BBC 1 Freeview Sandy Heath

This evening we are getting a weird effect which seems to occur
whenever the signal is switched to the local BBC output. The picture
appears to bounce slightly with a frequency of about 2 Hz .
Prerecorded stuff is OK and switching to BBC2 stops the bounce. It
started again after Live at the Apollo and continued into the news and
then stopped. Is anyone else getting this or is my telly throwing its
own personal wobbler?

TIA

John

On 09/12/10 22:08, JohnW wrote:
This evening we are getting a weird effect which seems to occur
whenever the signal is switched to the local BBC output. The picture
appears to bounce slightly with a frequency of about 2 Hz .
Prerecorded stuff is OK and switching to BBC2 stops the bounce. It
started again after Live at the Apollo and continued into the news and
then stopped. Is anyone else getting this or is my telly throwing its
own personal wobbler?

It's not just you. I saw it as well. There were some random white
sparklies too. I'm also on SH.

Cheers,

Colin.

On 09/12/10 22:13, Colin Stamp wrote:
On 09/12/10 22:08, JohnW wrote:
This evening we are getting a weird effect which seems to occur
whenever the signal is switched to the local BBC output. The picture
appears to bounce slightly with a frequency of about 2 Hz .
Prerecorded stuff is OK and switching to BBC2 stops the bounce. It
started again after Live at the Apollo and continued into the news and
then stopped. Is anyone else getting this or is my telly throwing its
own personal wobbler?

It's not just you. I saw it as well. There were some random white
sparklies too. I'm also on SH.

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Some kind of clock-slip?

Cheers,

Colin.

On 09/12/2010 22:30, Colin Stamp wrote:

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Same here, although I'd have said snow rather than rain for the
sparklies. The audio seemed a bit edgy too, at times. Look East seems
to specialise in poor sound and vision though, so nothing surprises me.

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Andy

On 9 Dec, 23:48, Andy Wade wrote:
On 09/12/2010 22:30, Colin Stamp wrote:

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Same here, although I'd have said snow rather than rain for the
sparklies. *The audio seemed a bit edgy too, at times. *Look East seems
to specialise in poor sound and vision though, so nothing surprises me.

--
Andy

My wife pointed out the snow, but as I sit quite a way from the TV, it
was not obvious to me. Anyway thanks for the confirmation of a
transmission fault.

John

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ell.myzen.co.uk scribeth thus
On 09/12/2010 22:30, Colin Stamp wrote:

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Same here, although I'd have said snow rather than rain for the
sparklies. The audio seemed a bit edgy too, at times. Look East seems
to specialise in poor sound and vision though, so nothing surprises me.


I heard well read in another group that BBC 1 at least is being fed via
some ASTRA sat box with problems somewhere.. Might be wrong on that
tho;!...
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Andy Wade [email protected]
ell.myzen.co.uk scribeth thus
On 09/12/2010 22:30, Colin Stamp wrote:

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Same here, although I'd have said snow rather than rain for the
sparklies. The audio seemed a bit edgy too, at times. Look East seems
to specialise in poor sound and vision though, so nothing surprises me.


I heard well read in another group that BBC 1 at least is being fed via
some ASTRA sat box with problems somewhere.. Might be wrong on that
tho;!...


Just a thought, but in the knowledge that an unprecedented solar (or even
man made) EMP event could severely disrupt, or even knock out the Clarke
Belt, does anyone know if there is any 'legal' obligation for the UK to
maintain a terrestrial radio and TV Network, or could we in the distant
future end up relying totally on satellite?

In article ,
tony sayer wrote:

In article , Andy Wade [email protected]
ell.myzen.co.uk scribeth thus
On 09/12/2010 22:30, Colin Stamp wrote:

It's happening again on Look East. The sparklies aren't random actually,
they look a bit like slow rain. The picture "jump" rolls down the screen
as a wave.

Same here, although I'd have said snow rather than rain for the
sparklies. The audio seemed a bit edgy too, at times. Look East seems
to specialise in poor sound and vision though, so nothing surprises me.


I heard well read in another group that BBC 1 at least is being fed via
some ASTRA sat box with problems somewhere.. Might be wrong on that
tho;!...

That was the Analogue transmission, not Freeview.

I noticed the "bounce and sparklies" when playing back "Live at the
Apollo" on my Toppy later last night - I hadn't seen it before.

Dave

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Dave Hill - dave _ _ news at hillcroft dot org dot uk
Kempston, Bedford

On Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 11:24:04h +0000, Rick asked:

does anyone know

Yes somebody, somewhere, surely knows the answer to this question.

if there is any 'legal' obligation for the
UK to maintain a terrestrial radio and TV Network

Depends on what you mean by "maintain".

You should be reading the Communications Act 2003 for the answer
to your question.

http://www.legislation.gov.UK/ukpga/2003/21/contents

In message , Dave Hill
writes


That was the Analogue transmission, not Freeview.

For info the snow/rain effect was on UHF analogue, UHF freeview and also
satellite, so it would appear to have been introduced at Norwich.


Interestingly while watching live all I saw was the snow/rain effect, no
bounce. I've just watched a recording made on a Humax 9200 and it is
bouncing. Possibly the Panasonic TV I was using is more forgiving of
what ever the disruption was than the Humax is.


I noticed the "bounce and sparklies" when playing back "Live at the
Apollo" on my Toppy later last night - I hadn't seen it before.

Dave


--
Bill
( A different one )