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(June 2018)

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CU
Curto21
I really don't know if this topic should be here but when I was scanning my Freeview box I found some Norway TV channels between the channel numbers 800-814.

Although the channel had no signal some of them had sound for 10 minutes sadly I have no recording of this.

But if you had any dx today just like this please comment down below
IS
Inspector Sands
The problem with DXing these days is that you have to rescan your receiver and that potentially means losing the channels you want

A good time of year and weather to be receiving remote channels though. After the Rio Olympics when a retune was due to put everything back to normal my telly got all sorts of regions for a few hours
CU
Curto21
Just a quick update that I am now getting german channels between 815-821 and at one point it had a picture on screen but went off 2 seconds later but making progress
MA
Markymark
There does appear to be a large lift on at present. My DAB car radio reception was unusable
this morning driving to work, with my intended muxes being hammered by interference (probably must of it from distant transmitters of the same mux, landing beyond the guard interval).

The problem with digital radio and telly, is you can't tell it's interference, the signal just breaks up and/or mutes.
Loads of people will run rescans today, and get themselves into trouble.
CU
Curto21
The German channels I received this morning came back in crystal clear quality for 8 minutes before going off again
NG
noggin Founding member
The problem with DXing these days is that you have to rescan your receiver and that potentially means losing the channels you want

A good time of year and weather to be receiving remote channels though. After the Rio Olympics when a retune was due to put everything back to normal my telly got all sorts of regions for a few hours


DVB-T/T2 tuners on a PC may be a better way of doing that?
CU
Curto21
Just got the german channels back again
LB
Luke B
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OV
Orry Verducci
The high pressure and hot weather this week has created very favourable conditions for tropospheric ducting, whereby the atmosphere starts reflecting signals that would normally pass through, allowing reception from many miles way.

Like Markymark the DAB in my car has been dropping out to interference all week, where it's usually rock solid. The FM radio has also been picking up distant stations from other parts of the UK easily.

For anyone interested this website does a forecast for lift conditions: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_nwe.html
CU
Curto21
I got more Norwegian channels on Sunday there will be some pictures of what multiplexes I got
ST
Ste Founding member
Via Sporadic E I recieerd
The high pressure and hot weather this week has created very favourable conditions for tropospheric ducting, whereby the atmosphere starts reflecting signals that would normally pass through, allowing reception from many miles way.

Like Markymark the DAB in my car has been dropping out to interference all week, where it's usually rock solid. The FM radio has also been picking up distant stations from other parts of the UK easily.

For anyone interested this website does a forecast for lift conditions: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_nwe.html


I was getting a station from Morocco on 89.9FM a few days ago.
CU
Curto21
Not very far this one but I am managing to get local tv signals from the Blackhill transmitter something I don't receive

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