[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 12/03/2008 19:26:10 GMT Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Our external digital aerial is pointing at Bluebell Hill (which is > our nearest transmitter) but even that's showing 'low signal' and we > get lots of drop-outs (of the signal, not tramps!), but that may > improve when the signals (that we aren't expected to get!) are > boosted at switchover. The non-digital stations we could receive are > Sudbury (our preferred one), Dover and Crystal Palace.
It is postulated that one the analogue is off then the digital signals can get at least a 2 fold increase in power - they can't that until the analogue is off as it would create noise on the analogue -(we will find out next year when Granada turns off). CP is a bit too far for you, we had it in Tilbury and Stanford-l-H, but that's about it's useful limit. > But we also have a satellite dish and Sky has decided that our BBC > station should be BBC East (E), which is what we like anyway. I would think they are correct. IIRC anywhere east of north of where we lived normally gets East (Stanford-l-H only got CP because it's close to the river - hence an easy line of sight) > In case you are wondering why we have Freeview AND Sky, it's because > the Sky signal sometimes has problems getting through heavy > rainclouds and the tree in the garden three doors down, so we use the > Freeview built-in to the TV as a backup. > > DaveD Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
