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RTÉ DTT Reception difficulties in parts of the south east.

[Deleted User] · 2010-09-16 11:36:12

yes. The signal level from mt leinster has fallen below the threshold required to outdo presely in your area hence you get nothing. Stupid choice of frequency by rte... Saorsat for you I'm afraid. saorsat is meant to be for the 2% of the country that couldn't even get analogue but of course the stupid choice of ch45 for mt…

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#252 05-09-2011 5:11pm

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You could check the signal strength and quality figures for when the picture is good and compare it with the values for when it's bad. Might be informative.

Also follow the cable back from the aerial. Is it going to just one tv? Diplexed with the satellite cable/going to a distribution amp? Check that all the connections are good, especially if any are outside and exposed to the elements.

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#253 05-09-2011 5:28pm

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Booms wrote: »

You could check the signal strength and quality figures for when the picture is good and compare it with the values for when it's bad. Might be informative.

Yeah I did that. But they are basically good when reception is good and bad when its bad!

Booms wrote: »

Also follow the cable back from the aerial. Is it going to just one tv?

The UHF antenna is joined with a VHF antenna using a diplexer on the chimney. The coax goes into a VCR and then passes on to TV.

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#254 06-09-2011 12:24pm

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Sounds to me like you need to get someone out to check the external connections/equipment. Cheers

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#255 28-09-2011 11:08am

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Maghera Mux 1 Ch: 48 down atm. Analogue tv still transmitting.

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#256 14-11-2011 8:19pm

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In case you missed it the frequencies for some transmitters (including Mt Leinster) are going to change in October 2012. So beware if you are going to install an antenna.

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#257 14-11-2011 8:59pm

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Use Group A or Wideband for Mt Leinster. The RTE brochure has always advised Wideband for Mt Leinster.

http://www.saorview.ie/news/2572/

http://www.saortv.info/2011/11/14/aso-retuning/

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#258 18-12-2011 11:38pm

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For no reason at all.... here's a shot of Mount Leinster taken yesterday (17th Dec). (taken from Borris, Co Carlow):

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#259 12-03-2012 8:01pm

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If there's a more suitable thread for this kind of question, let me know, but anyway in the last couple of days I've been losing the Forth Mountain signal here on the south side of Tara Hill, Gorey.
Is it them, us, or the weather?

TIA
Patrick

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#260 12-03-2012 8:46pm

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Could be co-channel interference from a UK transmitter, maybe Redruth or Huntshaw Cross.

Conditions would suit atm.

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#261 12-03-2012 10:20pm

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It's the high pressure system.
There are dtt channels coming in from all sorts of crazy places at the moment,it will ease by thursday.

Unfortunately the cut outs from this type of weather will cause a lot of confusion later this year to the by then 10's of 1000's of new saorview viewers.
It will be something analogue viewers especially on vhf won't have had to worry about before.

The dtt platform is far from the perfect vehicle it has been made out to be.
Money is the main driver of the change.

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#262 13-03-2012 12:20am

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blackius wrote: »

It's the high pressure system.
There are dtt channels coming in from all sorts of crazy places at the moment,it will ease by thursday.

Are you getting anything unusual? I haven't had a chance to scan lately. However we're getting Saorview from kippure and I noticed it glitching a few times during the afternoon.

BBC HD from Preseli is very satisfactory, it hasnt cut out once in the last month.... Great for Top Gear :cool:

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#263 13-03-2012 2:01pm

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I was getting Redruth and Caradon Hill until yesterday with bursts of French DTT on 39 here in south Wickla

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#264 13-03-2012 2:56pm

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Hi I normally get Ch 42 Preseli but I've got nothing today has anyone an idea why this should be so. The other Preseli MUXES are fine, CH 49 is a bit iffy but that's usual.

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#265 13-03-2012 4:33pm

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aerial man wrote: »

Are you getting anything unusual? I haven't had a chance to scan lately. However we're getting Saorview from kippure and I noticed it glitching a few times during the afternoon.

BBC HD from Preseli is very satisfactory, it hasnt cut out once in the last month.... Great for Top Gear :cool:

llandonna was mucking with my preseli a bit yesterday a few brief drop outs mainly on hd.
RTE'S arklow tx has been glitching a bit in the last day or two.

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#266 13-03-2012 4:39pm

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jabarrett35 wrote: »

Hi I normally get Ch 42 Preseli but I've got nothing today has anyone an idea why this should be so. The other Preseli MUXES are fine, CH 49 is a bit iffy but that's usual.

ch 42 up here in arklow has been dropping out a few times,it's co channel aswell,nothing too disruptive , a half second at a time,then grand for ages,then maybe some break up/drop out for a second and back to normal..
It will be back to normal thursday.

It's gone crazy today in England,lots of digital break up and uhf analogue in the london area very co channeled and wavy due to european interference and local uk interference.

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#267 13-03-2012 4:53pm

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Cheers for that Blackius. I had noticed some drop-outs but blamed weather. Also, according to UKFree there was some engineering work in Preseli last week which disrupted DTT.

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#268 14-03-2012 10:38am

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Sysmod wrote: »

If there's a more suitable thread for this kind of question, let me know, but anyway in the last couple of days I've been losing the Forth Mountain signal here on the south side of Tara Hill, Gorey.
Is it them, us, or the weather?

TIA
Patrick

I notice when channel 45 from Preseli is coming in, it effects Forth.

I wonder is Forth some type of relay from channel 45 Mth Lenister ?
Will this be resolved in October when Mth Lenister moves channel ?

I only notice the effect when I have Forth combined, Forth works perfect for me when not combined in all weather.
The last couple of days I have also noticed a drop in signal on Preseli Ch 49.

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#269 14-03-2012 11:48am

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If Forth Mtn. is simply rebroadcasting Mt. Leinster then you would think it would be affected by this kind of thing to some degree, no matter how directional its receive aerials are.

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#270 14-03-2012 12:12pm

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tv/radio signal loss in the past 24 hours in Nth Wexford.Saorview picture freezing and sound loss at a rate not experienced before

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#271 14-03-2012 9:42pm

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bernardo mac wrote: »

tv/radio signal loss in the past 24 hours in Nth Wexford.Saorview picture freezing and sound loss at a rate not experienced before

Whats your setup like and where are you getting you signal from? ive noticed no interference even with all the high pressure on saorview but i had a installer come out just before christmass to put up my dish (for freeesat) and wideband 48 element up on the roof and pointed it at mount leinster so id probably wouldnt get any inteferrence (got sick of all the interferrence myself lol)

Mount leinster will be changing channels in oct 2012 anyways so there wont be any more co-channel interferrence

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