Anyone in Farnborough (Hampshire) Freeview coverage question
Q
The freeview postcode checker seems to suggest that the folk of GU14 are a
bit stuffed.
"You should be able to receive some Freeview channels now, but based on the
current information we have it looks like you'll lose them when your region
switches to digital in 2012"
This is based on the Guilford TX - So i presume that Guilford will be taken
off air come DSO.
If I ask it for the Crystal Palace coverage then it's more promising, but
says after DSO you will only get the 'popular' channels?
I'm somewhat confused and not in a position to send any hardware down for
testing at the moment. Can anyone in the area tell me what coverage is
actually like, and which TX they are using. (Must be a London feed though.
(BBC 1 & 2 London, and ITV London))
I will take some test kit down at some point, but I'm just after an idea of
what I might(not) get.
Cheers
Mark Carver
> Guys & Girls,
>
> The freeview postcode checker seems to suggest that the folk of GU14 are a
> bit stuffed.
Your best bet for Freeview is from Crystal Palace (London).
Coverage from Hannington (Meridian/BBC South) is quite good for analogue, but
to avoid interfering with Guildford's analogue transmissions its Freeview
signal is heavily restricted in your direction.
After 2012, Hannington, Crystal Palace, and Guildford will all have their DTT
signals significantly boosted.
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Q
"Mark Carver" <mark....@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Your best bet for Freeview is from Crystal Palace (London).
That's what I thought.
What if you can't see Crystal Palace though - are there many other options
open, or isit a case of sky, cable or wait till DSO
Mark Carver
Your chances of Hannington are slim, and I think Guildford is a non starter
around there. There's also the matter that Hannington and Guildford are
co-channel both DTT-DTT and analogue-DTT.
A friend lives in GU14 (Highgate Lane). He gets good analogue reception from
Crystal P, and his DTT reception is fine. 18 element Group A aerial on his
chimney.
Other than that it's probably Virgin Media or Freesat I'm afriad.
Q
"Mark Carver" <mark....@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> Other than that it's probably Virgin Media or Freesat I'm afriad.
Thanks for that. Once I get down there again in a few weeks I'll take my box
from home and test it out to see what I can see.
Otherwise I might consider a new yagi providing I can see in the general
direction of London without too many obstructions.
Cheers.
Doctor D
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Mark is right, forget Guildford and Hannington at the current time.
Your only option is CP, and it will depend heavily on local topography. In
some parts of GU14, CP is very good and you will have no trouble. However
trees, tall buildings and hilly bits are very prevalent.
Good luck with it.
Q
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> Mark is right, forget Guildford and Hannington at the current time.
>
> Your only option is CP, and it will depend heavily on local topography. In
> some parts of GU14, CP is very good and you will have no trouble. However
> trees, tall buildings and hilly bits are very prevalent.
>
> Good luck with it.
The address I'm thinking of it at the top of a hill (Abbey Way) but I
remember some years ago lots of people there got 2nd aerials pointing to
somewhere else. Come to think of it, it might of been when Concept 2000 was
built although I don't remember.
I will let you know anyway in a few weeks once I can get back down there.
Doctor D
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> "Doctor D" <da...@nospam.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>> Mark is right, forget Guildford and Hannington at the current time.
>>
>> Your only option is CP, and it will depend heavily on local topography.
>> In some parts of GU14, CP is very good and you will have no trouble.
>> However trees, tall buildings and hilly bits are very prevalent.
>>
>> Good luck with it.
>
> The address I'm thinking of it at the top of a hill (Abbey Way) but I
> remember some years ago lots of people there got 2nd aerials pointing to
> somewhere else.
That was habit - some people wanted the southern news, but London region
often had better films!
charles
Doctor D <da...@nospam.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> That was habit - some people wanted the southern news, but London region
> often had better films!
I had my Hannington aerial since I thought that TVS had better films.
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Mark Carver
> In article <13k2iim55nm7...@corp.supernews.com>,
> Doctor D <da...@nospam.f9.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > That was habit - some people wanted the southern news, but London region
> > often had better films!
>
> I had my Hannington aerial since I thought that TVS had better films.
They did. On Friday nights Southern would show some excellent foreign
films, you'd never get LWT being that upmarket !
Malcolm Knight
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Some quite risque for the time. They kept me up late at night. :-)
For me it was CP for the news by TVS for the films.
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Doctor D
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Okay, if it wasn't for the films it must have been for the London news :-)
Especially as much of Farnborough was populated by Londoners being moved out
of the city, and historically this whole area would have been served by
London region by VHF.
Mark Carver
> Especially as much of Farnborough was populated by Londoners being moved out
> of the city, and historically this whole area would have been served by
> London region by VHF.
And of course a bit further down the A30 at Basingstoke it was 90% Londoners.
VHF was always CP/Croydon round here, and UHF from CP had a head start on
Hannington, particularly because of BBC 2.
BBC Sarrf and Sauffern ITV did raise some eyebrows, a bit too 'provincial' for
many.
chris g
reception apart from days when weather is bad. I live in a small block of 6
flats with a cummunal aerial with a booster.
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>I live in the farnborough area (Gu14 6..) I get very good freeview
>reception apart from days when weather is bad.
Thanks for that!
Q
all is well!
Getting 33 - 36% signal over the vairious MUX's with the aerial pointed at
Xtal Palace. Got all the feeds with the box reporting 89 channels.