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All posts by Gerard Gregg-Smith

Below are all of Gerard Gregg-Smith's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.

Diagnostics - Are you using Freeview?
Tuesday 21 February 2012 9:06PM London
After years of problem free digital reception, I (and my next door neighbour) in the last few days have lost some but not all channels. BBC1, 2 and some other channels pixellate or disappear completely in the evening and night, though fine during the day. Signal strength is 10/10, but signal quality varies from 9 down to 1 after dark for BBC1, 2 etc. Other channels remain fine even at night.
What can we do?
Diagnostics - Are you using Freeview?
Wednesday 22 February 2012 5:09PM London
Dear R Slater,
I have a similar problem (see above). I spoke to www.digitaluk.co.uk on 08456 50 50 50 and they said it might be work on the transmitters in preparation for switchover. You could try calling them. Whereabouts are you? I am SW13.

Another possibility is someone nearby with CB radio.
Diagnostics - Are you using Freeview?
Thursday 23 February 2012 2:32PM London
jb38 - any comments? I am in SW13 0HP.
After years of problem free digital reception, I (and my next door neighbour) in the last few days have lost some but not all channels. BBC1, 2 and some other channels pixellate or disappear completely in the evening and night, though fine during the day. Signal strength is 10/10, but signal quality varies from 9 down to 1 after dark for BBC1, 2 etc. Other channels remain fine even at night.
What can we do?
Diagnostics - Are you using Freeview?
Monday 5 March 2012 4:10PM London
jb38 - I would really appreciate if you had any comments on this:
I am in SW13 0HP.
After years of problem free digital reception, I (and my next door neighbour) in the last few days have lost some but not all channels. BBC1, 2 and some other channels pixellate or disappear completely in the evening and night, though fine during the day. Signal strength is 10/10, but signal quality varies from 9 down to 1 after dark for BBC1, 2 etc. Other channels remain fine even at night.
What can we do?
ITV
Friday 9 March 2012 11:27AM London
Mike Knowles: And everyone else. I spoke to Digital.co.uk who said that transmitter work will probably be affecting digital channels in the weeks before the digital switchover in April. We have lost all channels except sometimes BBC4, but even that disappeared over the last 2 days. This has been going on since 20 Feb here in SW13. I do not know what can be done, if anything, other than get the transmitter engineers to change something. Gerard
Diagnostics - Are you using Freeview?
Sunday 18 March 2012 4:08PM London
I am disappointed I did not get any comments on my posts. Good news is that the signal has improved again in the last few days (after 3 weeks of pixellation). I think the reason is that engineering work on the transmitters also affected digital quality, although it was supposed only to affect analogue.