't list the channel among the local TV stations available on Sky:


Local TV on satellite
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a516digital


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Graham Burton: No.

Classic FM is carried on the Digital One multiplex, the single national commercial multiplex but it isn't available in Jersey. The only DAB multiplex that Les Platons carries is the national BBC one.

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David : This is a website independent of any broadcaster. It would be useful to know the name of the town as others may be experiencing the same problem and then we know whether this is related to one locality. It is possible that a fault could affect one side of a transmitter, which is why location is important.

If you are referring to the main HD multiplex, PSB3 aka "BBC B" -- which carries HD variants of BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, CBBC, ITV and Channel 4 -- then I'm sure that the BBC will be very interested to hear of a widespread issue. If this is due to a fault at the transmitter, only once notified can they move to fix it.

BBC - About us - Help Receiving TV and Radio

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Raymond Garland: At that location it is a likely certainty that Rowridge is used exclusively. Here is a terrain plot from there to the transmitter:


Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


Rowridge uses Group A channels exclusively, so a Group A aerial is what you want. See the Group A log from Vision (most logs are wideband, so this is unusual):

V20A2 20 Element Log Periodic Group A Aerial

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Craigkelly (Fife, Scotland) transmitter
Wednesday 12 August 2015 5:51PM

Al : Craigkelly is on a bearing of 29 degrees from your location. Barring any nearby obstructions such as trees you would appear to have a clear line-of-sight to the transmitter:


Terrain between ( m a.g.l.) and (antenna m a.g.l.) - Optimising UK DTT Freeview and Radio aerial location


If you have an existing aerial, used for analogue, and this is a Group A one then it might be worth trying it as it might be OK receiving the out-of-group Group B channels, which are COM4, COM5 and COM6.

To mount the aerial in the loft, you need a loft bracket. Lots of information and products here:

Loft and indoor aerial installations for TV, FM and DAB

Other products and retailers are available, of course.

Without question a log periodic at your location.

Craigkelly Transmitter

Yagi widebands are much a compromise and not necessary for Craigkelly -- if it's a yagi then a "semi-wideband" Group K one. Group K=Group A+Group B. But at such close proximity a log periodic is the best choice.

Rowridge Transmitter

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Freeview transmitters | Transmitters
Wednesday 19 August 2015 8:59AM

Charles Davison: The most obvious point to make about Cambridge TV being from Madingley and the main Freeview channels coming from Sandy Heath is that the further apart the two bearings are the more likely it is that the aerial may need turning a little towards Madingley.

Channel 5 analogue came from Madingley, so if it's the same aerial you're using, what was its reception like?

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