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Pete <pete@home> wrote:
> Nobody Here wrote:
>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Nobody Here <news.reader@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Michael <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Apologies if this was posted earlier but it was on the news when I
>>>>>>>was recently in Oz and probably has some relevance to UK
>>>>>>>switchover plans. see
>>>>>>>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds24794.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It has. Australia has legislation to prevent DTT broadcasts of
>>>>>>channels that are not also available on analogue to prevent
>>>>>>fragmentation of the advertising revenue. They've been trying to
>>>>>>sell DTT to the Australian public on the basis of picture quality
>>>>>>so it's been a bit of a flop, not surprisingly.
>>>
>>>>>What are they transmitting digital on?
>>>
>>>VHF and UHF, more VHF than UHF.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>When I lived there 20 years ago most TV was on VHF,
>>>>>although one Sydney station was on UHF as well I believe.
>>>
>>>Yep, SBS.
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, that's right.  Never used to watch it, well rarely anyway.  It was
>> a bit European for our tastes at the time.  After 20 years in Europe
>> (well, England) though ...
>> 
>> 
>>>>>VHF used to suffer quite badly from reflections,
>>>>>maybe because of the long distances involved.
>>>
>>>Nope, no long distances involved.
>>>
>>>UHF has its own problems, particularly surprisingly deep holes.
>> 
>> 
>> I think they're longer distances than we use on UHF here in the UK,
>> it's rare to get a TV signal from more than 40 miles away.  Of course,
>> you have a different perspective on the word "long" ;-)  We're also
>> stuck in one of those deep holes.
>> 
>> 
>>>>>When we moved here we were (UK) we were
>>>>>astonished by the better picture quality, but it
>>>>>was also a new  TV which might have helped :-).
>>>>>Anyway, chances are that digital pictures
>>>>>will be better than VHF analogue ones,
>>>
>>>Corse they are.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>especially in the bush.
>>>
>>>Yep, some with basically unusable analog signals do fine with digital.
>> 
>> 
>> Well my Outlaws line in Inverell NSW and I think their TV comes from
>> Glen Innes, although I might be wrong, but the picture quality is very
>> poor (on analogue).  That might be for a number of reasons - it's
>> always been bad in the 25 years I've been going there, but certainly
>> it would be much *much* better were it digital.  Every time a plane
>> lands at the local airport there is a wobble in the pcture.
>> 
>
> The TV transmitter in Inverell is on the hill behind the hospital, it 
> has never come from Glen Innes, where in Inverell are your Outlaws, if 
> out of town on the western side they maybe getting their signal from Mt 
> Kaputar near WEE WAA

Old Bundarra Road - south west.  Dunno though, they're up on a hill,
with a good view over the town.  Maybe they've just always had a 
crap antenna :-)  I can't remember which way it faces, though, if I
ever knew.  Only been there twice in 20 years, you've no idea the
advantages of living on the other side of the planet! ;-)


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Nobby