Andy Hall wrote:

On 9 Dec 2003 04:53:48 -0800, (Martin
Pentreath) wrote:


Many thanks for the advice, I guess it's a try-it-and-see situation,
but at least I'm better informed now :-)


It is, unless you want to get a professional in.

Try it over a week or two and also on different channels. The
behaviour can vary according to which frequency is used and with the
weather.


That is so true....I point about south east towards Sudbury, and fither
than sudbury...lies Holland and Belgium, and in cold dry weather,
channel 5 (low power anyway) goes all stripey, with signals coming fom
Le Continent ....nothing to be done, because they stand behind the
signal I want :-(

Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.



.andy

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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:20:24 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

On 9 Dec 2003 04:53:48 -0800, (Martin
Pentreath) wrote:


Many thanks for the advice, I guess it's a try-it-and-see situation,
but at least I'm better informed now :-)


It is, unless you want to get a professional in.

Try it over a week or two and also on different channels. The
behaviour can vary according to which frequency is used and with the
weather.


That is so true....I point about south east towards Sudbury, and fither
than sudbury...lies Holland and Belgium, and in cold dry weather,
channel 5 (low power anyway) goes all stripey, with signals coming fom
Le Continent ....nothing to be done, because they stand behind the
signal I want :-(

Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.


Did you try Sandy Heath? I guess that that is only a bit further and
would be at 90 degrees to the continental signals?


..andy

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Andy Hall wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:20:24 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:


Andy Hall wrote:


On 9 Dec 2003 04:53:48 -0800, (Martin
Pentreath) wrote:



Many thanks for the advice, I guess it's a try-it-and-see situation,
but at least I'm better informed now :-)


It is, unless you want to get a professional in.

Try it over a week or two and also on different channels. The
behaviour can vary according to which frequency is used and with the
weather.


That is so true....I point about south east towards Sudbury, and fither
than sudbury...lies Holland and Belgium, and in cold dry weather,
channel 5 (low power anyway) goes all stripey, with signals coming fom
Le Continent ....nothing to be done, because they stand behind the
signal I want :-(

Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.



Did you try Sandy Heath? I guess that that is only a bit further and
would be at 90 degrees to the continental signals?


No, I can't get Sandy Heath at all. Well I CAN but at much lower signal
strength, and channel 5 doesn't work on sandy heath anyway. Cambridge
has a repeater at Madingley for it, but that is useless to most of the
sandy heath service area. Sudbury is far closer to me. AND its on a
hill, and so am I..just over the watershed between the Ouse river and
the Orwell/stour river systems on the Stour side.


FM os not so good - Tacolneston is my best bet it seems, and that is a
fair old way. Neverthjeless I can get most of what I want - all the BEEB
and local radio from there and classic FM.







.andy

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The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ...

Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.

I tried Freeview and found that there was never more than 1 channel I
wanted to watch at any one time. Out of about 30 channels, this is a
pretty poor signal/noise ratio :-)

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The Natural Philosopher wrote in message
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Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.

I tried Freeview and found that there was never more than 1 channel I
wanted to watch at any one time. Out of about 30 channels, this is a
pretty poor signal/noise ratio :-)

Err, how many channels do you want to watch at one time? Not that I am
championing the quality of current TV, you understand, but Freeview gives me
perfect Channel 5, *occasional* programs I actually want to watch on BBC3,
BBC4, ITV2 (plus 24hr news and parliament when/if you want it). Were I
paying monthly I would probably object, but a one off payment of less than
the licence fee seems reasonable for the S/N ratio!


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Bob Mannix
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The Natural Philosopher wrote in message
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Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.

I tried Freeview and found that there was never more than 1 channel I
wanted to watch at any one time. Out of about 30 channels, this is a
pretty poor signal/noise ratio :-)

Err, how many channels do you want to watch at one time?

I *knew* I was leaving myself open for that one. Perhaps I should have
said "never more than one, but usually fewer." :-)

Cheers

Neil

On 10 Dec 2003 00:54:31 -0800, (Neil Jones)
wrote:

I tried Freeview and found that there was never more than 1 channel I
wanted to watch at any one time. Out of about 30 channels, this is a
pretty poor signal/noise ratio :-)

Perhaps I'm a bit odd, but I'm always happy watching one TV channel at
a time

PoP

Neil Jones wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote in message
...

Except go freeview.digital, which may happen soon, and hope teh S/N
ratio is adequate.

I tried Freeview and found that there was never more than 1 channel I
wanted to watch at any one time. Out of about 30 channels, this is a
pretty poor signal/noise ratio :-)

I bought a TIVO, at any moment in time if I wish to watch TV there's always
something on that I want to watch, and it becomes commercial free.

--
James...
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