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Signal breaking up

  • 01-06-2012 10:43am
    #1
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭


    My saorview singal is breaking up intermittently this morning, every minute or 2 it goes off for a few seconds, this has happened a good few times in the past few weeks and happens on both digital and analogue signals in the house.
    any idea whats wrong? I'm getting signal from truskmore.


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Pangea wrote: »
    any idea whats wrong? I'm getting signal from truskmore.

    This reply in another thread might apply - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78974790&postcount=8


  • #3
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Hmm, thanks for that.
    After getting work done on it last year to improve the signal I expected there to be no problems. From what we remember we don't recall this happening before. If its not the weather, then is it possible that a signal can be too strong? I heard it mentioned before.
    The installer last year put a booster or something along those lines to improve the signal here because the signal strength wasn't the strongest.


  • #4
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    This thread mentions problems at Castlebar too. Maybe this originated from Truskmore?


  • #5
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    A couple of reports of this in Donegal too.


  • #6
    Randyleprechaun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭Randyleprechaun


    Are all these problems just today, and if so, have they cleared up now

    Thanks


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  • #7
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Randyleprechaun wrote: »
    Are all these problems just today, and if so, have they cleared up now

    Thanks

    Seems to have cleared up now, it was pretty much unwatchable for a time there earlier. This happened a few weeks ago aswell.


  • #8
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    excollier wrote: »
    A couple of reports of this in Donegal too.
    Yup, I've witnessed it today too, and had a few calls about it.

    Tried ringing RTENL but no answer. Emailed instead, though no reply. Maybe it's half day on Friday.

    As an installer, maybe I should not post in here anymore...


  • #9
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    ooooh dicing with the devil there Byte. :D



    long weekend, gone at 12:30 prob.


  • #10
    jonnygee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 599 ✭✭✭jonnygee


    Picture breakup was pretty bad from both fanad and hollywell hill transmitters today between 2 and 4 pm, I can recieve from both. It.s fine tonight though. Nothing wrong with my aerial installitations.Hope this isnt going to be the norm.


  • #11
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Signal starting to break up here now every few minutes again.


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  • #12
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Signal flickering or jumping intermittently today, a different problem to last weeks problem but still annoying.


  • #13
    Pangea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Pangea


    Lots of break up today, maybe the high pressure system is causing it.


  • #14
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    Same here from Mullaghanish Ch. 21.


  • #15
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Ch45 from Mt. Leinster breaking up also.


  • #16
    yomamasflavour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭yomamasflavour


    Happens occasionally in Galway too. Receiving from Tonabrocky transmitter.
    Have always had perfect analogue reception.


  • #17
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Well, you certainly aren't getting analogue channels from Tonabrocky.


  • #18
    yomamasflavour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭yomamasflavour


    No?
    I'm probably a mile and a half west, with line of sight from that transmitter.
    I figured that was where we were receiving from.

    For Saorview anyway it's definitely Tonabrocky, channel 26.


  • #19
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Tonabrocky doesn't carry any analogue, you're more than likely getting it from Maghera & if it's 'perfect' as you say, then your aerials (VHF & UHF for Maghera) must be pointing there too.

    Maghera Saorview is on UHF ch. 48, so your receiver would have found the Tonabrocky signal first on an auto scan. You could try manually tuning your receiver to ch. 48 & see if that offers any improvement or get a suitable aerial aligned on Tonabrocky.


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