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Well it is a small world! Don't know many people down your end (other then Roy on the end). If you're in the village at all stop off and say hello (I live at the Old Forge). Don't know what your proficiency with Linux is but although a well-seasoned professional in Windows I fall at the first hurdle with Linux. It's a love-hate relationship at the moment with me; I love the Ideas and Principles of Linux and Open Source but because I'm use to the cosseting of Windows (generally one API for each area) and don't have as much time to devote as I think I should I wavier over committing full time to Linux; however the warmth, generosity (in wanting to help) and level of knowledge of both the people on this Forum and others I have visited keeps me coming back for one more try! Regards, Dave. -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Fidell Sent: 08 May 2009 09:26 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [LUG] OT Digital TV Dave wrote: > Interesting James because if you live near Elworthy you only a couple of > miles away from me (Brompton Ralph) - When we moved in here we had two > aerials (only one now) one pointing at Stockland Hill (the one we have now) > and the other I'm not sure which transmitter it was pointing at (certainly > not Stockland Hill since it was looking in the other direction) but it > worked equally well and picked up Wales and West; wonder whether that was > the Mendip Transmitter? Closer than you might think :) I'm not even a couple of miles away, in Pitsford Hill. That does mean though that you have something of an advantage over us in terms of elevation, and we also have the further disadvantage (in terms of "seeing" Stockland Hill) that we're just below the brow of a hill facing north-east. The Stockland Hill transmitter is roughly SSE of here, whereas the Mendip one is ENE, so if your aerials were pointing in pretty much opposite directions as opposed to being at around 90 degrees to each other I'd suspect that one of them was pointing at Wenvoe in South Wales. It wouldn't surprise me if you could get a moderately good signal from there. James -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html