Anyone get their DTT from the Angus transmitter?
 

We do.

And using a Nebula PCI freeview card and the existing aerial (that's
probably been in the house for eons) we've had a perfect signal since DTT
started in the region.

But since Christmas, the signal quality seems to change on a daily basis -
mainly affecting ITV/C4/ITV2/ITV3 - sometimes they're watchable, sometimes
there's really bad picture breakup, other times there's no signal at all.
Today and yesterday have been particularly bad - the only watchable channels
are currently BBC1, 2, BBC News and the two music channels.

So is anyone else seeing this, or is it likely to be some probably with a)
the PC, b) our aerial or c) the transmitter.

Thanks

Iain

In article , Doehead
wrote:
We do.

And using a Nebula PCI freeview card and the existing aerial (that's
probably been in the house for eons) we've had a perfect signal since
DTT started in the region.

You say "in the house". Does that mean a loft/internal antenna? If so, you
may get better results with an external antenna.

But since Christmas, the signal quality seems to change on a daily basis
- mainly affecting ITV/C4/ITV2/ITV3 - sometimes they're watchable,
sometimes there's really bad picture breakup, other times there's no
signal at all. Today and yesterday have been particularly bad - the
only watchable channels are currently BBC1, 2, BBC News and the two
music channels.

The signal levels will vary with the weather, etc. If the signals are
strong enough you won't notice any effects. But if the signals are weak
then the reception will be affected.

FWIW We have received DTTV from both Angus (27 km away) and Durris. The
Angus signals are stronger, but we also get problems occasionally.
Particularly during the mid-evening after sunset. We are using a loft
antenna with a low noise preamp (Maplin). When we used Durris weather and
time of day effects were common, but they've been much rarer since changing
to Angus.

So is anyone else seeing this, or is it likely to be some probably with
a) the PC, b) our aerial or c) the transmitter.

I doubt it is the transmitter. Although I've noticed a couple of short (30
sec or less) and complete signal dropouts in recent weeks, so someone may
have been twiddling with the TX system somewhere. You may need a better
antenna. Afraid I don't know anything about the Nebula card. If it doesn't
have a high sensitivity and low noise you *might* find that a low-noise
preamp might help, but treat this as a second best to a better
antenna/feed.

Slainte,

Jim

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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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You say "in the house". Does that mean a loft/internal antenna? If so, you
may get better results with an external antenna.

Yeah, it's in the loft, but the signal's been fine for years.

However, there *are* new houses being built between us and the transmitter's
location, and they have been creeping steadly closer for the last couple of
months (and they're villas and we're just in a bungalow) so maybe they're to
blame.

Perhaps it is time for a proper outdoors aerial.

But since Christmas, the signal quality seems to change on a daily basis
- mainly affecting ITV/C4/ITV2/ITV3 - sometimes they're watchable,
sometimes there's really bad picture breakup, other times there's no
signal at all. Today and yesterday have been particularly bad - the
only watchable channels are currently BBC1, 2, BBC News and the two
music channels.

The signal levels will vary with the weather, etc. If the signals are
strong enough you won't notice any effects. But if the signals are weak
then the reception will be affected.

All the channels seem to be back again today...only the BBC ones listed
above were on last night. It just seems to vary all the time. Sigh.

Iain