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Something between 0 and 0% chance of that, I'd say!
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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#427 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Kent - Turnpike Hill
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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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Kent - Turnpike Hill
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Has Charing Hill been switched on in Kent yet?
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South Hants- Portsdown Hill (Fort Southwick Replacement)
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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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It might hopefully go some way to plugging the massive gap in coverage at the bottom end of the A3 just south of Petersfield.
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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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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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).
. 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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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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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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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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#441 |
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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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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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Still no D1 at Membury surprising as it covers an important part of the M4 as more cars get DAB?
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A few extra transmitters by Digital 1. Quite surprised. I thought they'd given up expanding their network.
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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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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#446 |
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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.... |
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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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Local DAB roll-out completes in Kent
http://www.a516digital.com/2016/12/l...s-in-kent.html |
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#449 |
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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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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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