TV Aerial engineer praise

greenstick

I'm quick enough to complain, so thought I'd post some praise.

My mum had to call an engineer to establish why her bedroom TV couldn't get BBC on freeview. I had tried but failed to fix this.

Called Glenn Martin Aerials http://gmaerials.co.uk/#/welcome/4534769848 who tested the existing aerial and said it was good, except at the start of the range...where BBC is.

Anyway, new aerial installed, with recommendations on future positioning, some great advice and a professional manner all sorted at a lot less money than expected.

If you're in the Leeds area, highly recommended.

jc808

greenstick wrote: »

said it was good, except at the start of the range...where BBC is.

That sounds like BS

vyle

It sounds plausible to me. Digital tv signals need to be just the right strength, not too strong or too weak. A lot of people lost channels after the switchover in my area because their signal had become too strong, and in particular lost BBC services, which were on channel 61 when scanning, which is low in the scanning range.

Prior to the switchover, none of the digital channels were found until about half way through a scan.

Azari

jc808 wrote: »

That sounds like BS

Not at all.

Aerials have to cover multiple bands and, with DSO, aerials that covered the full range from one transmitter may no longer do so.

If you have a good signal it's quite possible to get some transponders 'out of band', but not others.

Of course, it will not be just one channel affected but an entire transponder. But if you only happen to watch a single channel on the affected transponder it may be that you appear to lose just that one.

mattyprice4004

jc808 wrote: »

That sounds like BS

You should probably read up / have some knowledge before classing things as BS.

Perfectly plausible, A level electronics student who did a project on RF transmission and reception here.