IS
I also got Hannington from London, using an indoor aerial back in the day. Was a decent picture most of the time too. I also got Sudbury once as well.
I think I did too once, got something vaguely Anglia briefly. We could always get Chiltern FM very clearly despite living on totally the other side of London.
The edit suites at my college were just VHS decks, signal strength from CP was so good I could put paperclips in the aerials and turn them all into TV receivers
I also got Hannington from London, using an indoor aerial back in the day. Was a decent picture most of the time too. I also got Sudbury once as well.
I think I did too once, got something vaguely Anglia briefly. We could always get Chiltern FM very clearly despite living on totally the other side of London.
The edit suites at my college were just VHS decks, signal strength from CP was so good I could put paperclips in the aerials and turn them all into TV receivers
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RO
The local pub down the road from me, literally two minutes walk, could receive Border TV back in the analogue days, but we couldn't, despite being a bit higher up. Our main transmitter is, Craigkelly, but in analogue days, we could also just about get Blackhill.
It also reminds me of one occasion, I think during school holidays, in 1994, when dad and me were playing about with this radio we found, and consider we live on the east coast, were picking up RTE radio no problem. It was a marvel getting results of the "Old Belvedere Floodlit Cup" rugby union competition! (Cork Constitution won it that year IIRC!).
Some people in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy were able to get Grampian as well as STV in analogue days. I just wonder, in digital days, on freeview, can they still pick up both STV North and STV central?
It also reminds me of one occasion, I think during school holidays, in 1994, when dad and me were playing about with this radio we found, and consider we live on the east coast, were picking up RTE radio no problem. It was a marvel getting results of the "Old Belvedere Floodlit Cup" rugby union competition! (Cork Constitution won it that year IIRC!).
Some people in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy were able to get Grampian as well as STV in analogue days. I just wonder, in digital days, on freeview, can they still pick up both STV North and STV central?
MI
Depending which direction my indoor aerial was pointing, I got Sutton Coldfield, Waltham, Nottingham (vertical) and in high pressure conditions, Belmont. Once received Ketnet from Belgium on the indoor aerial during an extremely active tropo spell.
Then came digital, and back in 2004, I could still receive Sutton Coldfield or Waltham, depending which way the aerial was pointing, although I could only receive a maximum of 5 out of 6 multiplexes at any given aerial position in my room...
Then came digital, and back in 2004, I could still receive Sutton Coldfield or Waltham, depending which way the aerial was pointing, although I could only receive a maximum of 5 out of 6 multiplexes at any given aerial position in my room...
MI
In the absence of a professional solution, e.g. signal meters, head to to the Digital UK postcode checker, go to detailed view, find the UHF channel number for BBC-A/PSB1 at your most likely transmitter, stick on the manual tuning menu and wander round the room with the aerial in one hand and the remote control in the other hand, watching how the signal strength and quality bars go and up and down as you move around the room, toggling the OK/Cancel options in the manual tune menu via your remote to stop it timing out...
Whereas with digital, if the signal's poor you can't even get it to find any channels, so sometimes you need to rescan about 50 times with the aerial in different positions to get SOMETHING to even attempt to know where to put the aerial, and if you can't get a brilliant signal, then it breaks up and isn't watchable anyway.
In the absence of a professional solution, e.g. signal meters, head to to the Digital UK postcode checker, go to detailed view, find the UHF channel number for BBC-A/PSB1 at your most likely transmitter, stick on the manual tuning menu and wander round the room with the aerial in one hand and the remote control in the other hand, watching how the signal strength and quality bars go and up and down as you move around the room, toggling the OK/Cancel options in the manual tune menu via your remote to stop it timing out...
CU
I have some memories of analogue tv
In 2005 I received a Goodmans tv DVD combi with had analogue tv only when I was only young. I could only pick up 4 channels from a relay with no channel 5.
