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| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Brian Richardson: Too much gain can also be a bad thing. Depending on the response of that aerial you have (some aerial can have a very peaky response curve | |||
| Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter | A | Alan Driver I just retuned my TV (26 Jan 2022 and lost a number of Channels in the process including ITV4, E4, Great TV,. I called called Freeview help centre and was infor | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | B | Brian Richardson Chris.SE: Data with amp gain tweak as follows: Normal max gain readings PSB1 - strength 80/85, bit error 0 PSB2 - strength 80/85, bit error 0 PSB3 - stren | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | C | Chris.SE Terry Mason: According to Freeview and the BBC checkers, all numbers in your postcode are predicted to get good reception from Dallngton Park despite the to | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | S | StevensOnln1 Andrew Turner : Putting that postcode into Freeviews detailed coverage checker suggests that the lite transmitter at Strontian is the only one likely to b | |||
| (97/1107052583) | S | StevensOnln1 BBC Three SD will be channel 23 on Freeview, not 37. | |||
| My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+ | A | Andrew Turner Hi there I am going to my friends at PH36 4HZ to install broadband and get Free view working through a Sony TV. The coverage maps here suggest trans | |||
| LONDON LIVE | M | Martin Maxwell : Apparently the issue lies with Comux, theyre unable to broadcast closed captions. | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | T | Terry Mason Nn2 7bs | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | T | Terry Mason I have an aerial facing Birmingham (West midlands) I get a good picture. When time it quite regularly as and when required, I get Anglia and look East on chann | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | T | Terry Mason I have an aerial facing Birmingham (West midlands) I get a good picture. When time it quite regularly as and when required, I get Anglia and look East on chann | |||
| Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter | C | Chris.SE Pauline McCusker: That all sounds very confusing! As you suggest there are no current transmitter faults, but current weather conditions can interrupt recep | |||
| Rowridge (Isle Of Wight, England) transmitter | P | Pauline McCusker Checked with transmitter, talktalk provider, no TV, internet , without constant interference, engineer here new box etc, working fine , few weeks, error codes Y | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | C | Chris.SE Terry Mason: Without a bit more information such as your full postcode (or one of a very nearby pub or shop) its difficult to know how much of an obst | |||
| Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) analogue radio transmitter | | C | Chris.SE David Strachan: The BBC have reported a fault the other day - From 9:58:30pm to 10:12:30pm on 22nd Jan 2022 BBC Radio Cymru Off the air due to a fault. Now | |||
| Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) analogue radio transmitter | | D | David Strachan 25 January 2022: Problems with FM reception from Llandrindod transmitter over last few days.. Frequent fading, then today signal went completely and replaced fo | |||
| Llandrindod Wells (Powys, Wales) analogue radio transmitter | | D | David Strachan 25 January 2022: Problems with FM reception from Llandrindod transmitter over last few days.. Frequent fading, then today signal went completely and replaced fo | |||
| Dallington Park (Northamptonshire, England) Freeview Light tran | T | Terry Mason I have an aerial facing Birmingham (West midlands) I get a good picture. When time it quite regularly as and when required, I get Anglia and look East on chann | |||
| https://ukfree.tv/radio/prediction/ | C | Chris.SE Gary Burns: Decent commercial DAB coverage in your area is non-existent! Infuriatingly where I would look at a official map of commercial transmitter loca | |||
| https://ukfree.tv/radio/prediction/ | G | Gary Burns i live in dumfries but cant get any other dab bar (BBC) just glitchy audio | |||
| https://ukfree.tv/radio/prediction/ | G | Gary Burns i live in dumfries but cant get any other dab bar (BBC) just glitchy audio | |||
| Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Bryan Mitchell: Its simply because LCN51 GREAT! movies classic is carried on Local Multiplexes. See | |||
| Rosemarkie (Highland, Scotland) Full Freeview transmitter | B | Bryan Mitchell I am not far from Rosemarkie at postcode IV12 5XU, but I cannot get Channel 51 (movies). Can you advise please. Regards Bryan | |||
| Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, England) DAB transmitter | C | Chris.SE Gill Perry: This is likely to be due to current weather conditions creating Temperature Inversion/Tropospheric Ducting where signals from distan | |||
| Icomb Hill (Gloucestershire, England) DAB transmitter | G | Gill Perry we have had interrupted programmes for the last 2 days It says poor signal! | |||
| BBC Three | C | Chris.SE Mark A: See also Because of the LCN the SD version will be placed at in the EPG - LCN23 - | |||
