DAB/DTT on the Isle of Man

What digital radio/tv coverage is available on the Isle of Man,are the BBC
nationals available there?

"Commander Gideon" wrote in message
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What digital radio/tv coverage is available on the Isle of Man,are the BBC
nationals available there?


See
http://www.gov.im/government/boards/broadcasting.xml
Maybe the main land transmitters reach them with a good aerial of UK and
Ireland.

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David

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On Apr 24, 11:04 am, "Commander Gideon" wrote:
What digital radio/tv coverage is available on the Isle of Man,are the BBC
nationals available there?

BBC DAB is coming soon, see second article down he-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/#section

Full DTT will come with DSO in the Border region, summer 2009 AIUI

On 24 Apr, 11:36, Mark Carver wrote:

Full DTT will come with DSO in the Border region, summer 2009 AIUI

Doesn't the IoM get its BBC programmes from the NorthWest region? I
think there's some system whereby the transmitters on the Island
switch their RBL source to Winter Hill during opt outs rather than
Caldbeck. How would that work post DSO?

The BBC lists suggest that it's only certain transmitters which this
applies to (indicated by a # on the list)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/trans...caldbeck.shtml but I
suspect the lists are incomplete and all of the IoM sites work in this
way, with Douglas being where this switching takes place and the other
sites RBL that tx.

I read a theory that there is a cue dot in the overscan area on the
Winter Hill output when it's opted out which is used to control this
switching.

wrote:
On 24 Apr, 11:36, Mark Carver wrote:

Full DTT will come with DSO in the Border region, summer 2009 AIUI

Doesn't the IoM get its BBC programmes from the NorthWest region?

It does, but the ITV regional template is being used for DSO. Having said that
there have been a couple of tweaks recently, such as ITV from Berwick moving
from Border (Selkirk) to Tyne Tees (Chatton) region.

think there's some system whereby the transmitters on the Island
switch their RBL source to Winter Hill during opt outs rather than
Caldbeck. How would that work post DSO?

I read a theory that there is a cue dot in the overscan area on the
Winter Hill output when it's opted out which is used to control this
switching.

I've heard similar stories, and I've asked in this and another group about
that opt switching works, but I've never seen it answered.


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In article , Mark Carver
wrote:
wrote:
On 24 Apr, 11:36, Mark Carver wrote:

Full DTT will come with DSO in the Border region, summer 2009 AIUI

Doesn't the IoM get its BBC programmes from the NorthWest region?

It does, but the ITV regional template is being used for DSO. Having said
that there have been a couple of tweaks recently, such as ITV from
Berwick moving from Border (Selkirk) to Tyne Tees (Chatton) region.

think there's some system whereby the transmitters on the Island switch
their RBL source to Winter Hill during opt outs rather than Caldbeck.
How would that work post DSO?

I read a theory that there is a cue dot in the overscan area on the
Winter Hill output when it's opted out which is used to control this
switching.

I've heard similar stories, and I've asked in this and another group
about that opt switching works, but I've never seen it answered.

It always used to be a signal on ICE - on one of the frame blanking lines.

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charles wrote:
In article , Mark Carver
wrote:
wrote:

I read a theory that there is a cue dot in the overscan area on the
Winter Hill output when it's opted out which is used to control this
switching.

I've heard similar stories, and I've asked in this and another group
about that opt switching works, but I've never seen it answered.

It always used to be a signal on ICE - on one of the frame blanking lines.

Ah ha, thanks for that. Assuming the all the IOM relays are transposers, the
switching must be within the IF domain, rather than baseband ? Unless, say
Douglas is baseband fed and the others feed off that ?


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With the IOM being seperate to main UK with thier own goverment and
broadcasting licencing how do the BBC/UK goverment get money from the IOM
people?

Hope they do not get it free and I and you paying, like the people in
Ireland with good aerials get Uk programmes.


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Regards,
David

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In article ,
Mark Carver wrote:
charles wrote:
In article , Mark Carver
wrote:
wrote:

I read a theory that there is a cue dot in the overscan area on the
Winter Hill output when it's opted out which is used to control this
switching.

I've heard similar stories, and I've asked in this and another group
about that opt switching works, but I've never seen it answered.

It always used to be a signal on ICE - on one of the frame blanking
lines.

Ah ha, thanks for that. Assuming the all the IOM relays are transposers,
the switching must be within the IF domain, rather than baseband ?
Unless, say Douglas is baseband fed and the others feed off that ?

As far as I can remember, Douglas simply switched transposers (so switching
was at RF) and the other relays took their feed from Douglas. But things
may have changed in the last 11 years - since I retired.

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"charles" wrote in message

But things
may have changed in the last 11 years - since I retired.


Wow, time flies.
Well it must have been years and years since we met then when you were with
the BBC. I seem to think it was at the introduction of Ceefax!

May you long continue to post here.

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David

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