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Rob, I'm 10 miles outside Colchester and get all channels without difficulty (as I used to do when I lived in Highwoods, Colchester).
Do you have an external aerial? Just on the offchance that more people will get to see it, the link below is to a list of Freeview STBs and iDTVs that will NOT WORK after DSO because they cannot cope with the new 8k) transmission mode.
http://help.digitaluk.co.….pdf
I've just discovered that my elderly Aunt's 32" CRT Panasonic is on the list so planning for yet another STB commences!
Check the list for all your kit. (SG192EB) Thanks for the link to this site's incompatible kit list Briantist.
Just another point for readers - in the case of my elderly relative's Panasonic iDTV (a TX-32DT2), I contacted Panasonic by email (customer.care@panasonic.co.uk) and, after confirning that the iDTV could not be modified internally for 2k/8k working, offered a payment of up to £25 (against printed or emailed proof of purchase) for the purchase of ANY Freeview set top box to enable continued use of the iDTV.
Whether other manufacturers will be as generous I don't know but I have my cheque! (TQ2546538159). I wonder whether PPP (Private Patients Plan) are paying Ofcom to place their logo on screen? Sorry, that last paragraph shoul've read:
From 16/11/11, Arquiva B will move to UHF 63 and then operate at only 2.2kW until 27/6/2012 (when it changes to UHF 56). Yes, Dale, I fully appreciate the 3kW information is on here and experience suggests it's likely to be accurate.
However, the 25/5/11 Ofcom Issue 3.0 PDF make no mention (AFAICS) of that 3kW restriction.
I may have missed it but I did a word search for '3kW' and found nothing (whereas a search for '2.2kW' did find that in relation to the temporary use of UHF 63 later this year). I've just tried a Google search for "Sudbury 2kW" too - and the only results are to text on this site (i.e. there's nothing on official sites).
Bearing in mind that this is a private site run solely by Brian and that he's on holiday for 2 weeks now, it's not possible to ask him where he got the information from.
DSO1 @ Sudbury will be imminent anyway by the time her gets back but I'm sure he'll pick up on this. The 3 COM multiplxes (SDN, ArqA & ArqB) at Sudbury, currently on UHF channels 49+, 54 and 50+, will not go to full (100kW) power until they change to their final channel allocations (58, 60- and 56) on 27 June 2012.
However, ArqB will move to a temporary channel (63) on 16 November this year but, if you can't receive them now, it's likely you'll have to wait until 27 June 2012.
Postcode Checker - Trade View (CO62QX) Dale, It must have beeb (still be) very frustrating for you that the local rag ignores your information.
Can I suggest you call someone's mobile and leave a message with all the information on their voicemail? Depending on dish size appropriate for loaction, of course. Pete. you're receiver is probably being swamped by signal from the new Relay at Rouncefall (PSB and HD muxes only).
You probably won't get the COM muxes back from Sudbury until 27 June 2012 - when they'll be increased to 100kW TX power too. Remember that the temporary move of ArqB from UHF 50 to UHF 63 on 16-11-11 will also involve a doubling of its (very low) power from 1.1kW to 2.2kW.
That may make it available to more viewers but the shift up the band may also take it past the reception capabilitries of some aerials. Dave Lindsay, and neither should Hollzjw (11:48am post above) have any problem being in the shadow of the masts!
But he has. Reports of no/very poor reception of ArqB/UHF 63 from Sudbury appear to be coming from various locations within the expected reception area.
There've been reports from Sudbury itself, Clacton, Colchester, Southend (i.e. both near and far).
Is there anyone out there who can report no problems receiving the mux on its new channel?
If anyone can , please reply giving your location etc. I too had trouble receiving ArqB after the 16-11-2011 change from UHF 50 to UHF 63. I was getting 50% signal but only 10% quality.
Annoyingly, I had Freecycled my amplifier after I found I could receive all 5 SD muxes perfectly following the 20-7-2011 changes - so I either had to buy a new one or wait for the 27-6-2012 power up of all 3 COM muxes to 100kW.
A £4.50 ebay purchase of a new Philex amplifier improved my UHF 63 reception so I'm now getting 90% signal and 70% Quality - no pixelation or sound pops at all. Alan. So Digital UK are saying that Screwfix equipmenmt is inferior are they? I would think Screwfix would be a little annoyed at that particularly as they are retailing Labgear equipment. anthoney churchill
Because it's a PSB only multiplex. Are you going to have another genre called, say, Sky Old card to take account of those who use and old Sky box but also have (and use) an old card to give them regionalisation on 101 and 103? 
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http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/guidance/tech-guidance/Anglia.pdf is that, from DSO2 on 20/7/11, 4 out of 5 of Sudbury's SD muxes will operate at 100kW with the other (SDN on UHF 49) being restricted to 14kW.
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