PR Electronics in Portland, Victoria | Local business
PR Electronics
Locality: Portland, Victoria
Phone: +61 3 5521 1121
Address: 93 GARDEN ST PORTLAND OR SHED 3, 1071 RAGLAN PDE WARRNAMBOOL 3305 Portland, VIC, Australia
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/prelectronicshome
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25.01.2022 For those in the Warrnambool Area, we have just found out there will be no Digital TV Reception from 9:30am - 3:30pm today as there is a planned outage so works can be carried out on the Tower. This is only affecting the Warrnambool City Tower located near Albert Park. If your Antenna is pointing towards Tower Hill, your TV Reception wont be affected. We are not sure if works will be carried out again tomorrow.
24.01.2022 Today August 26th, In the Warrnambool Area, Digital Retune Works are currently being undertaken at the Tower Hill TV Transmitter Site. SBS and WIN will change their RF frequencies today. All Viewers will now need to retune their digital TV, set-top box or digital TV recorder to find the SBS and WIN channels that have moved.... Outages for Works are from 9:00 - 3:30 today, so we recommend to try retuning after 3:30 today. We will post a confirmation of all services back transmitting once we test them ourselves.
22.01.2022 ALL DIGITAL TV STATIONS AND SOME RADIO WILL BE OFF AIR UNTIL POSSIBLY 3 PM DUE TO WORKS BEING DONE ON THE MT CLAY TRANSMITTER
22.01.2022 RE-STACK This is term given to the re-structure of the Digital TV Network that Australia wide is undergoing massive Channel Frequency changes. This is being done to enable the Telcos with their rolling out of the 4 G network to best have that working at its ultimate with out frequency interference from the broadcasting of the Digital TV Network which had been an issue in some areas across Australia. So what does this mean for you the Home TV Viewer? It means that when this h...as occurred in your area then a re-tune of your TV service will need to be done. It is hoped that a mention in your local media will provide the times that this will be occurring so you can best be advised and can carry out the necessary Re-tuning of your TV sets. Please note it is always best to do a manual and not an auto re-tune so only the channels coming from the TV Site your Antenna is pointed to is what you end up receiving. For channel Allocation Numbers you will need to access the ACMA web site for your area. See more
22.01.2022 My.Clay Victoria is currently undergoing a 4G upgrade for both TELSTRA and OPTUS Telcos. Should also see an improvement for 3G as well.
21.01.2022 Interferance. You may now be aware that the 4G mobile network is being installed around the country. If you live in the South West of Victoria, then most definitely. We have noticed in some areas such as Port Fairy, Koroit and the surrounds of Tower Hill as well Portland if you are near the Optus Tower especially that the 4G network can interfere with you receiving Digital TV signal or at least a couple of the DTV TV channels are difficult to watch at times. This type of in...terferance is known in the industry as LTE interference. To alleviate this problem you may have a special LTE Band Stop Filter installed. This stops the 4G mobile network from interfering with your TV signal as it Stops or blocks the channels that make up the 4G network usually from 60 to 65 and passes anthing below channel 51 and below which account for your DTV TV channels. Whats more if you have one of the older type Mast Head Amp boosters above near the antenna or located in the ceiling and it does not contain this LTE filtering then this in turn will amplify the 4G signal even more and make matters worse for you and your TV. One well known company recently made a broad statement that if your antenna system does not have a booster and its only made up with Antenna, Coax and possibly a splitter then you wont have any problems. This couldnt be further from the truth. We have seen first hand that just the opposite can and does occurr. If you are experiencing interference and your not sure of the source of this interferance then contact us at Portland or Warrnambool and we can with our Digital measuring equipment find the source of this problem and remedy the situation for you. See more
21.01.2022 5:02pm UPDATE: TV Channels are still off the air. The Technicians working on the Tower must have ran into a few problems... We beleive this has to be rectified soon... More information from the Warrnambool Standard: http://ow.ly/vjEma
21.01.2022 This New 10 metre Super Structure to be installed on top of The existing Main Mt.Clay TV Radio Tower. This 30 feet of increased height could benefit some in Fringe areas of Portland and Heywood districts. This will occur soon and will have minor disruptions to viewers in the Area.
21.01.2022 Today, Friday will see an outage for TV stations being Transmitted from The Greive street or otherwise known as Albert Park Transmitter site in WARRNAMBOOL. This due to the Re-Stacking Program where new TV channel allocation numbers will be put in place and where TV viewers who point to this site with their TV Antennas will have to do a complete Retune. Handover is on Monday 12th of May.
