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Local TV test transmission today
Local TV test signal today on ch51, showing as local tv test1 number 791 & local tv test 2 number 792.
Receiving at about 50% strength and 40% quality here in Worcester.
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Sutton Coldfield testing Local TV Multiplex today on Ch51
I am presuming this signal is from Sutton Coldfield
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Local TV test
Signal strength is steady now at about 50% but quality is bouncing arround all over the place
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Nothing coming through on Channel 51 from Wenvoe, even though I am about 25 miles away, I should get a signal when the tests do start. I live on top of a hill about half a mile from Blackwood, and use a group B, horizontally polarized outdoor aerial
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Is London testing?
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Local tv test from Sutton Coldfield ?
791 & 792 both sending out tone and Black screen with the message "Test Transmission" in white
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791 & 792 both sending out tone and Black screen with the message "Test Transmission" in white
![]() The B'ham Local Mux of course being beamed SW from Sutton Coldfield towards Birmingham, and then on to you in Worcester. Sadly, it can't beam northeast as it would disrupt signals from both Derby and Nottingham transmitter sites! |
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Is London testing?
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It is supposed to be on UHF 29 from my local transmitter at Brierley Hill. Not there yet though.
Then again, i seem to remember it had a licence issued for a local RSL back in the Analogue days which never made it to air. Here's hoping it makes it this time |
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Cambridge local tv
Will the cb75 postcode area get local tv and as I am originally from London would like to know if London live will be on sat tv and internet
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Will the cb75 postcode area get local tv and as I am originally from London would like to know if London live will be on sat tv and internet
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No, no signal present on UHF channel 29 from Crystal Palace.
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Just had a check of UHF channel 51 here. Seems 51 from Derby relay stronger than usual (normally not enough to sustain a picture, just an occasional trace of a signal). Other UHF channels from the same relay not receivable. I don't know if its just the current conditions favouring a usable signal on 51 only from Derby, or if there's been a few tweaks in view of B'ham local mux launching. The Ofcom coverage map for the local mux showed a small 'splatter' in the direction of Derby.
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No, no signal present on UHF channel 29 from Crystal Palace.
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The antenna for local TV in London only went up the Crystal Palace mast just under two weeks ago. It'll be 2014 before you see tests in London.
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It is supposed to be on UHF 29 from my local transmitter at Brierley Hill. Not there yet though.
Then again, i seem to remember it had a licence issued for a local RSL back in the Analogue days which never made it to air. Here's hoping it makes it this time I suppose I'll have to stick a Sutton Coldfield aerial up aswell as the 1970's Brierley Hill one to see what the new muxes are like around here. Steve |
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yeah wasn't it "black country tv" or something...
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Local TV Test Birmingham
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So confirmation once again that local TV coverage is going to be better than expected, the extra robust transmission mode really helping.
The B'ham Local Mux of course being beamed SW from Sutton Coldfield towards Birmingham, and then on to you in Worcester. Sadly, it can't beam northeast as it would disrupt signals from both Derby and Nottingham transmitter sites! As slight off topic note....The Lickey Hills has always been a band site for transmitters but recently a DAB transmitter was installed on a Severn Trent water tower for one of the Birmingham multiplexes and although low power it puts the best signal out into Worcestershire down the M5 and beyond. |
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Local TV Test Birminham
Anyone know why we have two test signals on this ch 51 multiplex one on LCN 791 and the other on LCN 792 ?
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Anyone know why we have two test signals on this ch 51 multiplex one on LCN 791 and the other on LCN 792 ?
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Not sure if it's just my TV Card throwing a wobbley or not but it's recording what appeared to be an empty multiplex from Waltham about 15 minutes ago (and 30 minutes + 1 hour before that). Quote:
PID Usage Chart And loads more besides.
0x000e (0.185%) *0/1 0x000e Unknown usage 0x0015 (0.185%) *0/1 0x0015 Unknown usage 0x001e (0.185%) *0/1 0x001e Unknown usage 0x001f (0.185%) 0x001f Unknown usage 0x0046 (0.185%) *0/1 0x0046 Unknown usage 0x004f (0.185%) 0x004f Unknown usage 0x0050 (0.185%) 0x0050 Unknown usage 0x0051 (0.185%) 0x0051 Unknown usage 0x0065 (0.185%) 0x0065 Unknown usage 0x0087 (0.185%) *0/1 0x0087 Unknown usage 0x008a (0.185%) *0/1 0x008a Unknown usage 0x0094 (0.185%) 0x0094 Unknown usage 0x009c (0.185%) 0x009c Unknown usage |
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Local TV Test 791/792
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The local muxes will carry more than just a single local service, there will also be other national syndicated channels
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Can you expand on this please
![]() 1 local television station (on Freeview channel 8 in England) 2 "national" services - these have yet to be announced but will be available on all multiplexes carrying local tv services. For example if the 2 national services happened to be movies4men and Capital TV* anyone who gets a local station will also get those. e,g, in Preston you'd get 1. Your TV Preston and Blackpool; 2. Movies4Men* 3. Capital TV* in Nottingham you'd get 1. Notts TV 2. Movies4Men* 3. Capital TV* in London you'd get 1. London Live 2. Movies4Men* 3. Capital TV* * Used for examples only - no idea what the actual services will be Quote:
Not sure if it's just my TV Card throwing a wobbley or not but it's recording what appeared to be an empty multiplex from Waltham about 15 minutes ago (and 30 minutes + 1 hour before that).
And loads more besides. Hmm, there is something there - however only one of my tv cards can see it, none of my tv's can tune to it - however my Humax PVRT is showing 58% signal strength and 10% signal quality (vs 85% and 100% on the PSBs and 21% + 0% for where there is just background noise) ~ 45% strength was plenty high enough to decode pre-DSO COM5 and COM6 though |
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Can you expand on this please
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Can you expand on this please
![]() Don't get too excited by what's coming on those
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