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anybody know about TV aerials?
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:45 pm
by adikt
Have just purchased yesterday a boosted indoor TV aerial, said on the (misleading) box to also recieve digital signals. cant even get a decent signal for normal (mortal) TV. I can get a sharp picture on beeb 2 but they all have really bad snow or white tadpoles. can anyone help me? Its doing my head in!!!!!
Thx
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:14 pm
by kev_the_mole
Regret but they're usually a POS unless you live next to the transmitter. The fact that it's boosted doesn't help if it's a poor aerial and they usually are.
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:27 pm
by adikt
my nearest transmitter is 30 kms away, so not too far. I have a decent phillips aerial at home that i may be able to, er, borrow. this is really annoying. I am tempted to just install an outdoor aerial next to my window
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 9:58 pm
by kev_the_mole
Outdoor aerials are best. Max. height, lots of elements and alignment are also good. If you're going to do this yourself a signal strength meter will help setup.
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:02 pm
by kiwicar
Hi
Make sure you have the right band airial for the transmitter you are pointing at (the airial supplyer should be able to tell you this, if they can't or look confused go to another shop). If the one you can "borrow" is for another transmitter it will be no good for the new site. To recieve the digital services in nearly all areas you will need an "extended band" airial. at 30km from the transmitter, provided you are not behind a hill or a wood og a large city you should be ok without any amplifier or booster, and again unless there is a targe object (eg hill) in the way then you shouldn't need to mount the airial above roof hight. Try a look at the freeview website (if you haven't already) it will tell you which airial is best for your post code if you want the freeview services.
Good Luck
Mike