Freeview area problem!

[Turkey Machine]

If your signal is that weak, I'd suggest getting one of these aerials: http://www.screwfix.com/prods/60215/...h-Gain-Digital

I'll be getting one to put on the roof at home, as we're on the edge of the Tacolneston transmitter, and cannot get 5 on analogue, and the Freeview is not the best it could be. I know this'll improve when analogue gets switched off, but 3 years is a long time.

[saabmania2]

Originally Posted by demented

Analogue bearing does not have complete correlation to digital services at all. In all of the places I've ever lived there has been a poor, snowy analogue picture on some channels. Why not borrow a friend's digibox and see if it works? Is your aerial pointing at the primary transmitter or the local one?

i don't have to borrow a box i have one here that i bought when i had the new ariel installed obviously it has never got used yet but, when the installer was here he said it was on the whitehawk transmitter so i take it it is on that one (the arial is pointing in that direction) so yes it is on the local transmitter

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Originally Posted by demented

Yes I would echo what chris has said. On wolfbane they haven't enabled the post switch over coverage predictor yet. Currently the official figure is something like 73% of the country can get freeview. After 2012 it will be in the 90%s. The wolfbane stuff you posted is currently a field strength of 29. That is certainly low but people have had digital working fine on that field strength level. You are 5 miles from the transmitter. If you actually look at your transmitters data you will see what the power levels of the muxes are 3 are on 400Watts, two are on 200Watts and the other 1000 Watts. When things get sorted out the new average will be 4000 Watts. It seems fairly likely to me looking at those figures that freeview will work now with a quality aerial but even if it didn't it should most certainly after switch over.

ok thanks for the advise i think i will have to wait until nearer the time then as i can't get a thing at the mo, i went to alltrade to get my arial and just asked for the best one they had for digital high gain with amplifer it cost just under £100 with all the bits and bobs to go with it, it's a Televes DAT 45 TV Aerial + MRD so it should be good.
in the meantime i will look into getting a sat dish installed in the garden, i think that might be in the realms of a possiblity, so i will try that route would prefer freesat if poss as i think there will be more to offer on there in the future.
anyway thanks everyone for your advise i'll see how i get on