All posts by Stuart
Below are all of Stuart's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
On Saturday evening, I was receiving almost perfect analogue BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 5 from Bilsdale. The reception was good enough to get Ceefax and Teletext also.
Monday I was receiving a weak Channel 5 reception from Croydon and was 'weirdly' receiving a slightly better BBC2 signal from Crystal Palace. I say 'weirdly' because BBC1 Bilsdale and BBC2 Crystal Palace are both transmitted on Channel 33.
So was wondering what changes in the weather and in pressure could cause me to receive analogue reception from the North-East on Saturday and receive analogue reception from the South-East in place of from the North-East on Monday? Transmitter Engineering: If Sutton Coldfield's Digital TV, Analogue Radio and Digital Radio are all working normally over the next week, Why bother posting and telling us this? Is this supposed to be reassurance for us that there is NOT going to be disruption to services due to NO engineering work for the next week?
I thought you only posted to tell us if there WERE any problems or engineering works at a transmitter, not posted to tell is if there WEREN'T any problems or engineering works at a transmitter. I'm sorry to tell you this, Brian, but there seems to be some problem with the blue underlined links since this new look.
When I click on a lot of these links, it shows the following near the top of a plain white page:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function getbloggoto() in /home/admintv/public_html/s/index.php on line 21
That Fatal error for example is what the page goes to when I click on the Freeview HD link above on this page where the address is: 
http://www.ukfree.tv/s/?1…1740
I don't know if anyone else is getting that or if it's just me and my computer. (LL115FQ) Re: jijones
Monday 13 August 2012 2:47PM
Regarding Local TV, when this was first announced, I heard it would be called Channel Six so therefore it was mentioned somewhere on this site that it would be on Freeview Channel 6 so ITV2 would have to move and it would be on Sky Channel 106 so Sky1 would have to move.
Is this now not the case? Having a Channel 6 on 8/45 in Wales on Freeview does not make much sense!
I don't think I'm expected to receive any of the local TV channels anyway but if I did, I would rather it be on 6/106 on Sky. Why is there two Al Jazeera channels on two separate EPG numbers? Both broadcast on COM6 so can't they timeshare on the same EPG number?
Al Jazeera Eng is on air 1800-2300 on ch.83 and Al Jazeera 6-8 is on air 0600-0800 on ch.84. Surely they could timeshare on the one channel number to save being on two different channel numbers at different times of the day? Why is there two Al Jazeera channels on two separate EPG numbers? Both broadcast on COM6 so can't they timeshare on the same EPG number?
Al Jazeera Eng is on air 1800-2300 on ch.83 and Al Jazeera 6-8 is on air 0600-0800 on ch.84. Surely they could timeshare on the one channel number to save being on two different channel numbers at different times of the day? According to this website link below, there will also be another retune after 19th September on 17th October:
Freeview/Freeview HD/Top Up TV Anytime channel list | British Isles
And I have asked twice already but haven't had any response back yet as to if anyone could please tell me as to: Why is there two Al Jazeera channels on two separate EPG numbers? Both broadcast on COM6 so can't they timeshare on the same EPG number?
Al Jazeera Eng is on air 1800-2300 on ch.83 and Al Jazeera 6-8 is on air 0600-0800 on ch.84. Surely they could timeshare on the one channel number to save being on two different channel numbers at different times of the day? (LL115FQ) At the top of the page, the pie chart shows this switchover will result in an increase of 3.4% of homes in the UK going digital, but the text alongside says: the next switchover of 2012 will see the number of homes with digital-only terrestrial reception in the UK go up by 1,419,788 from 92.15% to 97.54%. The pie chart also says '92.2% already switched to digital only'.
The maths do not add up. In the pie chart, An increase of 3.4% from 92.15%/92.2% would be 95.55%/95.6% whereas to get to the percentage amount quoted in the text as 97.54% the actual increase calculates out to 5.39% for 92.15% or 5.34% for 92.2%
So which is correct? The 3.4% in the pie chart or the 5.39% as calculated by subtracting 92.15 from 97.54? Saw ITV1 and Channel 5 switch off myself also, Thomas, albeit extremely badly 120 miles away in Wrexham, North Wales! Never expected BBC1 to switch off as early as 11:30pm despite one programme ending and another starting at that time. Expected it to switch off mid-programme just after Midnight so missed their closedown. Forgot to say, 120 miles away from Bilsdale in case you wondered which transmitter I was watching it on. I look forward to the change as at the moment, on FM I can receive stations in both Liverpool and Shrewsbury but on DAB I can only receive stations from Liverpool as both regions have multiplexes transmitting on the 11B multiplex.
And hopefully more stations currently not on DAB will be on DAB by this time next year.
There is room on most of the multiplexes, Stoke especially right now so it would be nice to see them at near-full or full capacity also by next year. It will be interesting to know if anyone living in South-West Scotland, Isle Of Man parts of Cumbria or North-West Wales or West Wales can now or in the next 2 weeks receive the Irish Republic channels from the Saorview transmitters in the Republic of Ireland. I was wondering, is anything transmitting now on MEN UHF57 where Channel M was?
According to the following website I sometimes look at, it says it's named as the MTN Multiplex transmitting the following channels: movies4men, movies4men+1, SONY SAB and ARGOS TV 24/7 on channels 51, 52, 53 & 54 respectively.
Are these transmitting? If so, why are they not listed on UKFreeTv? Or if they are not transmitting, why does it show on the other website? And is there any expected launch date for those channels if they aren't already transmitting?
