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I see that there’s an Official Date (well, two actually) for when Analogue TV is switched off for this area:
9 November 2011 - BBC2 Analogue is switched off, and
23 November 2011 - the remaining Analogue channels.
According to the “Digital UK” site: http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/ - you will need to retune your digital equipment - see below:
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paulears
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Not looking forward to it. My TV aerial faces lots of trees, so analogue is bad, digital is worse, so I think freesat may be the only hope for me now I've cancelled my Sky subscription.
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Paul Johnson
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I can well imagine the frustration where you get poor Freeview reception. From what I understand of such a situation - nearby neighbours can often get good reception - there seems to be no “rhyme or reason”! I also have Freesat (for recording with my PVR + I get HD!) - you should be able to use your Sky dish - which would save on costs.
My only other comment would be that if you do need to have an Aerial engineer - get a good one. The first guy who did an aerial job for me was a real “bodger” - and made things worse! I paid him around £70 - then had to get in a professional to put it right - and that cost around £100. 
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paulears
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The annoying thing is that I live almost next door to the Fire Station - and I was the engineer who installed the aerials on the old tower that has just been removed. From the top of that you could see the domes at Sizewell, yet the trees there are twice the height of my house, and standing on my own roof, and looking the way the aerial points just aims straight for the greenery - My only hope (and I am joking here) is that the Council allow these Tree Protection Order protected trees to be felled. Believe it or not, despite us all thinking they were safe - the council have the power to fell them if they wish because the planning permission granted supercedes TPOs!!
If they fell them, I get my TV pictures - but I'd rather they leave them alone. Those very tall firs that have no foliage, then just have a clump at the top are amazingly tall - yet they are NOT covered by TPO - they are deemed low quality and are just waiting the chainsaw. Some will remain on the site, but quite a few are going - disease and lifespan remaining seem to be the key.
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Paul Johnson
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I hear the digital signal at the moment is on low power because it would interfear with the existing analogue signal, when analogue goes off then they will turn up the digital signal apparently eliminating and picture quality issues anyone may experience with digital at the moment. Im no expert in this technology but that's what i've heard.
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That would b good James I dont have much problems but sometimes when motorcycles go by it crackles up or a few channels have low strength and I cant watch for spluttering it doesnt bother me as most of them are repeats anyway
I notice 33 has now gone to itv +1 as of 8pm today
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snowdrop
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i got 15yr old tv x rental i do have sky,do i still need do anything
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Joe
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The only good thing about the switching off of analogue & the increasing of the power of digital is that here in Kirkley we may then be able to get digital radio.
I'd love to get BBC Radio 7. Radio 4 is good most of the time but it's a bit much late at night when you want a good play or comedy to relax to to instead of all those foreign news programmes.
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