Re: Winter Hill, anyone know what's going on?

In message <00f94a21$0$25862$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
memyself@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes

On 31-Jan-2008, Chris Cummings <cc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all,
The proposed upgrading of the antennas at the Winter Hill
transmitter was supposed to be completed before Christmas, according
to
info on a number of websites. Since the beginning of this month the
service has been atrocious with very low signal strength for days at a
time, usually on all but the main BBC multiplex.
Occasionally, the evening starts with an excellent signal
strength at my location (south Cheshire) and then it suddenly becomes
unusable. Sometimes the analogue signal takes a dive in signal
strength
as well. I have a good signal strength and 100 % signal quality across
all multiplexes when things are working as they should. I am using a
Topfield 5800 (Oh all right, a Toppy!) and my distance to the
transmitter is 57 KM.

I am in Crewe and have not noticed any deterioration in service during
the evening on any Multiplex for quite a few months. That is apart from
two 5 seconds loss on signal on BBC1 between 18:00 and 18:30 on Tuesday
last, and a lot of pixellation on ITV1 during bad weather 2-3 months
back.

I do not know what the daytime situarion has been whilst the work was
taking place,

Using Humax PVR9200T and 8000T with signal strength around 55 - 60 %.

Malcolm

Thanks for the comments, Malcolm. There is definitely something going on
but it may be that although my normal signal is good enough for a decent
picture, it does not need much reduction in order to drop below a
particular threshold. My antenna/coax may need to be improved in order
to give me a few more dB of signal strength. A slight drop in signal
strength may not bother most people as they have sufficient margin.

Roll on the 10db increase in power next year!

Chris
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Chris Cummings
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