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Old 04-12-2016, 17:56
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Sitting in my local in Liverpool, metres away from the St. John's Beacon TX, I am unable to receive the WCL mux. Has anyone else noticed a weakness? Usually this blasts out. I can listen on the bus with only one element of the aerial up. At home it's 100% signal. Now, it's unlistenable on the move, aerial fully extended, and at home varies between 70-90 on a 4 element DAB antenna.

The Liverpool mux with Radio City 2 on is perfect on the same radios.

Anyone else experiencing any issues. Of the 5 services I listen to regularly, 3 are on this multiplex, so most annoying.
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Old 04-12-2016, 18:03
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Sitting in my local in Liverpool, metres away from the St. John's Beacon TX, I am unable to receive the WCL mux. Has anyone else noticed a weakness? Usually this blasts out. I can listen on the bus with only one element of the aerial up. At home it's 100% signal. Now, it's unlistenable on the move, aerial fully extended, and at home varies between 70-90 on a 4 element DAB antenna.

The Liverpool mux with Radio City 2 on is perfect on the same radios.

Anyone else experiencing any issues. Of the 5 services I listen to regularly, 3 are on this multiplex, so most annoying.
I'm near St Helens and have had trouble with this mux for much of the year, although it was previously fine with the same radio and location.
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Old 04-12-2016, 18:37
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I'm near St Helens and have had trouble with this mux for much of the year, although it was previously fine with the same radio and location.
Thanks! It WAS rock solid, there was no better mux to be on, now it's dreadful.

Any more out there noticing issues?
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Old 04-12-2016, 22:54
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Thanks! It WAS rock solid, there was no better mux to be on, now it's dreadful.

Any more out there noticing issues?
Yes. Was in Chester today. The station I was listening to on the mux jumped back about 20 seconds. It was like buffering in reverse. Very strange.
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Old 05-12-2016, 17:27
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Took a trip down to Birkenhead today on the bus. This once rock solid TX was a bubbling mess. I wonder how bad it affects Sandgrounder, as the reception was pretty crap in Southport anyway?
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Old 06-12-2016, 19:20
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Great news! The tower of power is back, and the signal is back to normal. Just listening to Chris Country on the bottom deck of the bus home, aerial down, and practically glitch free, (well it certainly would be if I was upstairs or had the aerial up)..


Perhaps omnidirectional and Tee Hee can have another try now?
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Old 07-12-2016, 13:57
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Great news! The tower of power is back, and the signal is back to normal. Just listening to Chris Country on the bottom deck of the bus home, aerial down, and practically glitch free, (well it certainly would be if I was upstairs or had the aerial up)..


Perhaps omnidirectional and Tee Hee can have another try now?
After posting that, I found that the Liverpool switch on had worked in reverse for the trip home. Where it worked it didn't, where it didn't it now does. Go figure!
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Old 07-12-2016, 15:00
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In the past, particularly if a new station has launched or someone has dropped bit rates, there does tend to be a few days of signal issues. It could not be related but it seems to happen at the same time.
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Old 07-12-2016, 19:39
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Well, what a difference half a day makes! All seems to have finally returned to normal, and the signal is back to it's robust self all the way home
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Old 07-12-2016, 21:36
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It's better for me too. It's been a long while since I've had stable reception of that multiplex but it seems fine at the moment.
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Old 07-12-2016, 22:31
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Great news! All thanks to Chris Country's Chris for his perseverance in getting the guys to sort the signal
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Old 07-12-2016, 22:38
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Sitting in my local in Liverpool, metres away from the St. John's Beacon TX, I am unable to receive the WCL mux..
you need to find a more exciting pub where you dont feel the need to tune into the radio
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Old 08-12-2016, 10:47
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you need to find a more exciting pub where you dont feel the need to tune into the radio
I go to the pub quite often after work, on my own, for a couple of wind down pints, also means I avoid the bus crush. I could sit and read in silence, but prefer to listen to the radio. Obviously, when I'm in company I don't have the radio on A don't need an exciting pub, just one serving great ales.
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Old 08-12-2016, 10:56
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Just spotted this thread this morning. I noticed Radio Wales was silent on Sunday morning on DAB (full signal, just no audio. 882 was fine - on the bathroom radio!). I normally listen to the countryside programme and to Sunday Supplement. It was off for a while - can't remember exact times. Cymru was fine, and Wales was back by the following morning. Could've been a coincidence. But maybe the signal was reduced while they fixed the problem with R Wales?
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Old 08-12-2016, 10:58
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I go to the pub quite often after work, on my own, for a couple of wind down pints, also means I avoid the bus crush. I could sit and read in silence, but prefer to listen to the radio. Obviously, when I'm in company I don't have the radio on A don't need an exciting pub, just one serving great ales.
The Ship & Mitre is a personal favourite when I'm at a loose end in town
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Old 08-12-2016, 16:30
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The Ship & Mitre is a personal favourite when I'm at a loose end in town
The Lime Kiln for me. The prices keep getting higher and higher at The Ship, whereas at The Kiln varies between £1.85-2.25 a pint The Kiln always has a great selection of ales on too, the best selection of all the Spoons in town.

I first noticed the signal had dropped when I tuned in to check out the return of Chris Country, so Thurs, December 1st.
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Old 08-12-2016, 18:28
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The Lime Kiln for me. The prices keep getting higher and higher at The Ship, whereas at The Kiln varies between £1.85-2.25 a pint The Kiln always has a great selection of ales on too, the best selection of all the Spoons in town.

I first noticed the signal had dropped when I tuned in to check out the return of Chris Country, so Thurs, December 1st.
Yeah, it is getting a bit pricey these days!

Didn't listen any earlier than Sunday morning, so not sure how long it was off for.
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Old 08-12-2016, 18:56
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We've had some power issues at the site that's affected the transmitter's timing (with the other transmitters). The result was some listeners would have perceived a drop in coverage. All fixed.

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Old 08-12-2016, 20:35
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We've had some power issues at the site that's affected the transmitter's timing (with the other transmitters). The result was some listeners would have perceived a drop in coverage. All fixed.

Matt
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And performing well. Great news! Cheers
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