JohnfromUK
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There can be a legion of reasons for weak signal;
- Aerial not pointing/aligned correctly
- Aerial getting corroded - can occur especially when on a chimney as the smoke form log/coal gives an acid residue which combines with water.
- Cables/cable connections deteriorated (water can get in)
- Broadcaster moved frequencies to another part of the band (some aerials including most older ones only cover part of the band which was all that was needed in most areas pre digital TV - many modern ones are 'broadband' which covers all parts).
- Can even be that a building has been built in your 'line of sight', though this is likely to be obvious.
- If indoors - any changes to home insulation involving foil covered insulating slabs can have a big effect
Possibly you need to get a TV aerial man in to advise - because local knowledge may point at a solution
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5 minutes ago, harrycatcat1 said:
I think it must be the signal as the picture seems to be "pixilating" (if thats a word) now occasionally.
That is a typical low signal sign. Has your aerial blown round in the winds (if it is external)?
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Don't blame you for ranting; I would feel the same, but realistically - there isn't much you can do.
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16 minutes ago, Retsdon said:
While the number of cases increasing daily it's impossible to calculate the mortality rate simply by looking at the total number of cases v the deaths. Rather, look at the resolved cases - ie those who have either got better or died. So - 1018/5061*100 = 20%
But from what I heard on a radio interview this morning, there are a great many (in China particularly) who haven't attended medical facilities (or possibly who haven't been able to due to attendance pressure) who have got better 'unrecorded'. It was said that many people experience only 'mild flu' symptoms, or possibly only a cold type symptoms. The majority who have needed to get medical attention either have underlying health conditions, or have been unlucky and have got a bad case.
The so called 'super spreader' here had a mild case, and has now left medical care by agreement - fit and well and no longer an infection risk - despite sadly having passed it on to possibly 11 people in the UK and Europe.
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27 minutes ago, stumpy69 said:
According to those figures they are correct at 2-3% mortality.
1018/38040 * 100 = 2.6% mortality rate
Bearing in mind it is likely that many many minor cases won't even be reported - that actual mortality is probably lower; some 'authorities' are suggesting that as few as 10% of cases may be being reported as many people get only a minor illness.
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1 hour ago, The Mighty Prawn said:
It's very likely a weak signal, our downstairs telly is on the roof aerial and doesn't have this problem, our upstairs telly has a local aerial and particularly in bad weather we hardly ever get the TV guide to populate the info
That would be my guess as well
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A very typical Labour 'official' it seems.
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It seems that those in quarantine in the UK are both comfortable and very satisfied with how they have been treated https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7995485/Escape-Wuhan-British-student-27-tells-panic-paranoia-living-fear-China.html
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8 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said:
You make a good point. I don't think we should be legislating to the lowest intellectual common denominator. It doesn't help with people being able to risk assess for themselves. Better education and not taking the British outdoors for granted would be a good place to start. Or even something like a traffic light system at all mountain access points:
Green: the mountain's at its safest,
Yellow: some dicey bits, with dubious weather and best left to those with reasonable experience
Red: Dangerous. Do not attempt without serious levels of experience and equipment.
That way it's just information, the call is still yours, but you'd be under no illusions as to the dangers awaiting you.
Its a difficult one in some ways. I have some experience of hill walking, having done a lot of walking for grouse over the past 30+ years. A few years ago, my office had a team doing the 3 peaks - and as it coincided with my annual Scotland visit, I decided I would 'do' Ben Nevis with them. I stayed near Fort William the night before and checked out the parking etc. the previous day. It was a lovely clear day in early September and through the binos I could see people on the track up the Ben Nevis 'tourist' route. Next day, the day of the challenge was cold, wet and misty, but I felt committed to following through on my support, but couldn't wait about as they were running late.
I ascended Ben Nevis in pretty unpleasant, though not dangerous conditions, reaching the top about lunchtime. It was near freezing at the top, and blowing wet cloud through with very little visibility. I came back down (you couldn't stay still for long without getting cold) - meeting the 3 peaks team part way down. Some of them (the faster fitter ones) made it, some were turned back (by their professional guides) due to the conditions.
I was equipped with decent warm waterproof clothes and boots, map, compass and food, coffee etc. (no mobile phones then I think), and followed the tourist path, which is a long walk, very well marked and not hard going - and has plenty of traffic (in September anyway).
My points are that firstly conditions can change from nice to nasty very quickly - and even in the early autumn, and conditions can be sufficient to make it tough for even those well equipped. It is also VERY different at the top to the lower slopes. There is no way anyone, however equipped and experienced should be attempting it when severe weather like named storms are forecast. There is too high a chance of mishap - which could so easily result in loss of life.
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Credit where credit is due.
It is quieter here now, but we have had a stormy day - with some really vicious gusts at times. Rain has been fairly limited here. What has been impressive (and I sincerely hope I'm not speaking too soon) is that we have had 100% solid power all through. No noticeable glitches, dips - and no cuts.
Twenty years ago it was the publicly owned Electricity Board and it only needed a minor storm and we would be without power for hours - one clap of thunder and it was off. It was rare to go much over a week without some form of interruption, and cuts were prolonged, sometimes over 24 hours. All local farmers with dairies had to have emergency generators to manage milking and keeping milk cool, as did those rearing poultry or game with electric heating. Since it was privatised, much of the infrastructure has been replaced, some cables moved underground - and much more attention has been paid to trimming trees around cables.
