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oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
"Mark Carver" wrote in message

It must be Winter Hill, I've used Winter Hill B UHF number 40/43 which gave
a great signal strength but sadly as you said, no ITV. Storeton UHF number
give no signal strength, but Winter Hills give a little. It's now on 66

It's a very old Philips on Digital that I use for TUTV,(conservation area =
no sky dish) which all worked fine up until Sat, Channel four looks grainy,
I am trying a re-scan as we speak.

Sounds as if you need a better aerial. As you go up the UHF band, generally
speaking reception becomes more difficult and the quality and condition of the
components become more important. Channels above UHF 60 can be tricky even in
favourable conditions.

For robust reception the bar graph on that box must read above 2, and the colour a
stable green (not yellow or red).

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Mark
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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
"Mark Carver" wrote in message It must be
Winter Hill, I've used Winter Hill B UHF number 40/43 which gave a great
signal strength but sadly as you said, no ITV. Storeton UHF number give
no signal strength, but Winter Hills give a little. It's now on 66

It's a very old Philips on Digital that I use for TUTV,(conservation area
= no sky dish) which all worked fine up until Sat, Channel four looks
grainy, I am trying a re-scan as we speak.

Sounds as if you need a better aerial. As you go up the UHF band,
generally speaking reception becomes more difficult and the quality and
condition of the components become more important. Channels above UHF 60
can be tricky even in favourable conditions.

For robust reception the bar graph on that box must read above 2, and the
colour a stable green (not yellow or red).

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply

Thanks for the advice, I might buy another aerial and try that. Funny enough
UHF 40/43 were over the 4 in green were as 665/66 are around 2.75.

"oscaretta*the*cat" wrote in message
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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
"Mark Carver" wrote in message It must be
Winter Hill, I've used Winter Hill B UHF number 40/43 which gave a great
signal strength but sadly as you said, no ITV. Storeton UHF number give
no signal strength, but Winter Hills give a little. It's now on 66

It's a very old Philips on Digital that I use for TUTV,(conservation
area = no sky dish) which all worked fine up until Sat, Channel four
looks grainy, I am trying a re-scan as we speak.

Sounds as if you need a better aerial. As you go up the UHF band,
generally speaking reception becomes more difficult and the quality and
condition of the components become more important. Channels above UHF 60
can be tricky even in favourable conditions.

For robust reception the bar graph on that box must read above 2, and the
colour a stable green (not yellow or red).

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply

Thanks for the advice, I might buy another aerial and try that. Funny
enough UHF 40/43 were over the 4 in green were as 665/66 are around 2.75.



Bought another aerial and after much tweaking got it and then got the old
one back working. I think the booster was knackered. But fingers crossed,
all working fine, including the top up channels. Mind boggling that an
aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.

oscaretta*the*cat wrote:

Bought another aerial and after much tweaking got it and then got the old
one back working. I think the booster was knackered. But fingers crossed,
all working fine, including the top up channels. Mind boggling that an
aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.

Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

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Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:19:44 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

| oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
|
| Bought another aerial and after much tweaking got it and then got the old
| one back working. I think the booster was knackered. But fingers crossed,
| all working fine, including the top up channels. Mind boggling that an
| aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.
|
| Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

No send him a photo, for his site ;-)
If he will let you remain anonymous ;-)

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against it enter the number of the person you would want to be
contacted "In Case of Emergency". http://tinyurl.com/79lz9

In ,
aa wrote:

Some welcome news. I've had it on good authority that a cure has
apparently been found today for the EPG data issues that many have
reported in recent weeks since the re-introduction of ITV News Channel.
[snip]

Seems that a 'cure' was *not* to be, a permanent fix still being worked on,
so Arqiva advise me this morning.
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aa

"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:19:44 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

| oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
|
| Bought another aerial and after much tweaking got it and then got the
old
| one back working. I think the booster was knackered. But fingers
crossed,
| all working fine, including the top up channels. Mind boggling that an
| aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.
|
| Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

No send him a photo, for his site ;-)
If he will let you remain anonymous ;-)

newbie asks who is Bill Wright?

Very pleased at result, I might however try and find a better booster today.
My neighbours are taking the new aerial and booster off me as it has tuned
in their digital telly to all channels!

Strangely enough retried the Winter Hill B UHF numbers and the mux 2
channels work fine!


--
Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk In Case of Emergency
Store the word "ICE" in your mobile phone address book, and
against it enter the number of the person you would want to be
contacted "In Case of Emergency". http://tinyurl.com/79lz9

oscaretta*the*cat wrote:
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|
| Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

No send him a photo, for his site ;-)
If he will let you remain anonymous ;-)


newbie asks who is Bill Wright?

Highly regarded contributor to this group

http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/


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Mark
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Mind boggling that an
aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.

Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

Some years ago I was offered medication that was at the time
controversial. The specialist said "Look, I don't give a ****"(he was
from Yorkshire)" about whether it's approved, kosher, pukka, or even
politially correct. If it works for my patient I'm gonna use it." He
did use it and it did work. That's my attitude to aerials on wardrobes,
with or without boosters.

Bill

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Mind boggling that an
aerial with a booster on top of the wardrobe works.

Well done, but don't let Bill Wright ever see it !

Some years ago I was offered medication that was at the time
controversial. The specialist said "Look, I don't give a ****"(he was
from Yorkshire)" about whether it's approved, kosher, pukka, or even
politially correct. If it works for my patient I'm gonna use it." He
did use it and it did work. That's my attitude to aerials on wardrobes,
with or without boosters.

Bill

Health and safety won't like it though. It's OK until you get your ankle
tangled in the lead when you jump off . 8-)

Keith