Can I tell whcih transmitter I'm on with Freeview?
Horse.trader
from Emerley Moor) only been using a relay station for analogue TV.
I put up a high gain TV aerial and after 9 attempts got a reasonable signal
from somewhere, aerial is pointing NW form Huddersfield, looking at charts,
there are no (digital) transmitters for 100 miles in that direction.
I can only presume I'm receiving a good reflection from Emerely Moor (9
miles away) using the aerial on analogue TV, the picture is appalling.
Is there any ''test' engineering page etc., on Freeview channels that will
tell me which transmitter I'm actually using please?
Brian (outskirts of Huddersfield)
David
"Horse.trader" <horse....@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Having struggled to get Freeview up and running (I live in a valley
> shielded from Emerley Moor) only been using a relay station for analogue
> TV.
>
> I put up a high gain TV aerial and after 9 attempts got a reasonable
> signal from somewhere, aerial is pointing NW form Huddersfield, looking at
> charts, there are no (digital) transmitters for 100 miles in that
> direction.
>
Idle and Keithley are not a 100miles from Huddersfield.
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Mark Carver
The only likely sources for you are Emley Moor, Bilsdale (Near
Helmsley), Belmont (near Lincoln), or Waltham (near Leicester).
Emley Moor carries BBC 1 Yorkshire region and ITV Yorkshire
Bilsdale carries BBC 1 North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees
Belmont carries BBC 1 Lincs and E Yorks (but only weekday evenings I
think, all other times it's as Emley ?)
Waltham carries BBC 1 and ITV Central East Midlands
From that info you should be able to work out what's what between 6
and 7 weekday evenings.
Of course you might be getting some channels from one transmitter, and
some from another :-)
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Stephen Henson
horse....@ntlworld.com says...
>
> Is there any ''test' engineering page etc., on Freeview channels that will
> tell me which transmitter I'm actually using please?
>
If your STB supports it check the frequencies it is tuned to and compare
with the info at e.g. Wolfbane.
Steve.
Dave Fawthrop
The repeaters tell lies, giving the name of the Main transmitter.
I regularly get Lancaster which says it is Winter Hill
Look at Wolfbane http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe? and get a
compass.
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Scott
<horse....@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Humax lets you go to Menu - System - Signal Detection then shows the
name of the transmitter.
Mark Carver
>
> Humax lets you go to Menu - System - Signal Detection then shows the
> name of the transmitter.
No, as Dave says in this thread, that's not necessarily the name of
the transmitter. It's the name of the DTT SIPSI that the signals
originate from.
That's why people in Wales see 'Wenvoe' as the name of their
transmitter, despite in some cases it being way out of range.
harrogate3
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Depending <exactly> where you live you could just possibly be getting
Winter Hill. Some places in east Leeds (Garforth) can get it quite
well so why shouldn't you?.
Otherwise assume you are getting a signal off the back of the aerial,
which would most likely be Belmont. If it is you will get Claire
Frisby and Peter Levey doing Look North.
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Scott
<mark....@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>Scott wrote:
>
>>
>> Humax lets you go to Menu - System - Signal Detection then shows the
>> name of the transmitter.
>
>No, as Dave says in this thread, that's not necessarily the name of
>the transmitter. It's the name of the DTT SIPSI that the signals
>originate from.
>
>That's why people in Wales see 'Wenvoe' as the name of their
>transmitter, despite in some cases it being way out of range.
Sorry about that. I did read this earlier, but forgot. In my case
the signal does come from the main transmitter so the information is
correct.
Bazzer Smith
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It is quite possible that you are receiving a picture through the 'back'
of the aerial so check if there is a transmittor 180 degrees from
where your aerial is pointing. This may well be what you deem
to be a 'reflection'.
Here are some transmittor channel numbers, see if they match
the channels on your set- top box. First one is Emley Moor
(spelt correctly!!).
