Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:34 pm
#1568336
chevvron wrote:I'm just west of Woking. We get London Live on 8 and the programme guide shows That's Surrey on 7, so will I need to do the same?
*Shrug* I don't know how well your existing aerial receives the Guildford transmitter. From west of Woking to Crystal Palace, Guildford would be on a side lobe of the beam and also in the wrong polarisation.
chevvron wrote:If so I won't bother as my aerial points at the Palace. Mind you I must admit I've always wondered if I'm missing out as the Guildford relay is a lot closer than the Palace.
Guildford is mostly a relay of London. Too many Londoners living down here! As such, Guildford does all the London regional variations rather than "south". You may miss out on "That's Surrey"...I haven't seen it but I wouldn't lose sleep about not being able to receive that channel!
chevvron wrote:I also get the BBC Mpx from Hannington.
You should be able to get "That's Hampshire" as well then! I haven't particularly tried but I live on the wrong side of a ridge to get Hannington, with higher houses in the way. The Hannington channels will probably appear somewhere up in the upper channel numbers. Hannington does "south".
It's funny that my friends on transmitters south of the Guildford ridge get relayed "south" but those of us on the Guildford transmitter itself get London. A friend in Wonersh complains about receiving London, as Wonersh is a relay off Guildford. He prefers to get south.
This is the London region:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/52478/london_v2.2.pdf
This is the South region:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/56195/meridian_v2.2.pdf