Full Freeview on the Crystal Palace (Greater London, England) transmitter

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4:31 AM

- BBC ONE Weak from 09:01 yesterday BBC ONE Weak Signal from 07:53 on 29 Feb to 16:39 on 29 Feb BBC ONE Weak Signal from 17:37 on 28 Feb to 07:53 on 29 Feb BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:03 yesterday BBC TWO Weak Signal from 07:53 on 29 Feb to 16:37 on [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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darren
6:03 PM

I have to say folks if this is what is going to be like then blow this for a lark, my new only as freeview in it so really i have lost all my i dare not watch any programme that says 1 of 2 or 1 0f such programmes coz when i turn the box back on theres no channels i am not pleased at all ! I live in Southend-on-sea so we have 3 BBC and ITV stations to pick from, its a nightmare !

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4:31 AM

- BBC ONE Weak from 09:01 on 03 Mar BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:03 on 03 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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4:31 AM

- BBC ONE Weak from 09:01 on 03 Mar BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:03 on 03 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Possible weak signal, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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10:31 AM

- BBC ONE Weak from 09:01 on 03 Mar BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:03 on 03 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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10:31 AM

- BBC ONE Weak from 09:01 on 03 Mar BBC TWO Weak Signal from 09:03 on 03 Mar [BBC] Over the next week Crystal Palace main transmitter: TV (analogue) Liable to interruption, TV (digital) working normally, Radio (analogue) working normally, Radio (digital) working normally. [DUK]

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Ashley
1:27 PM

For some reason from today I have lost all done a rescan now it don't even pick them up I live in the sidcup area has anyone else noticed this

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LesG
2:07 PM
Reading

Thanks to David and FJC Farrar for some useful input. As to my situation issues have continued. It starts to look as if its mainly happening during morning TV, then clears for the afternoon and early/ peak evening, then starts again after about midnight or 1 a.m. As an ex IT systems person this looks suspiciously like scheduled work to minimise the disruption to (presumed) main viewers. Not much use if you are a shift worker, or (like me) record stuff on BBC3 and 4 in the early hours. I agree with David that we should raise this wherever possible. I have written to Watchdog, BBC and UK. The BBC have trotted out the usual "help" and I have contacted Digital UK on their advice. I have been given a case number by the Beeb at least and will follow up with them depending on the DigitalUK response. I am not expecting much comeback, but I feel I should follow all avenues before escalating further. The irony is that all the reports talk of weaker signals on BBC 1 and 2, but mine (on my old Panasonic CRT TV) have never seemed better!

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FJC Farrar

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5:05 PM
Camberley

LesG: What you describe is also typical of the effects of the RF reflective -layers, which tend to move up & down around dusk & dawn, affecting "skip-distances". If you are already in an area with lowish signals, you will either get drop-out periods twice in 24hrs - or just as likely only have good periods only twice a day. Again, when is increased (and it is going to increase levels a lot!) at final , most such effects will disappear. Be patient.

Incidentally, why when Reading is smack in the middle of 's coverage?

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5:31 PM
Camberley

As a rider relating to the lack of information etc. leading to people buying new equipment:
Since if fails anywhere, there seems to be no way of directly reporting this; I fail to see how DUK can state Transmitters are working normally. Surely they can only report that as far as they are aware nothing has been done which has changed reception.
The clue is "as far as they are aware" since there seems no possible way in which they could be aware if reception had changed. Maybe if they had stated that DTV reception COULD be affected during the lead-up to final we would have been satisfied?