Freeview in Southend Essex

[Mick Baker]

Hi,
Can anyone offer any information if freeview is/will be available in the
SS0 area of Southend. or has anyone actually got it working in this area.
Many Thanks
Mick

[premiership yiddo]

Post by Mick Baker
Hi,
Can anyone offer any information if freeview is/will be available in the
SS0 area of Southend. or has anyone actually got it working in this area.
Many Thanks
Mick

well mick not sure if this helps or not but i'm in leysdown on the isle of
sheppey and can see southend from my window on a clear day and receive every
freeview channel via bluebell hill loud and clear on a wideband aerial.

[Mick Baker]

Post by premiership yiddo

Post by Mick Baker
Hi,
Can anyone offer any information if freeview is/will be available in
the SS0 area of Southend. or has anyone actually got it working in
this area. Many Thanks
Mick

well mick not sure if this helps or not but i'm in leysdown on the
isle of sheppey and can see southend from my window on a clear day and
receive every freeview channel via bluebell hill loud and clear on a
wideband aerial.

I've tried a friends box and all I can receive are the BBC channels. My
ariel points to East Anglia so I get Anglian TV not London or Meridean.
I suppose to get the same as you are i'll have to get the ariel changed
as well as spun round. I've got $ky etc but feel it's time to just have
a few free ones rather than paying for loads that you don't need.
Thanks.

[Alan]

Post by Mick Baker
Hi,
Can anyone offer any information if freeview is/will be available in the
SS0 area of Southend. or has anyone actually got it working in this area.
Many Thanks
Mick

I live in the SS2 postal area- close to Southend East railway station. I
can get all MUXs from Crystal Palace but somewhat unreliably. Many of
the tall buildings in the town centre are almost in the direct path to
the transmitter. A couple of tower cranes (one two hundred yards from my
house at present) don't help the situation - the signal does seem to
depend a lot on how they are parked during the night.

I currently have my wideband aerial pointing at Bluebell Hill and can
get all MUXs without major problems. I get a few minor clitches when an
inadequately suppressed fart sounding motorbike passes by or from cars
when there is standing water on the road junction 50 metres away from my
house.

A side issue: before they removed the traffic lights at the junction I
used to get 'splats' on analogue reception when the light changed, but
again only when the road was wet.