Digital TV query

Fifer

There might be engineering work at the transmitter (which may or may not be associated with the digital switchover) resulting in reduced power transmissions. It's worth checking before spending any money.

clapton68

Weather has nothing to do whatsoever with digital signals.

aliEnRIK

If its gusty outside then the aerial could physically bounce about resulting in an unstable picture. Rain can sometimes effect picture quality as can snow (More so if the aerial is on its limits to start with)

kwikbreaks

clapton68 wrote: »

Weather has nothing to do whatsoever with digital signals.

It can - especially if your signal is a bit poor to start with.

What can happen is that a distant TV transmitter on the same frequency as a mux you are using can be boosted in strength by a process known as tropospheric ducting and interfere with your wanted signal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropospheric_ducting

We suffer from this regularly. I checked the frequencies involved and the interfering transmitter is over 200 miles away.

Thunderstorms can wipe out satellite reception.

Inactive

clapton68 wrote: »

Weather has nothing to do whatsoever with digital signals.

Absolute rubbish, you know better than the BBC then?:rolleyes:

Taken from the BBC Website;

Interference can be caused by:
* electrical equipment
* radio communications
* the weather and atmospheric conditions