19.01.2022 Slme 43 ships in total will be delivering components to Portland. The Blades aline are 28 tons each
19.01.2022 NBN Works in Progress at MT.CLAY this week. Reduction in power to all FM Radio Services to allow Contractors to safely Climb the Broadcast Australia Tower. This to allow installation of Antenna and Panels. Listeners in Fringe areas will perhaps note a difference in signal strength and noise on the Radios. This work has been gazetted for the Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday with contingencies for Thursday and Friday if the weather changes and the Wind gains strength.
18.01.2022 Attended customers residence last week due to reception problems, once there found this on a mast. Not going to get much reception with 1/4 of an antenna the rest must have snapped off when a bird sat on it, found the rest in the gutter.
18.01.2022 We all know what TV coaxial cable looks like. But here is another coax cable you might not be familiar with. Its the type used as a feeder from TV Digital Transmitter to the Antenna Array located at the top of the Mt.Clay Tower and many other sites around Australia. Spare a thought for our Riggers who climb the the many towers throughout Australia and handle this heavy cable and put the fittings on the ends.
17.01.2022 Sat 18th JAN. Got call from the transport company transporting this 28 ton blade up to a new wind farm under construction near Stawell. They had no comms to control the slew of the back of the lenghty trailers that they Cart these long blades on so they can get around intersections and tight corners. Again we were able to assist in getting that working.
17.01.2022 Hi Everyone. Occasionally we get a few Secondhand Televisions for sale. Feel free to Phone us on 5562 80 88 to see if we have anything Thanks
15.01.2022 Hi again to all. Have you heard about e New Technology regards TV viewing with many more free to air digital tv channels coming to your area. This new technolgy is called T2. In some areas it could be upon us inside 2 years. If you havent then watch this space for more explanation Cheers to all for now
15.01.2022 Well tv is undergoing more new changes. T2 is the new thing thats being rolled out is where the channels are going over to the new Mpeg 4 video format. So if you have difficulty in getting say 7flix or channel 55 or some of the new hi definition channels orthe racing channel then its because your TV cant resolve the mpeg format. Eventually more channels will be switching over to this so that each broadcaster can give an aditional 10 channels. Thats means say prime wll give you 15 channels instead of the now 5. I will follow up this freport with more info soon.
13.01.2022 Lifting The Super Structure In place. Increases the height of the Tower by 10 meters
13.01.2022 The Old Voda Phone Antenna Paneling Removed
10.01.2022 Another Survey Job is currently underway between Ararat and Stawell Victoria. I am carrying out a pre survey of TV and Radio reception before the proposed Wind Farm is built here a Balgana. There some 56 turbines to be built and will stand around 195 meters high. A storage battery to be included and a large Glass House for the growing of vegetable is to derive its power from this farm as well as the Housing. PR Electronics have been contracted to carry out the Government required Survey prior to the build.
09.01.2022 Well its been a big day today at the Portland Tourist Park installing 5 new cabins with TV Antenna Systems. With so many trees in this park and with high LTE interferance I had to use filters aswell a a mast head amplifier as part of the setup for each cabin.
09.01.2022 Today, August 13th, In the WARRNAMBOOL area... If you are experiencing difficulties today with regards your TV signals it will be because Re-Stacking Preparation works are being undertaken with some services, Eg. Prime TV, Ten and possibly Win - 9. This works is currently being undertaken at Tower Hill which will possibly affect the Child Site at East WARRNAMBOOL. There are outages in place till 15:00 today.....
08.01.2022 TV Viewers in the Warrnambool Area, there is works being performed at the Warrnambool City Albert Park Transmitter Site. No prior warning was given... If you have lost your some or all of your TV Channels today, it is because they are turning the Channels on/off today. The Channels should be working this afternoon. No need to Retune your Television.... WIN, TEN and PRIME will mostly be affected. If anyone wishes to make a complaint, broadcaster phone numbers are here: https://accan.org.au//ACCAN%20Broadcaster%20contact%20deta
07.01.2022 Retune Update: Warrnambool City seems to have all the Digital TV Channels back on now, transmitting at the new frequencies. For all those who need to retune, if you are having any problems retuning, you are welcome to give us a call on 55628088.
07.01.2022 If you are in Portland and surrounding district then do yourself a favour and tune to 3rpc fm 99.3 fm. Its gdeat music to listen to when travelling or in the garden as i do everg weekend . Luv the 60 to 90 years of hits. So relaxing. Now to the newly installed transmitter and the stack of 4 right hand circular fm dipoles having a minium gain of 3dB it can be heard clearly with an erp of 2000 watts. The station has had extensive work done on Mt.Clay by yours truly PR Electronics. So give it a go and you may even go so far in supporting your local community radio in a number of ways. Contact them and sed how u can help
07.01.2022 Well there seems to be alot of people taking advantage of the smart technology with Mble phones and tables streaming to their smart tv. Yours truly does so extensively. So many free up to date movies and youtube facebook and browsing internet using the big tv to screen it to using your wifi. We did you know that your older tv can be turned into a smart tv with alot less than purchasing a new tv. Want to know more the talk to us and we will explain more
07.01.2022 This week at the Tower Hill TV and Radio Transmission site works are proceeding in removing the old TV analogue VHF antenna stack. As its no longer required and is starting to corrode and from a safety aspect it has been decided it will removed. If you happen to drive past you may notice the large crane that will be used to facilitate the
07.01.2022 As the climb begins on a day is certainly not considered as a warm summers day, rather the middle of winter, spare a thought for these riggers as the inspect the work ahead.
