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Old 17-10-2016, 07:31
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Something between 0 and 0% chance of that, I'd say!
There seems to be almost delusional optimism in this group, that SDL are on the threshold of installing and launching more sites. They've only been trading for 8 months,
they won't even be thinking of spending anything on expansion yet, give it a couple of years at least, and only then if the mux is a runaway success
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Old 21-10-2016, 13:10
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There seems to be almost delusional optimism in this group, that SDL are on the threshold of installing and launching more sites. They've only been trading for 8 months,
they won't even be thinking of spending anything on expansion yet, give it a couple of years at least, and only then if the mux is a runaway success
Unfortunately, it's business - and business is really about money. Not necessarily about making it, but if you don't have it to spend...
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Old 21-10-2016, 22:09
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What's left in the current build-out programme between now and the end of the year?

The extra transmitters I'm aware of that are still due are:

CE Birmingham - Headless Cross
Muxco Lincolnshire - High Hunsley
Muxco Suffolk - Felixtowe
Muxco Somerset - Coker Hill
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Old 21-10-2016, 22:19
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Kent - Turnpike Hill
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Old 21-10-2016, 22:53
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South Hants- Portsdown Hill (Fort Southwick Replacement)

South Hants- Crabwood Farm power increase

Berks/N Hants- Cobbett's Lane

Berks/N Hants- Ibthorpe
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Old 22-10-2016, 00:00
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Kent - Turnpike Hill
Has Charing Hill been switched on in Kent yet?
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Old 22-10-2016, 00:35
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Has Charing Hill been switched on in Kent yet?
Not yet, no.
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Old 22-10-2016, 09:35
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South Hants- Portsdown Hill (Fort Southwick Replacement)
It's taking a jolly long time.
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Old 22-10-2016, 17:20
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It might hopefully go some way to plugging the massive gap in coverage at the bottom end of the A3 just south of Petersfield.
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Old 22-10-2016, 18:41
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It might hopefully go some way to plugging the massive gap in coverage at the bottom end of the A3 just south of Petersfield.
I'm told the broadcasters have been trying for years, to get BT to agree to their Butster Hill tower to be used for DAB. They don't seem keen, remarkable really, because there's
nothing much left on the tower now !

That would sort out Petersfield, the A3, and much of the A272 west towards Winchester
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Old 22-10-2016, 20:44
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It's worth noting that Petersfield, until recently, was not part of the PPA of the South Hampshire multiplex - it belonged to the Surrey PPA (despite being in Hampshire).

So the fact there has historically not been South Hampshire DAB coverage in the town shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Portsdown Hill DAB TX won't do much, if anything for Petersfield. What moving the South Hampshire DAB TX from Fort Southwick to 'Portsdown Hill' TX site will do is improve coverage in the east of Portsmouth and Havant. Coverage that would have been lost in the area to the west of Fareham is now being provided by Freeth Allotments.
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Old 22-10-2016, 21:56
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It's worth noting that Petersfield, until recently, was not part of the PPA of the South Hampshire multiplex - it belonged to the Surrey PPA (despite being in Hampshire).
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It was to be Surrey and North Sussex with a bit of Hampshire.
North Sussex then was moved to the existing Sussex coast mux becoming a Sussex with a bit of Hampshire mux. The Midhurst transmitter also covering the Petersfield area.
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Old 24-10-2016, 11:22
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hi all!
was cort on the hop with thiss one!
CE birmingham lisseners,

seembs like Headless Cross was commissioned on 19th October
so you may have had a signal boost.
anyone conferm of any improvements?
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Old 24-10-2016, 21:04
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I'm now picking up the Lincolnshire multiplex here, and I presume this is due to a new transmitter or a power boost as I never received the multiplex until today.
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Old 24-10-2016, 22:07
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I'm now picking up the Lincolnshire multiplex here, and I presume this is due to a new transmitter or a power boost as I never received the multiplex until today.
Yes - High Hunsley came on last week. Not sure of the power, but it'll give the Lincs mux overspill coverage way into west & north yorkshire
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Old 16-11-2016, 12:07
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hi there,
local radio updates including national dab expantion in a document here:
http://www.a516digital.com/2016/11/u...a-reveals.html
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Old 16-11-2016, 13:19
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hi there,
local radio updates including national dab expantion in a document here:
http://www.a516digital.com/2016/11/u...a-reveals.html
A few extra transmitters by Digital 1. Quite surprised. I thought they'd given up expanding their network.
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Old 16-11-2016, 13:38
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Still no D1 at Membury surprising as it covers an important part of the M4 as more cars get DAB?
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Old 16-11-2016, 16:23
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A few extra transmitters by Digital 1. Quite surprised. I thought they'd given up expanding their network.
AIUI this isn't expansion, but infile where the local multiplexes have punched a hole in the coverage of Digital 1.

When the Nottingham local DAB multiplex came on air (before it was on the local transmitter) it destroyed reception near the transmitter site (for a while I was able to get BBC Sheffield but not BBC Radio 1 here in Nottingham!) - these low power fillers stop that from being repeated....
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Old 16-11-2016, 17:51
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I notice Crabwood Farm South Hants ensemble still showing 0.7 ERP instead of the increase to 1.5. I wonder if this is still in progress or they have just forgotten to update the list.
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Old 20-11-2016, 00:50
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AIUI this isn't expansion, but infile where the local multiplexes have punched a hole in the coverage of Digital 1.

When the Nottingham local DAB multiplex came on air (before it was on the local transmitter) it destroyed reception near the transmitter site (for a while I was able to get BBC Sheffield but not BBC Radio 1 here in Nottingham!) - these low power fillers stop that from being repeated....
It looks like the High Hunsley transmitter is a proper D1 additional site being 2.0kW. Anything 10 - 100W is likely to be one of the filler transmitters.
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Old 09-12-2016, 11:17
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Local DAB roll-out completes in Kent
http://www.a516digital.com/2016/12/l...s-in-kent.html
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Old 09-12-2016, 12:25
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Odd that neither the write up on that site or RadioToday mentions Charing Hill. The map includes it however.
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Old 23-12-2016, 11:37
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Digital one is now on the Turnpike Hill site it join's BBC & local DAB that was turn on the 9th Dec.
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Old 03-01-2017, 11:30
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Has a transmitter been turned on near Oswestry? I'm picking up the Wolverhampton and Shropshire mux at full signal at my house, which is near to the Wrexham-Rhos transmitter.
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