TV aerial alignment (3 Viewers)

[groovybaby]

Some of my Freeview channels are getting increased dropout or are non existent.
So is there a way (using MP) to check the TV signal strength on each channel while adjusting the aerials alignment,

 

[CyberSimian]

is there a way (using MP) to check the TV signal strength on each channel while adjusting the aerials alignment,

MP1 has a "Tuning Details" panel, that shows the signal strength and signal quality in real time (i.e. they are continuously updated). But we are in the MP2 section of the web site, and I don't know whether MP2 has a similar tuning-details panel.

Instead of using MP1/MP2, you could use "TV Server Config", which is substantially the same for both MP1 and MP2. Go to the "Manual Control" section, select a channel to tune, and start timeshifting. Two horizontal bars appear displaying the signal strength and signal quality, and these are updated in real time.

Another possibility would be to use a separate tool called ScanChannelsBDA. There is a repository for it on GitHub, but I have just downloaded the zip and it does not contain an exe for ScanChannelsBDA. There have also been various updates to it that have not been included on GitHub. I have four different versions of the exe, but it is not clear which has more function, as changes were made by different people without any coordination of version numbers.

On balance I think that "TV Server Config" is the tool to use, although I will post the ScanChannelBDA exe if anyone wants it and cannot find it on the internet (the licence is GNU Version 2).

-- from CyberSimian in the UK