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All posts by MikeP

Below are all of MikeP's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.

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Yesterday
Tuesday 11 August 2015 7:17AM

clive pigott and Margaret:
You should aim your comments to the Yesterday website, see http://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/, which is shown near the top of the page.

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Neil et al:

When planning to install a satellite dish, there are certain regulations that need to be considered. In general a dish of up to 1m in any dimension does not need planning permission unless it is in a conservation area or the building is listed. A 1.2m dish definitely needs planning permission, see Planning Portal - Satellite,TV and Radio Antenna for full details of what is and is not permitted.

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Neil:

The site states "if you are installing a single antenna, it is not more than 100 centimetres in any linear dimension (not including any projecting feed element, reinforcing rim, mounting and brackets);". That is in the secrtion dealing with houses up to 15m high, which covers most 2 storey houses in the UK. It's the second bullet point. That requirement has been in force for many years, certainly since before the turn of the century.

I assume that because your enquiries with your local council at the time of installation led you to believe that permission was not needed, then it is possible that a different member of staff could interpret that as being in need of retrospective consent.

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David Trevett:

For any contributor to thos website to be able to help, we would need some more information. Please could you tell us what equipment (TV and/or PVR) you are having the problem with and indicate your location, preferably by a post code or that of a nearby shop/post office. The we will knwo which transmitter you should be using and be able to find out how the TV/PVR should be tuned. You can usually find a User Manual on line for your equipment.

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All free TV channels in the UK
Tuesday 18 August 2015 5:13PM

Lesley Kokai:

Look at


Freeview Channels | Freeview
which listrs all of the programme channels available via Freeview. As far as I can tell, none of them are offering Punjabi TV.

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Full technical details of Freeview
Wednesday 19 August 2015 7:29AM

Dave & jb38:
Knowing that area of Sutton in Ashfield, it is just as likely that Dave is using Sutton Coldfield due to the terrain. Hence aerials aimed at different directions.

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All of the free TV channels in the UK
Wednesday 19 August 2015 7:35AM

ron:
Please give your comments and queries directly to the Showbix TV website using the link given above. This site is independent of any programme provider or broadcaster.

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laurie hopkins:

Turner Classic Movies is available on SKY programme number 317 or on Virgin 415. See http://www.tcmuk.tv/, their own website.

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Freeview transmitters | Transmitters
Friday 21 August 2015 7:31AM

Charles Davison:

100% signal strength is far too strong for any TV or PVR to give reliable reception, the ideal is in the 70-80% range. You meed to reduce the signal strength going into your equipment, as MikeB has suggested.

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Margaret:

Further to that said by MikeB, 4G does not carry Freeview TV signals as it is a method for providing better mobile phone signals but also carry internet services via the mobile phone operators. That allows some TV services to be viewed via a mobile device with a suitable SIM card attached. I am not yet aware of any TV set that has a suitable system built-in for reception and decoding of 4G signals, but I would expect some very new designs of TV sets will be available sometime with that feature.

Whitehaven transmitter is a 'Freeview Lite' service and only carries PSB1, PSB2 and PSB3, see Which Freeview channels does the Whitehaven transmitter broadcast? for more details. It appears that a limited 4G TV service may become available from 2019.

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