In 2007 my brother started putting on the tv at night to stv to watch a HIGNFY rip-off
So after that, my parents removed the antenna so we can't watch tv into the early hours of the morning
In 2009 though I realized that my granda had an analogue tv that could receive channels from both the stv north and the stv central region and on the rare occasion tyne tees signals
The last time I saw analogue tv was on holiday to Yorkshire in 2011 just before they switch off the analogue
With the early days of digital, I could only receive my transmitter only but later on, I would get channels from 4 transmitters (3 main, 1 relay)
Although if a strong tropo comes in I could get signals from Selkirk, Tyne Tees, Norway and Germany
In 2005 I received a Goodmans tv DVD combi with had analogue tv only when I was only young. I could only pick up 4 channels from a relay with no channel 5.
In 2007 my brother started putting on the tv at night to stv to watch a HIGNFY rip-off
So after that, my parents removed the antenna so we can't watch tv into the early hours of the morning
In 2009 though I realized that my granda had an analogue tv that could receive channels from both the stv north and the stv central region and on the rare occasion tyne tees signals
The last time I saw analogue tv was on holiday to Yorkshire in 2011 just before they switch off the analogue
With the early days of digital, I could only receive my transmitter only but later on, I would get channels from 4 transmitters (3 main, 1 relay)
Although if a strong tropo comes in I could get signals from Selkirk, Tyne Tees, Norway and Germany
NW
When I was very young before we moved house in the early 1990s we could used to get all the channels from Winter Hill and Moel Y Parc very clearly. The biggest use was watching the English language programmes on S4C.
When we moved our TV picked up a decent S4C signal for a while. I had a habit of watching Sbectel On View in the mornings for a while.
When we moved our TV picked up a decent S4C signal for a while. I had a habit of watching Sbectel On View in the mornings for a while.
SP
The edit suites at my college were just VHS decks, signal strength from CP was so good I could put paperclips in the aerials and turn them all into TV receivers
Editing with two VHS decks... Now that is an analogue memory. And editing audio with a razor blade and Chinagraph. No waiting for things to render.
Very fond memories of my sixth form days with the run of the media dept and space to make mistakes and learn from them, and push the basic kit to its limits.
The edit suites at my college were just VHS decks, signal strength from CP was so good I could put paperclips in the aerials and turn them all into TV receivers
Editing with two VHS decks... Now that is an analogue memory. And editing audio with a razor blade and Chinagraph. No waiting for things to render.
Very fond memories of my sixth form days with the run of the media dept and space to make mistakes and learn from them, and push the basic kit to its limits.
GE
I seem to remember seeing a coverage map showing one of Grampian's transmitters serving parts of East Lothian. I didn't imagine that, did I?
thegeek
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Some people in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy were able to get Grampian as well as STV in analogue days. I just wonder, in digital days, on freeview, can they still pick up both STV North and STV central?
I seem to remember seeing a coverage map showing one of Grampian's transmitters serving parts of East Lothian. I didn't imagine that, did I?
MI
I'm sure Moel-Y-Parc covers more of England than it does Wales!
When I was very young before we moved house in the early 1990s we could used to get all the channels from Winter Hill and Moel Y Parc very clearly. The biggest use was watching the English language programmes on S4C.
When we moved our TV picked up a decent S4C signal for a while. I had a habit of watching Sbectel On View in the mornings for a while.
When we moved our TV picked up a decent S4C signal for a while. I had a habit of watching Sbectel On View in the mornings for a while.
I'm sure Moel-Y-Parc covers more of England than it does Wales!
MI
I seem to remember seeing a coverage map showing one of Grampian's transmitters serving parts of East Lothian. I didn't imagine that, did I?
Was it this one, of Angus TX?
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/mapsys/map.php?mapid=70
Some people in Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy were able to get Grampian as well as STV in analogue days. I just wonder, in digital days, on freeview, can they still pick up both STV North and STV central?
I seem to remember seeing a coverage map showing one of Grampian's transmitters serving parts of East Lothian. I didn't imagine that, did I?
Was it this one, of Angus TX?
http://tx.mb21.co.uk/mapsys/map.php?mapid=70