I think Nine Adelaide was too weak to pick up. I just have a normal UHF antenna pointing towards the transmitter at Loxton
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That UHF antenna isnât even the right antenna type or polarisation to catch those signals - good get
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Yes, thatâs amazing reallyâŚ
Wrong antenna type, wrong polarity, wrong direction and you still get Adelaide (and Mildura).
Think it was just a freak event or couldâve been atmospheric/weather conditions. Almost had the stations again the other day, signal strength was jumping between 2 to 5-7 but the signal quality was zero
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Different TV in the house this morning, severe pixelation and unwatchable. Loungeroom TV (Panasonic) wouldnât pick this up (signal quality: 1, signal strength: 3) but the spare room TV (LG) picked it up (signal strength or quality was 8-9% and the other was 0%)
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Interesting channel names from MDT here, using GEM HD instead of just GEM. Does 7 Qld/SC/WIN do this for their old HD multi-channels in other areas?
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Can I get any other channels other than NBN Newcastle, WIN Newcastle and , Prime7 Newcastle and their secondary channels in Cessnock area in NSW?
Nothing from 7 QLD. Anytime there is any sport showing, they do attach a HD bug to their 7mate sport logo but there is no other mention of HD anywhere else on the channel
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Highly unlikely, no.
Cessnock is not a very good spot for receiving out of area signals.
Could the installation have been for Newcastle??
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Yep. They are band 2 antennas. For Newcastle
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Funny that!
I was in Tamworth earlier today, drove past Scully Park, I saw that antenna and thought, âwhat the f*** is that forâ?
It couldnât be Sydney, as ABUN7 and NEN9 would make ATN7 and TCN9 reception impossible. Unless they only wanted TEN10.
As its horizontal and north/south facing, that ruled out CWN6 or CBN8.
The elements look too short for NBN3, but then I canât think what else!?
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Just judging by the pictures Iâm pretty sure that the elements match band II - they are too long for band III.
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I always thought Mt Dowe - there were a lot more around town (particularly in that area)
NRN11/RTN8 OR ECN8?
It didnât look to be pointing in quite the right direction for NRN11 or RTN8.
ECN8 is vertical, so it wasnât that.
As @Mechsta posted, it appears that itâs for NBN3 Newcastle.
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Not quite in the right position of DDQ0 then either?
No, DDQ would have been impossible since Tamworth also had a NEN Channel 0 relay operating at the local Bald Hill site (to relay NEN 9 off Mt Dowe up in the Kaputar National Park).
They also only swapped from DDQ10 to DDQ0 in 1988 (as a swap with TVQ TEN Brisbane)
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Theyâre not a VHF-10 antenna either even if was pointed the right way.
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