06.01.2022 11:10AM: There was an issue this morning with all SBS Digital TV Channels received from Warrnabool City Tower (Albert Park) to show No Signal or No Service on your TV. This has now been just fixed! If you still cannot watch SBS now you will need to Retune your Television. Happy Watching...
06.01.2022 TV Viewers in the Warrnambool Area, we have just learned the Digital Restacking Team are currently performing Post-Retune Testing Works up at the Tower Hill Transmitter Site. No prior warning was given... If you have lost your some or all of your TV Channels today, it is because they are turning the Channels on/off today. They have an Outage until 3:30pm so all channels should be back on. No need to Retune your Television.... If anyone wishes to make a complaint, broadcaster phone numbers are here: https://accan.org.au//ACCAN%20Broadcaster%20contact%20deta
04.01.2022 Hi customers. It's been a while since my last post. The latest news to all wireless NBN users is that PR Electronics is involved with Ericsson contractors in adding 3 more panels to the top of the main tower at Mt.Clay Victoria to increase bandwidth and increase a better radius to all wireless NBN users in the Portland, Heywood area. Hopefully it will be realised by you users of this technology a little better speed and increase in signal levels. We will see.... Also as more ...people are moving into Portland from Melbourne and others places we have been kept busy with our TV Antenna installations. Particularly noticing young families moving no doubt to some degree in avoiding the Virus pandemic in Melbourne and making there home here. Also we have been busy installing security camera's in homes as part of people's increased awareness to have better home security. Finally 2 to 3 weeks ago we had that major electrical storm that caused many homes to lose power. Damaged electrical goods repairs has also kept us busy. That's about all to report at the moment. Keep safe and healthy amidst this pandemic and do what you can to keep our region safe and you and your friends free of this virus. See more
03.01.2022 Hi to all visitors and regulars to our facebook page. The 4G network is in full swing across Australia and in some areas has been completed. Unfortunatey for some it comes with some problems causing interferance to Residences and housholder TV reception. Specialised Filters for some is absolutely necessary to... Stop this interferance to TV reception and can be installed by our Technical Staff Portland, Port Fairy and Warrnambool and surrounding areas should this interferance be causing confliction with your TV signal showing signs of degradation and causing pixilation. Feel free to drop us a line if you have any queries regarding this. We here at PR Electronics wish you an enjoyable and safe long weekend Labour weekend holiday if in Victoria. See more
03.01.2022 Confirmed now, All TV Channels are back broadcasting on the Tower Hill site. Win and SBS have moved to there new RF Frequencies. Try retuning now. Please feel free to contact us if you are having any issues.... Works will still be carried out over next few days so there still may be disruptions to the services during the day.
03.01.2022 Many WARRNAMBOOL DTV viewers were having trouble with WIN TV if there Antenna was pointing towards the WARRNAMBOOL City Black Spot Transmitter. Address Location is also known as Albert Park or Greive Street Transmitter Site. Unfortunately I received no Call Outs over this Fault so was not asked to Attend. However it came to my notice after a viewer mentioned the difficulties with this service over the last 48 hrs. I raised the Alarm with Sydney and attended the site this afternoon 4th of Jan. I found the Transmitter Off. I managed to get the service back to Air and by 6.00 pm you would have seen the service return on your TV Sets. If you are still having difficulty just manually retune channel 31 in your sets. All the best for 2015
03.01.2022 NBN upgrade for the Portland, Victoria area. Increased power and Bandwidth to more customers . This taking place all this week and next week. Im up here at Mt.Clay to turn down all FM radio for the boys to make a safe climb on the tower
02.01.2022 PR Electronics Involved in Tower Upgrade Works
01.01.2022 As we draw closer to the end of another year we at PR Electronics have been busy installing TV antennas on new Jayco cabins in a local tourist park in Portland.Vic
01.01.2022 Cold and Stormy today! Its always a good idea to unplug your electrical equipment from the powerpoint and also unplug any leads connected to any external antenna or phone line to prevent electrical damage that can be caused by electrical storms and power fluctuations.
