All posts by Dave Lindsay
Below are all of Dave Lindsay's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Simon: I don't think you will be able to receiveRosneath COMs at your location because they are co-channel with theCathcarttransmitter which is on the same bearing and is also vertically polarised.
The COMs have inferior coverage, meaning that for transmitters which do carry them there are likely to be places where only PSBs can be received reliably.
Darvel andBlack Hill are your only possibilities for picking up the COMs, and if you can't receive from either then it's PSBs only I'm afraid.
Jack: The names of the format "PSB#" and "COM#" are postdigital-switchover labels. Eachmultiplex has its own title, a proper noun. I have given these below along with corresponding UHFchannel numbers forEmley Moor.
A more detailed explanation of the different names is here:Why do the six Freeview "multiplexes" have twenty different names?
UHFchannels for Emley Moor are as you have quoted, although several others have started up since then on lowerpower but which at least some of you might receive in Acaster Malbis.
Channels are:
PSB1 - "BBC A" - BBC One -C47
PSB2 - "D3&4" - ITV -C44
PSB3 - "BBC B" -BBC One HD -C41
COM4 - "SDN" -ITV3 -C51
COM5 - "Arq A" - Pick -C52
COM6 - "Arq B" -4Music -C48
COM7 - "COM7 (HD)" -CBeebies HD/BBC Four HD -C32
COM8 - "COM8 (HD)" -QVC+1 HD -C34
You "may" also be able to receive the local Leeds multiplex onC56, which broadcasts directionally rather than omni-directionally) towards Leeds, and therefore in your direction.
Digital UK publishes a full list ofterrestrialservices by multiplex, which it identifies by their proper nouns. You can click the headings to order by that heading:
Digital UK Industry - Channel listings
I am a technical bod so I would some general suggestions:
1. See if yourreceiver has aregion setting. It could be that the region it's giving you is first alphabetically, the "Yorkshire" of Emley Moor probably being the last. This might need changing.
2. It might be tuning toCaldbeck because it is on the lowest UHF channel number and therefore found first.
One way of getting it to automatically tune to Emley Moor might be to have the aerial out for the first 30% or until it gets past UHF channel 30 during itsscan. With this method you might need to go back and use manual tuning to add C32 and C34 if the aerial isn't in soon enough.
Ralph Wood: PSB1 / BBC A (BBCstandard definition TV and radio) fromNewhaven is on UHF channel 50. This is co-channel (samefrequency) with one ofEast Dean's multiplexes and you might just have (or almost have) line-of-sight at 5 miles. The other twochannels (PSB2=commercial standard definition and PSB3=HD) of Newhaven aren't shared with East Dean.
Ossie Nelson: There is presentlyengineering works atHannington. That said, it would seem that as you are so close to thetransmitter that any lowpower transmissions would be more than adequate to serve you.
You would be best advised to use the manual tune function to ascertain what the strength andquality is like on the missingchannel.
Go to the manual tune screen and enter/select UHF channel 45 (666MHz) but do not press the button toscan/addservices/OK or whatever it's labelled as on yourreceiver. Instead, observe the strength and quality over 30 seconds or a minute, noting whether there are fluctuations. Once done, if there is something there then try scanning that channel, this being that of BBCstandard definition TV and radio from Hannington which you are missing.