Cheddar Caravan & Motorhome Club Site

[Devonboy]

Can anyone tell me what the tv reception is like at Cheddar CAMC please ? It's been a few years since we visited and used the tv hook up at the bollard. Just wondered if it has improved with digital signal.

 

[otherclive]

Can anyone tell me what the tv reception is like at Cheddar CAMC please ? It's been a few years since we visited and used the tv hook up at the bollard. Just wondered if it has improved with digital signal.

The sites own website says reception poor.

 

[birdman101]

Havnt been a member and used it for years now, but in those days used Sat Dish,

 

[Devonboy]

The sites own website says reception poor.

But then how often do they up date their website .

 

[Dustydog]

The whole Cheddar area is poor
See this

 

[otherclive]

But then how often do they up date their website .

You tell me.

 

[otherclive]

The whole Cheddar area is poor
See this

Pity they cannot bend the Mendip transmitter beams downwards.

 

[Woodentop]

Pity they cannot bend the Mendip transmitter beams downwards.

Shouldn't be a problem - its only 7 miles away so you don't need down-tilt.
I notice that many aerials in the Cheddar area have their aerials point just west of south - which suggests they are using Stockland Hill near Honiton. Farther away but could be a worker. We stay on a CL about 5 miles east of Devizes and although Mendip is 9 miles away behind a small hill it works perfectly., BUT we also get Stockland Hill (35 miles) as well on a useable signal.

The secret is to tune your TV manually and see what you get. Channels are:-
Mendip:- 32, 34, 35, 48, 33, 36, 30
Stockland Hill:- 26, 23, 29, 25, 22, 28
Channels in bold and underlined are HD and need a TV with an HD tuner.
Channel 30 is local TV for Bristol and will likely not be available.

 

[RogerL]

Shouldn't be a problem - its only 7 miles away so you don't need down-tilt.
I notice that many aerials in the Cheddar area have their aerials point just west of south - which suggests they are using Stockland Hill near Honiton. Farther away but could be a worker. We stay on a CL about 5 miles east of Devizes and although Mendip is 9 miles away behind a small hill it works perfectly., BUT we also get Stockland Hill (35 miles) as well on a useable signal.

The secret is to tune your TV manually and see what you get.

Digital tv signals are more dependent on line of sight than the now-defunct analogue tv signals - that's why height of aerial is important when checking signal strength on sites like Wolfbane.

 

[Woodentop]

AND DTTV signals are (mostly) at a higher radiated power than analogue was due to the way Tx power is measured. There is little difference in signal path as DTTV has a high rate of error correction that analogue did not have.

 

[otherclive]

Shouldn't be a problem - its only 7 miles away so you don't need down-tilt.
I notice that many aerials in the Cheddar area have their aerials point just west of south - which suggests they are using Stockland Hill near Honiton. Farther away but could be a worker. We stay on a CL about 5 miles east of Devizes and although Mendip is 9 miles away behind a small hill it works perfectly., BUT we also get Stockland Hill (35 miles) as well on a useable signal.

The secret is to tune your TV manually and see what you get. Channels are:-
Mendip:- 32, 34, 35, 48, 33, 36, 30
Stockland Hill:- 26, 23, 29, 25, 22, 28
Channels in bold and underlined are HD and need a TV with an HD tuner.
Channel 30 is local TV for Bristol and will likely not be available.

I’m puzzled if you are five mikes east of Devizes you are more than nine miles from Mendip. Membury perhaps?

 

[Woodentop]

I’m puzzled if you are five mikes east of Devizes you are more than nine miles from Mendip. Membury perhaps?

Sorry, getting mixed up with another CL. It is more like 33 miles but still a stonking signal!
Membury is radio only nowadays.