All posts by The Wakefield
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Hello there, knowledgeable people! ^_^ I'm having a terrible problem with Freeview Reception and was wondering if anyone could confirm or deny that the Mendip Transmitter is having any engineering work done to it? After the slight channel change on the 28th of March when all the channels were set to full whack, we had perfect reception for a day or two (I forget how long exactly ^_^;) but after that day or two, like I said, our reception is terrible. Channels 54 & 48're not perfect but definitely the strongest, next is 52, and depending on the time of day 61 & 56 are unwatchable. I've noticed a few other people with similar problems so is it us, or is there something going in Mendip that we don't know about? Thanks for reading! ^_^ Hello there, Chris.SE! ^_^ I didn't bother with the Postcode Reception Predictor because until just after this Power Up we've had more than adequate reception here, and checking it now we're still very much in the predicted signal area. Even when 52 & 56 were on their older channel numbers at lower power we received them perfectly. Before the Power Up everything was perfect, on the day of the Power Up everything was perfect, it was just a couple of days after the Power Up where everything fell apart. I thought it might be an engineering issue because there was a Transmitter Engineering post on the 26th of March that didn't give any specific dates, and Gareth Smart said something on the 1st about there being weak signal until Friday the 6th. (I'd be interested to know if you've still got weak signal now, Gareth ^_^) If it's not an engineering issue then I just don't understand what's going on, or why it's only affecting channels 61 & 56 the way it is. Any ideas, Chris.SE? ^_^; Is there anyone I can complain to about this? 
Hello there, Mike Dimmick! ^_^ I go through periods of more than enough signal to periods of barley any signal (Mostly affecting channels 61 & 56) at completely random times of day, (There's been no pattern that I've been able to deduce) but I didn't start getting signal problems until a few days after the retune. Is that a symptom of too much amplification as I understood that too much amplification gave you no signal at all and not sporadic signal? ^_^; I've just tried my primary TV with less amplification, Mike Dimmick, and it just resulted in less signal than I already had. ^_^; Thanks for confirming that this isn't all just me going mental, Mower Man! ^_^; What's the Signal Strength of you Channel 56 like now compared to how it was on Channel 67?
I'm narrowing things down then because this isn't an Aerial problem, an Amplification problem, a Cabling problem, an equipment problem, and from what I can tell there aren't any other Transmitters close to us broadcasting on the same Channels to cause a Signal Overlap. Does anyone think that sacrificing a Goat to Satan would do anything for me? ^_^; Has anyone else noticed that the Signal Strengths for Channels 56 & 61 have had a noticeable increase since the very early hours of Thursday or am I virtually alone again? ^_^; 
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