Freeview and atrocious weather

Anyone know how the areas on freeview only have faired during the bad
weather recently? i.e is the system robust when transmitters are at full
strength?

OR is Freesat really the better option?

Ta.

rdd wrote:
Anyone know how the areas on freeview only have faired during the bad
weather recently? i.e is the system robust when transmitters are at
full strength?

It's fine here except when rainwater gets into the distribution system.

(kim)

In my area (East Anglia) the problems occur in fine weather, when there's a
"lift" on and we get co-channel interference from Holland.

Foul weather like this is good for us!

SteveT

Steve Thackery wrote:
In my area (East Anglia) the problems occur in fine weather, when
there's a "lift" on and we get co-channel interference from Holland.

Foul weather like this is good for us!

SteveT

Tks. However I was ideally trying to get feedback from people where the
changeover to all digital transmission had taken place.

I am based at the extreme end of Crystal Palace transmitter signal
(Stansted Airport area) and struggle to get ITV stations, with even BBC
failing at times. This is even with new aerial, cable and Sony
VTX-D800U set top box.

The question is whether to wait until the 2012 switch over, and possibly
still get an iffy service, or bite the bullet and go Freesat.?

Hence the call for experiences so far.

Ta again

On Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 14:44:41 +0000, rdd explained:

I am based at the extreme end of Crystal Palace transmitter signal
(Stansted Airport area) and struggle to get ITV stations, with
even BBC failing at times.

Would you not get a more reliable signal from Sudbury, rather
than Crystal Palace?

"rdd" wrote in message
net...
Steve Thackery wrote:
In my area (East Anglia) the problems occur in fine weather, when there's
a "lift" on and we get co-channel interference from Holland.

Foul weather like this is good for us!

SteveT

Tks. However I was ideally trying to get feedback from people where the
changeover to all digital transmission had taken place.

I am based at the extreme end of Crystal Palace transmitter signal
(Stansted Airport area) and struggle to get ITV stations, with even BBC
failing at times. This is even with new aerial, cable and Sony VTX-D800U
set top box.

The question is whether to wait until the 2012 switch over, and possibly
still get an iffy service, or bite the bullet and go Freesat.?

Hence the call for experiences so far.

Ta again

I'm in Enfield (north, just inside the M25) and Freeview is fine. You say
you have a new aerial - are the horizontal "directors" evenly spaced or do
they get closer together as you look from the pointy end towards the
reflector? Or to put it another way, have you got a group A or were you
conned into buying a wideband aka "Digital" aerial?

You need a good old group A for CP. If you've got a wideband you might be
able to get a better picture if you replace it.

Paul DS.

rdd wrote...

This is even with new aerial, cable and Sony
VTX-D800U set top box.

I use a VTX from a communal aerial here in OAP towers
in Corby, N Northants and have not noticed any change in picture or
signal quality due to weather conditions. If anything the signal is too
good, when I do a rescan I have to degrade the aerial connection to
avoid duplicate channels.No evidence of co-channel interference.

We also have a sat dish on the same system and some of the other
residents do complain of signal loss in heavy rain.

DAB in this area seems pretty solid too, I was getting stations from
the London region earlier this month.

--
Ken

http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/

"rdd" wrote in message
net...
Anyone know how the areas on freeview only have faired during the bad
weather recently? i.e is the system robust when transmitters are at full
strength?

OR is Freesat really the better option?

Ta.
What aspect of the weather concerns you?
Wind and rain don't really have an effect on
UHF propagation unless the signal is being received through
foliage etc.

Severe storm-clouds can absorb 12Ghz (D-Sat) signals but
in my experience with a standard minidish in the North of
England it is only an issue once or twice a year.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 27 Oct, 14:58, J G Miller wrote:
On Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 14:44:41 +0000, rdd explained:

* * I am based at the extreme end of Crystal Palace transmitter signal
* * (Stansted Airport area) and struggle to get ITV stations, with
* * even BBC failing at times.

Would you not get a more reliable signal from Sudbury, rather
than Crystal Palace?

Trouble with relay transmitters is that they do not carry all of the
freeview channels. IMHO it would be better to take the signal from the
main transmitter as long as at all feasible.

Dragonblaze wrote:
On 27 Oct, 14:58, J G Miller wrote:
Would you not get a more reliable signal from Sudbury, rather
than Crystal Palace?

Trouble with relay transmitters is that they do not carry all of the
freeview channels. IMHO it would be better to take the signal from
the main transmitter as long as at all feasible.

Hmm ...

This appears to be (a) a non-sequitur, since Sudbury isn't a relay,
and (b) misleading, since some relays *do* carry all muxes.

André Coutanche