Full Freeview on the Dover (Kent, England) transmitter

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Stuart
9:47 AM
Broadstairs

Having read through that page I think I now understand why I up mux 1 on ch 45. This is transmitted by but should not according to the coverage map get anywhere near my location. The problem is that probably because of my location on the N side of at about 130 feet elevation I am high enough that ch 45 gives a better than ch 68 most of the time, and my IDTVs all select the strongest signal and will not allow me to duplicate .

The problem is one of coverage, according to all the places I have checked this small part of Broadstairs should not get any until next year, this is in my view grossly unfair, after all it is not an area of low population numbers. I feel that they should boost the power now in order to provide an adequate Freeview service to this area and not wait for switchover - its not good enough to rely on the chance .

All this said t still does not answer my original question about why the signal disappears completely and suddenly. As I said I can understand why the signal might degenerate but this is not what happens, it simply goes to nothing just as if someone switches it off.

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Briantist

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2:27 PM

Stuart: signals do not deteriorate, they are on or off. See How digital television works | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .

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Stuart
2:56 PM
Broadstairs

My point is that the disappears completely, I fully understand how the is transmitted, my point is that the IDTV sees at all on ch 45. In order to find a digital signal it first has to find a signal on ch45 and then tests the signal and gives bar graph readings for both. When this happens it cannot find anything on ch45 to !

I know our local MP is getting involved to try and address the issue locally which is unacceptable. We are completely without support because the powers that control this have decreed we do not have a service so anyone living in the central area cannot get anywhere complaining. This whole thing is just a mess and is being handled very badly.

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Mike Dimmick

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3:29 PM

Stuart: The low- transmissions had to be squeezed in, however it could be done, but in a way that minimized to anyone else's TV transmissions. Digital was considered an add-on service initially. The south coast was particularly difficult due to international co-ordination. It meant restricted , odd selections, and limited power levels. Some transmitters had to have more than one set of aerials pointing in different directions, using different frequencies, and is one of those.

The switch-over is more a switch-off - a switch off of the old analogue signals so that high-power digital signals can replace them. Even then, they are not designed to cover the whole country or even the whole population - the estimate for acceptable analogue was 98.5%. The public service broadcasters have to match that level for digital service, the commercial operators don't.

The predictor currently shows no for Mux 1, 2 and A. After it shows a relatively low probability of getting reliable results, indicating variable reception.

I'd look into .

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brian

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5:00 PM

Stuart D45 is interfered with by high French from . Any hot or settled weather and you are in trouble. Nothing can be done till power up next year , sorry !

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