French Freeview channels again tonight...!!

Zorch

Zorch

VIP Member
VIP Member
Joined
Mar 5, 2011
Messages
1,094
Reaction score
1,847
Location
East Midlands, England
Hi again all,

I lost Pick TV earlier tonight so I re-scanned and found there were about 10 French Freeview channels in my channel line-up which included (among others) ARTE HD and Eurosport... they were all perfect picture and sound for about 15 minutes then they disappeared... so I re-scanned again and all channels went back to the normal UK Freeview...

However Pick TV disappeared again at about 11pm so I re-scanned and I then found 3 more French Freeview HD channels in the channel line-up which are still active now over an hour later...

The latest three HD channels are listed below...

UHF channel 31 ~ Frequency 554000 kHz

6ter HD
Numero 23 HD
RMC Recouverte HD

Has anyone else noticed this happening tonight...?

Best Wishes,
Zorch
 
We are near the end of the 11 year solar cycle which culminates in reversal of the Sun's magnetic field. In the build-up, atmospheric disruption often leads to so-called 'lifts' when transmission distances increase etc., sometimes significantly. Although it can affect all frequencies it's most noticeable with the higher ones such as satellite resulting in an apparently larger footprint.

Unfortunately, 'lifts' don't usually last long.

What Causes the Sun's Magnetic Field Flip? | Space.com
 
Him Her said:
We are near the end of the 11 year solar cycle which culminates in reversal of the Sun's magnetic field. In the build-up, atmospheric disruption often leads to so-called 'lifts' when transmission distances increase etc., sometimes significantly. Although it can affect all frequencies it's most noticeable with the higher ones such as satellite resulting in an apparently larger footprint.

Unfortunately, 'lifts' don't usually last long.

What Causes the Sun's Magnetic Field Flip? | Space.com
Click to expand...

I assume in this case @Zorch was referring to terrestrial transmissions (UHF channel 31 ~ Frequency 554000 kHz). Down here we frequently pick up signals from N Africa (some still analogue!!) by accident, but as you say, they're usually gone in a short time.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Him Her said:
We are near the end of the 11 year solar cycle which culminates in reversal of the Sun's magnetic field. In the build-up, atmospheric disruption often leads to so-called 'lifts' when transmission distances increase etc., sometimes significantly. Although it can affect all frequencies it's most noticeable with the higher ones such as satellite resulting in an apparently larger footprint.

Unfortunately, 'lifts' don't usually last long.

What Causes the Sun's Magnetic Field Flip? | Space.com
Click to expand...

I am in East London. On Saturday morning I got into the car and the Engine Management light came on. I drove to the garage who plugged it into the Laptop, reset the warning and told me it was all ok. Apparently the Starter Motor integrity check was faulting?

I got home and my Wifi was playing up, had to reset the router to fix it.

Later that evening we sat down and put the TV on. The Image on the screen was bad! Pixels, Blocks, Washed out colours and then a wallpaper effect. I unplugged it from the mains for a few mins, plugged it back in and was all ok.

THEN I went for a run Sunday. My GPS watch was frozen!

So, something clearly happened on Saturday. Two things plugged into the mains, two things not.. Could this have been a result of the above?
 
Goldberg said:
I am in East London. On Saturday morning I got into the car and the Engine Management light came on. I drove to the garage who plugged it into the Laptop, reset the warning and told me it was all ok. Apparently the Starter Motor integrity check was faulting?

I got home and my Wifi was playing up, had to reset the router to fix it.

Later that evening we sat down and put the TV on. The Image on the screen was bad! Pixels, Blocks, Washed out colours and then a wallpaper effect. I unplugged it from the mains for a few mins, plugged it back in and was all ok.

THEN I went for a run Sunday. My GPS watch was frozen!

So, something clearly happened on Saturday. Two things plugged into the mains, two things not.. Could this have been a result of the above?
Click to expand...

In a word, NO! I have been advised by @Spectre not to leave my 'plonker' out for too long or someone will try to pull it. You wouldn't do that, would you?

;)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Him Her said:
In a word, NO! I have been advised by @Spectre not to leave my 'plonker' out for too long or someone will try to pull it. You wouldn't do that, would you?

;)
Click to expand...


Read it, read it again and had a sleep and read it again. I am mega confused.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Grimeire
Recommend any decent channels that are free that i am missing
Replies
10
Views
1K
Abu Baniaz
A
radicaldoc
No sound on 27.5w scanned HD channels
Replies
1
Views
1K
cactikid
cactikid
Rat
Missing Channels
Replies
11
Views
2K
cactikid
cactikid
G
TM-7102 - buzzing from PSU board?
2
Replies
28
Views
7K
goldnet
G
Rat
    • Like
Freeview Re Tune Needed 02/08/2017
Replies
1
Views
2K
Bally12345
Bally12345
Back
Top