I will leavE The rest in cos my newsreader OE won't leT Me delete
THem. It is also puTTing in random capital letters for some reason
as you can see!!
Emley Moor B H 52 - 10 40 - 10 43 - 10 46 - 10 50 - 10 49 - 4.0
ld W V 39 - 0.05 53 - 0.05 57 - 0.05 60 - 0.05 45 - 0.05 42 - 0.05
Chesterfield W V 34 - 0.04 40 - 0.04 43 - 0.04 46 - 0.04 50 - 0.04
52 - 0.04
Keighley W V 48 - 0.1 68 - 0.1 66 - 0.1 53 - 0.1 30 - 0.1 34 - 0.1
Idle W V 45 - 0.006 53 - 0.006 34 - 0.006 56 - 0.006 30 - 0.006 42 -
0.006
Belmont W H 30 - 5.0 48 - 10 68 - 10 66 - 10 60 - 4.0 57 - 4.0
Olivers Mount C/D V 49 - 0.1 67 - 0.1 54 - 0.1 58 - 0.1 61 - 0.1 64 -
0.1
UHF Channel Allocation for Analogue and Digital
Station Channel Number and Service Aerial Group
A A+D
Winter Hill 48
A5 55
A1 56
D1 59
A3 60
D5 62
A2 63
D6 65
A4 66
D2 67
D4 68
D3 C/D C/D
Winter Hill B 43
D5 40
D6 C/D E/W
Pendle Forest 21
D1 22
A1 24
D2 25
A3 27
D3 28
A2 30
D5 31
D4 32
A4 34
D6 A A
Saddleworth 39
D5 41
D2 42
A4 44
D3 45
A2 47
D1 49
A3 51
D4 52
A1 54
D6 B B
Storeton 22
A1 23
D3 25
A3 26
D4 28
A2 29
D5 30
D1 32
A4 33
D6 34
D2 39
A5 K K
Lancaster 21
A4 22
D2 24
A3 25
D3 27
A2 28
D1 30
D6 31
A1 32
D4 34
D5 A A
Emley Moor 37
A5 40
D2 41
A4 43
D3 44
A1 46
D4 47
A3 49
D6 50
D5 51
A2 52
D1 B B
Sheffield 21
A4 24
A3 27
A2 31
A1 39
D1 42
D6 45
D5 53
D2 57
D3 60
D4 67
A5 W W
Chesterfield 23
A3 26
A2 29
A4 33
A1 34
D1 40
D2 43
D3 46
D4 50
D5 52
D6 A W
Keighley 30
D5 34
D6 48
D1 53
D4 54
A4 58
A1 61
A3 64
A2 66
D3 68
D2 C/D W
Idle 21
A1 24
A3 27
A2 30
D5 31
A4 34
D3 42
D6 45
D1 53
D2 56
D4 A W
Belmont 22
A1 25
A3 28
A2 30
D1 32
A4 48
D2 56
A5 57
D6 60
D5 66
D4 68
D3 W W
Olivers Mount 49
D1 53
A4 54
D3 57
A1 58
D4 60
A3 61
D5 63
A2 64
D6 66
A5 67
D2 C/D C/D
Channel numbers are followed by A or D for analogue or digital and a number.
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b.. D1 is Mux 1, D2 is Mux 2, D3 is Mux A, D4 is Mux B, D5 is Mux C and D6
is Mux D
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> Brian (outskirts of Huddersfield)
>
Horse.trader
Very interesting, I have to see if my Freeview box (Sony) supports
identification of transmitters.
Thank you to all those here that took the trouble to answer my questions.
Brian (outskirts of Huddersfield)
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John Porcella
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shielded
> from Emerley Moor) only been using a relay station for analogue TV.
Emley Moor?
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John Porcella
David
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> Emley Moor?
>
>
Yes, do you not understand Yorkshire dialect, John?
Horse.trader
It's me (a comer in ) that can't spell !!
Brian (Bolster Moor, Uddersfiedl!)
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