On 19/03/2022 in message <j9mhngFicqmU1@mid.individual.net> Mark Carver
wrote:

>>>>He didn't specifically. His sig says "Dorset", so effectively SW to W
>>>>of Hannington.
>>>>
>>>And I feel stupid.
>>>You'd think Rowridge would be nearer.
>>Dorset is quite hilly
>>
>Dorset is a pot-pourri of different transmitter choices, and also
>straddles three TV regions. (Handy for those slow local news days !)
>
>In one valley it can be Rowridge, in another Mendip, in another Stockland
>Hill. Same for the relay 'parents'.

If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
Fordingbridge.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Have you ever noticed that all the instruments searching for intelligent
life are pointing away from Earth?

On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 in message <j9mhngFicqmU1@mid.individual.net> Mark Carver
> wrote:
>
>>>>> He didn't specifically. His sig says "Dorset", so effectively SW to W
>>>>> of Hannington.
>>>>>
>>>> And I feel stupid.
>>>> You'd think Rowridge would be nearer.
>>> Dorset is quite hilly
>>>
>> Dorset is a pot-pourri of different transmitter choices, and also
>> straddles three TV regions. (Handy for those slow local news days !)
>>
>> In one valley it can be Rowridge, in another Mendip, in another Stockland
>> Hill. Same for the relay 'parents'.
>
> If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
> Fordingbridge.

Putting in an Alderholt postcode (I used SP6 3AH and house No.1 as an
example) at
<https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/coverage-checker/detailed-view> did
indeed show Hannington as "the most likely transmitter" in its "Digital
transmitters" table. It does however, give Rowridge as an alternative.
But what is very odd is that in the "Coverage prediction" table it shows
Hannington as "variable reception" and Rowridge as "good reception" for
the BBC multiplexes (although variable for Arqiva's). It also shows that
there is poor COM7 reception from Hannington, but it is good from Rowridge.

As I mentioned earlier, what direction are the neighbouring houses'
aerials pointing? To Hannington or Rowridge?

--

Jeff

On Sat 19/03/2022 18:56, Jeff Layman wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>> On 19/03/2022 in message <j9mhngFicqmU1@mid.individual.net> Mark Carver
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> He didn't specifically. His sig says "Dorset", so effectively SW to W
>>>>>> of Hannington.
>>>>>>
>>>>> And I feel stupid.
>>>>> You'd think Rowridge would be nearer.
>>>> Dorset is quite hilly
>>>>
>>> Dorset is a pot-pourri of different transmitter choices, and also
>>> straddles three TV regions. (Handy for those slow local news days !)
>>>
>>> In one valley it can be Rowridge, in another Mendip, in another
>>> Stockland
>>> Hill. Same for the relay 'parents'.
>>
>> If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
>> Fordingbridge.
>
> Putting in an Alderholt postcode (I used SP6 3AH and house No.1 as an
> example) at
> <https://www.freeview.co.uk/help/coverage-checker/detailed-view> did
> indeed show Hannington as "the most likely transmitter" in its "Digital
> transmitters" table. It does however, give Rowridge as an alternative.
> But what is very odd is that in the "Coverage prediction" table it shows
> Hannington as "variable reception" and Rowridge as "good reception" for
> the BBC multiplexes (although variable for Arqiva's). It also shows that
> there is poor COM7 reception from Hannington, but it is good from Rowridge.
>
> As I mentioned earlier, what direction are the neighbouring houses'
> aerials pointing? To Hannington or Rowridge?
>

That's interesting. Accepting that Wolfbane is notoriously pessimistic
it is interesting that (for a 6-mux site) it considers Rowridge as best,
Salisbury as next, and Hanninton is way down the list.

On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
> Fordingbridge.
>
Oh, well, that's almost in Hampshire !

