Re: More news on the Sky service to rival Freeview

[Mal Lansell <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheers.  I'm not too bothered about Cbeebies (not yet anyway!), but it
would be good to know if the rest are there.

I wonder why their signal is so poor - I would have thought 15 miles (or
even 25 in my case) would have been well within range.

Mal




Dean Barrett wrote:

>Mal
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>I use Sandy Heath, and i'm sure i get all the ITV's, CH4 & 5.
>
>I will look tonight. - I have line of site of Sandy transmitter - about
>15miles away, and get quite a poor signal, but all my Freeview does
work -
>did have a problem with Cbeebies though...
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
>  Sent: 26 July 2004 16:36
>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  Subject: Re: [ukha_d] More news on the Sky service to rival Freeview
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>  Damn this Yahoo!  How many more emails will cross each other?!
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>  Anyway, I do know what you mean about the post code thing.  I used to
>  live in Redhill, and at that time wanted to get OnDigital.  Dixons
>  refused to sell one to me because of a) my postcode, and b) I was on
a
>  shared aerial in an apartment building.  In the end I went to a
branch
>  near my parent's house and just lied on the form.  The box worked
fine
>  and picked up all the channels.
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>  Now I have my own house, b) can't be a problem, but I'm 25 miles from
>  Sandy Heath, and despite being high up, analog reception is very poor
>  (extremely grainy).  Anyway, it's all moot if Sandy Heath isn't
>  transmitting all the channels anyway!
>
>  Mal
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>  Maccy wrote:
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>  >On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Mal Lansell wrote:
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>  >>If the list is indeed larger and they are filtering it based
on
>  >>postcode, why would they think I might not get ITV if I
should be able
>  >>to recieve BBC1?  Is each channel transmitted at a different
power
>level?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  >Yes, on some transmitters, to avoid interference. Although all
>multiplexes
>  >transmit at 20kW from Sandy Heath according to www.dtg.org.uk so
I'd
>  >assume you'd get all or nothing :) All with the correct aerial
type
>  >(you'll need one that incorporates Group W).
>  >
>  >Why not borrow a freeview box from a friend to see what you get?
Or even
>  >purchase one from Asda or Argos etc. with a no quibbles guarantee
(check
>  >small print) so you can get your money back if you can't seem to
receive
>  >the full array of channels.
>  >
>  >Again, don't trust the online postcode checkers. I put my
parents'
>  >postcode in and it claimed only some of the available channels
would be
>  >receivable. I know for a fact they get each and every one of the
freeview
>  >offerings, because I set it up for them....
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>  >Good luck,
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>  >Maccy
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