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Uk channels gone from saor view a few months now

  • 10-12-2019 9:40pm
    #1
    NewMan1982
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    My das TVs in his house near skerries no longer pick up the UK stations on saorview.

    It’s been like this a good few months now.

    He was picking up the stations through his old terrestrial aerial as far as I know. I don’t recall him ever getting anything changed up there.

    I ran the auto tune again on his TVs but the still only picked up the Irish stuff.

    Did something change a couple of months ago to cause this?


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  • #2
    gipi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭gipi


    Yes, Freeview channels in Northern Ireland changed frequency in September. I lost the channels too and my aerial can't pick up the new frequencies.


  • #3
    NewMan1982
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    Is a new aerial needed? Can you recommend any?


  • #4
    Boxcar_Willie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭Boxcar_Willie


    I'm picking up everything in Drogheda.


  • #5
    emaherx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭emaherx


    NewMan1982 wrote: »
    My das TVs in his house near skerries no longer pick up the UK stations on saorview.

    It’s been like this a good few months now.

    He was picking up the stations through his old terrestrial aerial as far as I know. I don’t recall him ever getting anything changed up there.

    I ran the auto tune again on his TVs but the still only picked up the Irish stuff.

    Did something change a couple of months ago to cause this?

    UK channels are not part of saorview. If your dad's tv was picking them up by aerial then the channels were being received from a transmitter much further away than the Saorview channels, so aerial may have moved in the wind or the mast head amplifier may have failed.

    Most people however receive UK channels by a separate Satellite dish so again wind moving the dish is an option.


  • #6
    Boxcar_Willie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭Boxcar_Willie


    emaherx wrote: »
    UK channels are not part of saorview. If your dad's tv was picking them up by aerial then the channels were being received from a transmitter much further away than the Saorview channels, so aerial may have moved in the wind or the mast head amplifier may have failed.

    Most people however receive UK channels by a separate Satellite dish so again wind moving the dish is an option.


    UK Freeview channels can be picked up with an antenna.
    In the North - East the most popular transmitter would be Kilkeel in Co. Down .


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  • #7
    emaherx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭emaherx


    Boxcar_Willie wrote: »
    UK Freeview channels can be picked up with an antenna.
    In the North - East the most popular transmitter would be Kilkeel in Co. Down .

    I know, but require better alignment and a working mast head amp compared to picking up Saorview. Don't think I said anything to suggest otherwise.


  • #8
    emaherx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭emaherx


    gipi wrote: »
    Yes, Freeview channels in Northern Ireland changed frequency in September. I lost the channels too and my aerial can't pick up the new frequencies.


    I assume your aerial is the wrong band group for the new frequencies this is a possibility for the OP too if channels were lost at the same time.


  • #9
    Elvis Hammond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭Elvis Hammond


    NewMan1982 wrote: »
    Is a new aerial needed?

    The new (since September) frequencies at the Kilkeel transmitter will work just as well with existing aerials.

    The problem is interfering signals from other places. A few people on here say they got the channels back by adjusting the aerial alignment. (Presumably strengthening the wanted signal &/or weakening the unwanted.)


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