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15 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said:
Which goes further to confirm the Labour party so called elite have no regard whatsoever for the law
A former Head of the Crown Prosecution Service and Director of Public Prosecutions - who would have thought it !!!
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Not much rain here yet, but quite a high wind - and some very vicious gusts with almost lulls in between. Won't be doing my usual Sunday clays today.
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54 minutes ago, buze said:
I don't see myself shooting HP in a gun that light
That makes sense!
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8 minutes ago, buze said:
Well so, it turns out it was not a #2, it is a #1 from 2004. Inspected it and it is *not* steel proof as it was assumed.
Anyway, I did 100+ clays with it, and I shoot it very wheel. 30" barrels, good weight to it, good swing to it, recoil is 'in line' so very little muzzle flip. It's 1/4" too short, and a bit too low.
AyAs with 30" barrels are very much in the minority, so you did well to find that. I have a No 1 (basic design 28" model from 1977) and have been very pleased with it. When you say you will have it proofed for steel, I assume this is not HP steel?
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Just now, London Best said:
Arrietta do some very nice stuff.
That may be 'did' and I wholly agree. Much of the William Powell (s/s) range in recent times was made by Arietta (and I have no doubt many other 'English' names who are less open than Powells about origins), however I believe that are no longer actively in business.
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7 minutes ago, button said:
The self opening option is almost £3k extra and the round action is an extra £500 over the base model
Make sure you are happy with self opening - especially if a lady is also to use the gun; not everyone likes it because it makes for significantly more effort needed to close - and the opening lever can also be a bit stiffer to operate to open. The effect can be quite noticeable for those (especially ladies) with smaller or less strong hands. It also adds a little weight on an AyA because (unlike the Purdey/Beesley which is 'integral') the AyA system is based on a Holland `and Holland Royal with an additional spring in the forend.
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Just now, dead eye alan said:
And that makes them unelectable!
I sincerely hope so; I think at present that would be true but;
- Attitudes in the electorate change over time
- People get a feeling that 'a change' is needed
- Any government in for several terms struggles to keep popular because there are always tough decisions to be made
- People forget (and the newest younger members of the electorate don't know) just how bad (for almost everyone) lefty labour policies actually are for the general public and economy.
- It is easy to promise 'the earth' when you are in opposition
3 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:I really believe she knows the Party will not get in to power under her if she is elected
Not sure that is true - her rose tinted blinkers (and the people with whom she and the inner Corbyn circle surround themselves and listen to such as Owen Jones etc.) may prevent the truth getting through
4 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:consequently she is planning to be a Pain In The Bottom whilst in opposition!
To be fair (and to prove once and for all I am totally unbiased!!) - it is the duty of the Opposition to oppose.
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A taste of how Wrong Daily would like to see the UK's future
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There is a comparison between the two most commonly encountered uses of Beesley's patent here: https://www.vintageguns.co.uk/magazine/purdey-atkin-sidelocks
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18 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:
hammerless sidelock, but the fall of the barrels does not cock the locks, nor does the closing as in a Purdey action.
To correct you (slightly) I think you will find the 'Purdey' action (Beesley's patent) actually cocks the tumblers (i.e. raises the internal hammers and re-engages the sears in the bents) on opening, but compresses the springs (which do both the self opening and the 'mainspring' for the tumblers) on closing. For this reason, when stored in its case disassembled (which no one ever does except when travelling), the springs are relaxed as they are only ever tensioned when the barrels are closed. Apologies photo has got distorted
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Just now, London Best said:
Does that one have to be cocked using the little levers?
The one I was shown has a later, more modern style of sidelock and pin fire style hammers.I know very little about it. By one of those coincidences, I had just read a post on Facebook by Vintage Guns with that picture when I read your post, so 'cross posted' the picture. That one is a double rifle. The little 'levers' look too small - and I suspect are just 'cocked' indicators. Actual cocking may be from the barrel drop. It was just a picture by the same maker which arrived at the same time - and on roughly the same subject!
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5 minutes ago, London Best said:
Think hammerless sidelock, but the fall of the barrels does not cock the locks, nor does the closing as in a Purdey action. You have to cock the locks with two external “hammers” which are actually cocking levers. The hammers do not hit the strikers, they are fired internally as in a normal hammerless sidelock.
Like this? (Photo by Vintage Guns)
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14 minutes ago, Old farrier said:
not familiar with the aya senior
The Senior (also sometimes called the Premier) was made in very small numbers (about 40 in total) between 1979 and 1987. It was based on the Purdey/Beesley self opening action and very expensive when new. There is (or at least was recently) a composed pair for sale in the UK recently (Sportarm?) that have been converted to single trigger.
If proved in Spain, I think the weight of the barrels at proof is stamped on the flats if I remember rightly.
Model 56 is a nice and rare gun.
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18 hours ago, Old farrier said:
30 inch are full and full
28 inch are 1/4...1/4
Interesting. My AyA Senior has 2 sets barrels - exactly as yours! I have never fired the 30" set.
The 28" barrels are original to the gun and were proved in Spain, the 30" barrels are still 2 3/4" chambered, but magnum (1350kg) proofed (proof for gun with the 30" barrels was done in Birmingham, although the barrels were made by AyA), so the gun carries both Spanish and Birmingham proof marks.
Brush/Mop/Jag (Bisley/PH) thread and pitch
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Diameter approx 7.35 mm (0.29")
Approx 1.0mm pitch, or 25 t.p.i.
(similar to 0BA in pitch, but not diameter)