| Details of BBC_Radio_Derby DAB radio station | C | Chris.SE A Bridges: Well this is quite odd, Cromford locks like its in a bit of a pocket of no reception from 3 of the 4 transmitters carrying the Local multip | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Brian Richardson: My interpretation of the tropo predictions at the time was that there might have been a slight cessation early afternoon maybe late mornin | |||
| BBC Three | Mark A BBC Three’s to return in February this year. See | ||||
| Details of BBC_Radio_Derby DAB radio station | S | StevensOnln1 A Bridges: We need a full postcode to check, but chances are youre in an area which doesnt get a good signal for the Derbyshire local multiplex, but | |||
| 45% of Manchester aerial installers a 'rip-off' | S | StevensOnln1 mcflyni: The article you are commenting on is from 2007 and unfortunately the owner of this website hasnt been able to keep up with all of the many freque | |||
| Details of BBC_Radio_Derby DAB radio station | A | A Bridges I live near Cromford but cant get radio Derby on DAB - although I can get radio Leicester on DAB. Why is this | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | B | Brian Richardson Chris.SE: Ok will try tweaking the booster down a bit over the weekend and post readings. Today however surprise readings on Com6. After a week of no reception, | |||
| Freeview reception - all about aerials | Installing | M | mcflyni Jules: This is interesting always good to know of the latest tv aerial frequencies so we can get the best coverage on any a href= https://tvaerialins | |||
| 45% of Manchester aerial installers a 'rip-off' | M | mcflyni Jules: This is interesting always good to know of the latest tv aerial frequencies so we can get the best coverage on any a href= https://tvaerialins | |||
| 45% of Manchester aerial installers a 'rip-off' | M | mcflyni Jules: This is interesting always good to know of the latest tv aerial frequencies so we can get the best coverage on any a href= https://tvaerialins | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Brian Richardson: Hmm. I would imagine that just unplugging the aerial for a few seconds and reinserting it, is simply causing the set AGC to change and tak | |||
| Kettlewell (North Yorkshire, England) Freeview Light transmitte | C | Chris.SE Aerilman: It certainly seemed to upto 1968 as I can see that in the little potted history further up the page, just before the transmitter radiation pattern | |||
| Details of BBC_WorldService DAB radio station | C | Chris.SE Steve peacock : In Italy, the BBC world Service is indeed transmitted using DAB+ on the EuroDAB Italia mux. In fact from what Ive been able to check, | |||
| Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmi | C | Chris.SE James Howe: It seems StevensOnln1 and I were writing replies at the same time. This is an independent help-site. The transmitter engineering reports are th | |||
| Details of BBC_WorldService DAB radio station | S | StevensOnln1 Steve peacock : I have no knowledge of DAB broadcasting in Italy, but at a guess the World Service may be being broadcast using DAB+ which your car radio suppor | |||
| Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmi | S | StevensOnln1 James Howe: This is an independent technical help website which is not connected with any broadcaster or transmitter company. The Arrochar transmitter is a smal | |||
| Details of BBC_WorldService DAB radio station | S | Steve peacock I am in Italy and can receive the world service on my car’s DAB radio but not on my Pure DAB radio in the house. Any ideas as to why? | |||
| Arrochar (West Dunbartonshire, Scotland) Freeview Light transmi | J | James Howe Transmitter engineering: I must be the last person in Arrochar to complain about no tv signal. This has been going on for months and you couldnt care less | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | B | Brian Richardson Chris.SE: Will continue to check figures and report back with figures when there is a change. Found a reference on line on a forum that suggested unplugging the | |||
| Full technical details of Freeview | C | Chris.SE Edward Slater: DC loop resistance of the coax run is 12ohms. Crikey, something is not right there. Thats about the resistance of the end to e | |||
| Kettlewell (North Yorkshire, England) Freeview Light transmitte | A | Aerilman Kettlewell was actually transmitting ITV Granada up until 1983,presumably because before that time Winter Hill and dependents was a better feed? | |||
| Full technical details of Freeview | E | Edward Slater Chris.SE OK - here goes. Measured at the tv with a direct connection to the aerial and all other equipment off. DC loop resistance of the coax run is 12ohms. | |||
| Pontop Pike (County Durham, England) Full Freeview transmitter | C | Chris.SE Brian Richardson: Thanks for those figures. Your predicted reception shows PSB3 as being the best which appears as though its showing in those figures | |||
| Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter | C | Chris.SE Derek Fyfield: Did you do a simple thing like looking up at your aerial first to see if it was still there pointing in the correct direction or fallen down |