A wander around on Streetview indicates mostly Rowridge, but this house
is using Hannington  :-)

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9106932,-1.8346255,3a,75y,305.98h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srF2z8SvpJlKPHPJ8FPDjqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

On Sat 19/03/2022 19:49, Mark Carver wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>> If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
>> Fordingbridge.
>>
> Oh, well, that's almost in Hampshire !
>
> A wander around on Streetview indicates mostly Rowridge, but this house
> is using Hannington  :-)
>
> https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9106932,-1.8346255,3a,75y,305.98h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srF2z8SvpJlKPHPJ8FPDjqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
>

Go a bit further east along the street and there are several aerials
sequentially on the north side pointed at Hannington and those on the
other side of the road at Rowridge.
Who said riggers never have favourites?
Comments Bill?

On 19/03/2022 in message <t15omd$ea7$1@dont-email.me> Woody wrote:

>On Sat 19/03/2022 19:49, Mark Carver wrote:
>>On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>
>>>If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of
>>>Fordingbridge.
>>>
>>Oh, well, that's almost in Hampshire !
>>
>>A wander around on Streetview indicates mostly Rowridge, but this house
>>is using Hannington  :-)
>>
>>https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9106932,-1.8346255,3a,75y,305.98h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srF2z8SvpJlKPHPJ8FPDjqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
>
>Go a bit further east along the street and there are several aerials
>sequentially on the north side pointed at Hannington and those on the
>other side of the road at Rowridge.
>Who said riggers never have favourites?
>Comments Bill?

I'd be very interested, the house on Google maps is within a spit of mine
:-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I take full responsibility for what happened - that is why the person that
was responsible went immediately.
(Gordon Brown, April 2009)

On 19/03/2022 23:23, Woody wrote:

> Go a bit further east along the street and there are several aerials
> sequentially on the north side pointed at Hannington and those on the
> other side of the road at Rowridge.
> Who said riggers never have favourites?
> Comments Bill?

Some are lazy and ignorant. Can't be arsed to check what's the best tx.
You see whole streets of it. You also see whole streets where every
aerial points roughly the same way and they're all wrong!

Bill

On 19/03/2022 23:42, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 in message <t15omd$ea7$1@dont-email.me> Woody wrote:
>
>> On Sat 19/03/2022 19:49, Mark Carver wrote:
>>> On 19/03/2022 18:31, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If it's of interest I am in Alderholt, about three miles west of 
>>>> Fordingbridge.
>>>>
>>> Oh, well, that's almost in Hampshire !
>>>
>>> A wander around on Streetview indicates mostly Rowridge, but this
>>> house  is using Hannington  :-)
>>>
>>> https://www.google.com/maps/@50.9106932,-1.8346255,3a,75y,305.98h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srF2z8SvpJlKPHPJ8FPDjqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
>>
>>
>> Go a bit further east along the street and there are several aerials
>> sequentially on the north side pointed at Hannington and those on the
>> other side of the road at Rowridge.
>> Who said riggers never have favourites?
>> Comments Bill?
>
> I'd be very interested, the house on Google maps is within a spit of
> mine :-)
>
Although none of the old BBC or IBA coverage maps show it, Hannington
does reach that area very well. We once stayed in a pub in Burley,
(about 6-7 miles SE of Alderholt) and that was using Hannington. It was
nice to get our local Meridian Thames Valley news there !

Hannington's two FM radio transmissions also thump in all round there.
Hannington is (although not right at this moment !) the 'Bilsdale' of
the south !

On 17 Mar 2022 09:03:29 GMT, "Jeff Gaines"
<jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>On 14/03/2022 in message <xn0nfd4ld5opjqw00c@news.individual.net> Jeff
>Gaines wrote:
>
>[snipped]
>
>Thank you to everybody for all the input :-)
>
>I have just copied and pasted it all into one document for future reference.
>
>I manually tuned UHF Channel 55 on both the Recorder and the TV, sweet
>Fanny Adams though, doesn't even give a progress report or say it can't
>find anything.
>
>I think I may have to consider getting a dish installed and using my
>Freesat box.
>
>Thanks again!
Freeview channels frequently change, so you would need to get your
recorder and TV to rescan to get the current ones from a host of UHF
channels, not just 55, which may have even closed down in your area.
--
Dave W