I’ve been monitoring Seven this morning to compare now to the first couple of days of 7Bravo starting. 7Bravo (HD) has maintained its share of the multiplex continuing with a higher share than the main channel HD.
| 15 Jan | 30 Mar | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 71 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 7HD | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 7Two | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 7Mate | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 7Bravo | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| 7Flix | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| 7Race | 2.2 | 2.0 |
The local Telstra Exchange had a power failure last night for a few hours - killed internet and voice comms across the region (it’s also an NBNco point of presence) - also took out NBN and WIN transmission (not sure about Seven)
Did both decommission their microwave links?
What locations would’ve been impacted?
Some NBN TV sites are microwave fed others are fibre, WIN & 7 Regional have in a number of places changed from the DDA microwave links to Telstra DVN2 fibre links, though some sites are too remote to get fibre to so they run Telstra DVN2 links over microwave from the nearest Telstra DVN2 network exchange.
Tamworth definately was, not sure about others
At the moment I’m having issues picking up Channel 7 east of Geelong. The signal from Mount Dandenong is constantly pixelating. I’ve retuned to pick up the signal from Geelong’s transmitter and this signal is better but still not great. I am able to pick up 7 from Ballarat very clearly but I don’t want to rely on this signal as I can’t always get the Ballarat channels. Any idea what could be causing an issue on a single network and does anyone else have this problen.
If you have an outdoor antenna, perhaps try adjusting the direction its pointing at, it could have been blown off its axis very slightly and perhaps only affects 7? Other causes could be loose connections.
Where exactly are you located East of Geelong? I’ve checked with the Melbourne transmission team this morning & there were no issues with Ch.7 last night at either the Mt D or Geelong sites.
I live in Leopold. Whilst the entire town is on a hill we are in a bit of a gully but there is line of sight to Geelong.
For as long as I lived down there, Leopold was always a bit iffy when it came to TV reception from Mt Dandenong, especially on the western (Geelong-facing) slopes of the hill. Antennas aimed at Ballarat weren’t all that uncommon back in the analogue days.
Longer-term you’d probably be better off aiming a UHF at Highton if you have clear line of sight to the transmitter there.
I’ve spoken to the Vic transmission team again & they agree with @tamago_otoko Mt D is iffy at times there, they definitely recommend having your antenna aimed at the Geelong translator (Highton), also note & be wary that the Geelong translator being in Block E, you might get interference from nearby mobile phone base stations, especially if you have/use a masthead amplifier, make sure you filter the above Block E frequencies out, (filters for this are readily available & cheap).
Interesting. We’ve never had issues with 7 until recently but we had similar issues with ABC about 3 Summers ago. I think the antenna should be adjusted as the long elements (I presume VHF) are at the Geelong end, the shorter elements (UHF) face Melbourne. I’ll need to get a photo one day. None are us are game enough to go onto the roof though!
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Win 9Gem being changed to MPEG 4 on 22 May in Queensland these are bitrates on 21 May (morning)
| 8 | SD | 2.8 | |
| 80 | 9HD | 5.6 | Mpeg 4 |
| 81 | 9Gem | 3.3 | |
| 82 | 9Go | 3.8 | |
| 83 | 9Life | 2.4 | Mpeg 4 |
| 84 | 9TVSN | 1.8 | Mpeg 4 |
| 85 | 9Gold | 2.4 | Mpeg 4 |
I knew they didn’t have 9Rush, but I thought regional areas got 9Life? Or did that go with the affiliation swap and never come back?
@TV.Cynic forgot 9Life, unfortunately, WIN areas do carry that channel.
9Gem now Mpeg 4 but still SD for now -its bitrate has halved, all gone to 9HD.
| 8 | SD | 2.9 | |
| 80 | 9HD | 6.9 | Mpeg 4 |
| 81 | 9Gem | 1.6 | Mpeg 4 |
| 82 | 9Go | 3.7 | |
| 83 | 9Life | 2.2 | Mpeg 4 |
| 84 | 9TVSN | 1.6 | Mpeg 4 |
| 85 | 9Gold | 2.5 | Mpeg 4 |
Just did a bit of TV DXing / channel scanning with my set top box whilst here on the Gold Coast. Scanned in Brisbane, local and Lismore stations with no issues.
I did notice here on the Gold Coast, that SBS UHF 40 from Mt Tamborine carries the SBS Brisbane network name whilst ABC is ABC Queensland (whereas VHF 12 from Mt Coot-tha is ABC Brisbane).
This aligns with the NSW Central Coast approach where SBS carries Sydney and ABC carries NSW.
I didn’t get to check the ABC Sunshine Coast North and South signals when I was up there a few days ago, but given North and South have their own SBS and ABC signals, I’m guessing SC North is Queensland for both ABC and SBS, and SC South carries Brisbane for both.
@TV.Cynic - do you know if that is right?
Just checked now:
Brisbane ABQ 12 - ABC Brisbane
Sunshine Coast South ABC39 - ABC Qld
Sunshine Coast North ABC49 - ABC Qld
Brisbane SBS6 - SBS Brisbane
Sunshine Coast South SBS35 - SBS Brisbane
Sunshine Coast North SBS50 - SBS Qld
It’s probably the same setup as the NSW Central Coast, where SBS is fed by an off air signal from Artarmon & ABC is fed off the satellite feed.
According to this document, SBS at the Wyrrabalong translator is fed off the satellite feed, whilst at the Bouddi & Gosford translators, it’s fed by an off-air signal from Artarmon.
This sort of mirrored the old analogue services, where SBS in Bouddi & Gosford was fed off-air from Artarmon, whilst its Wyrrabalong translator service was fed off-air from Mt Sugarloaf.