Terrible Reception Lately On Tv

[tamaris]

I live in the SE. I only have free view but I keep having to retune, all to no avail. I've lost several channels, they'll no doubt come back, but it is so annoying

[Buenchico]

Atmospheric high pressure and solar flares (of which there have been quite a lot recently) can affect TV reception, especially in the south-east of England, where the chances of interference from continental signals is greater.

In some cases it's simply impossible to do anything about it but a good starting point is always to check that you've got a really strong signal to start with. While that might involve getting a more directional aerial, with a greater number of elements, fitted, a far cheaper initial step is just to try a signal booster. To do so, you need one of these
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9383027
and one of these
https://www.screwfix.com/p/philex-coaxial-cable-1m/41720

[choux]

tamaris, just a thought - does your tv aerial coax fit snugly into the wall box? I had problems and bought a new connector and it has improved my reception cheaply and easily.
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[pimplyteen]

Had the same problems the last 2/3 nights. Midlands.

[tamaris]

Nothing g is different in my connections its definitely bad reception. Had it off and on for a while but ATM it's bad on most channels. So annoying

[William51]

It is a problem that happens in the summer. I used to experience it here in Norfolk but oddly this year i have had no problems, yet!.

[Milo2]

We had a problem with reception on Freeview. It turned out that it was the aerial that was the problem and we had to have it replaced.

[tamaris]

We have communal ariel

[jno]

how are the other people who share it?

[Paigntonian]

Re-tune the TV.

[goodgoalie]

Paigntonian, did you read the OP?

"I keep having to retune, all to no avail."

[tamaris]

I must ask them

[Hopkirk]

If you watch BBC channels, then when it breaks up you could watch on iPlayer.

If you don't have a smart TV you can put a Google Chromecast onto the back of yours for £30.

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8679756?clickSR=slp:term:google%20chromecast:1:36:1

[tamaris]

Update Clarion who are not great at doing anything, have finally agreed after 6 months to get an engineer out to look at the communal ariel