Here -
Freeview HD regionalised channel list | British Isles: England: Granada (LL115FQ) I'm sure these's some people in Greater Manchester reading this who can answer this question:
I was wondering, is anything transmitting now on MEN UHF Ch.57 where Channel M was?
According to the following website I sometimes look at, it says it's named as the MTN Multiplex transmitting the following channels: movies4men, movies4men+1, SONY SAB and ARGOS TV 24/7 on EPG numbers: 51, 52, 53 & 54 respectively as well as CAPITAL TV on 56 and HIGH STREET TV on 57.
Are these transmitting? If so, why are they not listed on UKFreeTv? Or if they are not transmitting, why does it show on the other website? And is there any expected launch date for those channels if they aren't already transmitting?
Here -
Freeview HD regionalised channel list | British Isles: England: Granada (LL115FQ) The above should read: I'm sure there's some people in Greater Manchester reading this who can answer this question. I was going to ask my twice previously asked question you will see further above, but maybe there's no-one in Manchester who uses UK Free TV who was able to tell me but my query has now been resolved as I see Brian must have updated the information I was asking for in the last couple of days on this page under the "Mux Effective power level, aerial position Rating Mode Watts" table. Although I think the multiplex name MEN appears to now be named as MTN - Manchester TV Network (Entertainment TV Ltd) as shown in: Freeview HD regionalised channel list | British Isles: England: Granada: Winter Hill TX (LL115FQ) I thought that 61-68 where going to be used for 4G? What's going to be on those frequencies now?
I thought that was why Moel-Y-Parc's D3&4 multiplex was moved to 39 from 49 to enable Winter Hill's BBCA and ARQA multiplexes to be moved from 62 and 61 to 50 and 49 respectively on 10th April to avoid what I thought were going to be 4G frequencies on 61 and 62?
Have I got confused or is 61-68 now going to be used for something else? KMJ,Derby: So is 52-60 also being used for 4G as well as for Freeview?
Or is it a case that even a 4G signal on 52 can interfere somewhat with a Freeview signal as far away as 61 on the frequency scale?
Also, are TV/Radio masts ever used for mobile phone communications (3G or 4G)? If not, then why as with their height it would make sense for better signal and less prone to obstructions. How do these micro regions work?
I thought the ITV regional news went out live.
I have before switched between different micro regions on my Sky box and you get the same presenters such as Bob Warman and Sameena Ali-Khan presenting ITV News Central on Central West and Central East and there are times when both news programmes have the same news story at the same time and there are times when they each have a different news story, one more for the West and one more for the East.
Is one pre-recorded? If so, how do the programme makers get their timings so spot on so you can't see the join?
Also, why after so many years of ITV being called ITV did it get renamed ITV1 only to be renamed back to ITV again?
In some way thought, it doesn't seem right to have an ITV and an ITV2, 3 and 4. It kind of makes more sense to have an ITV1, 2, 3 and 4 likewise with having a BBC1, 2, 3 and 4 (albeit the BBC channel numbers are in word form).
Also, since the ITV revamp, why is it that on the Sky EPG are the ITV region channel names just simply called 'ITV' with the exception of ITV1 Border dropping the '1' and keeping the name 'Border' after 'ITV'. Previous to this, all ITV1 channels had the name 'ITV1' followed by the region with the exception of ITV1 Channel Islands was always named 'ITV Channel Is' but now even that it just called 'ITV'.
Has ITV now reduced regional programming budgets even more? Apart from the regional news, when else can you expect to see regional programmes on different ITV regions?
Also, when all the ITV regions like Central TV, Granada TV and Tyne Tees TV were bought to make one big ITV, what would've happened if any ITV's refused to be bought?
And when the ITV licenses are up for renewal next time, could there ever be a possibility ever in the future that any ITV regions could become more independent from the others? Much like STV and UTV have done? What would an ITV region need to do in order to buy themselves back out again?
I'm only asking as I miss the old days of proper regional ITV when you could flick to a different ITV region and find a different programme from your main ITV region.
Also, is UTV +1 available yet on Sky? If so, what are the tuning frequency details?
Hope someone might be able to answer all my questions as I'm just so interested and eager to know these things!
Thanks in advance. I was wondering, are these filters simply just an in-line coax filter that is fitted between your aerial and TV/box/PVR?
If so, presuming all your TV's receives their signal from the same aerial, then by fitting the filter at the aerial end before the signal goes through your signal distribution system, then there should only be a need for one filter and not a filter for each of your (7) TV's? Hi Brian,
Do you plan on adding the new MuxCo NE Wales & West Cheshire DAB Ensemble on Block 10D 215.072 MHz soon?
It hasn't fully launched yet as it's still testing but it transmits the following services from Moel-Y-Parc , St. John's Beacon and Wrexham-Rhos
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Cymru
Dee on DAB
Real Radio Wales
Nation Radio
The following service will join when St John’s Beacon is in service:
107.6 Juice FM Well for some reason, the frequency changes of 61 and 62 to 49 and 50 has completely knocked out my signals of Sutton Coldfield on 43 and 46.
I don't know why this should be the case as 49 and 50 aren't anywhere really that near to 43 and 46.
At least I can still get The Wrekin for the Midlands even if I can't get SC. Well for some reason, the frequency changes of 61 and 62 to 49 and 50 has completely knocked out my signals of Sutton Coldfield on 43 and 46.
I don't know why this should be the case as 49 and 50 aren't anywhere really that near to 43 and 46.
At least I can still get The Wrekin for the Midlands even if I can't get SC. 
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