Mark Allanson
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 02:21 PM |
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Digital switchover - fully prepared?
We have fully switched over to digital in Cornwall, and all the promises of how the signal will be increased and all out tellies will work fine have
come true - NOT!!
My house is in a valley and all but one of our aerials have stopped receiving signals, I have tried putting the remaining one through a splitting
amplifier but the results are patchy.
An aerial good enough to get me any signal will cost £60 - are there any locost alternatives, would this
work?
[Edited on 7/9/09 by Mark Allanson]
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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tegwin
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 02:26 PM |
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Screwfix to a reasonable digital high gain aerial for about £30 I think!
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Would the last person who leaves the country please switch off the lights and close the door!
www.verticalhorizonsmedia.tv
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Davey D
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 02:30 PM |
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i bought this from argos after being disgusted at the prices or Ariels everywhere else.
i fitted it in my loft, as i couldnt be doing with the hassle of going on my roof, and the signal is perfect 
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5341829/Trail/searchtext%3EARIEL.htm
[Edited on 7/9/09 by Davey D]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 02:57 PM |
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I'm still using my 20 year old loft aerial and all my tellys have set top boxes running off it, gave up on lame analog channels ages ago. Even
the garage tv’s is using an old portable round aerial we had for the caravan and a £9 Asda digital tuner, pictures just fine. Don’t know what all the
fuss was about.
[Edited on 7/9/09 by Mr Whippy]
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Danozeman
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 03:46 PM |
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My high gain digital arial was 28 quid from maplin. Excellent bit of kit.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 03:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Davey D
i bought this from argos after being disgusted at the prices or Ariels everywhere else.
i fitted it in my loft, as i couldnt be doing with the hassle of going on my roof, and the signal is perfect
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5341829/Trail/searchtext%3EARIEL.htm
[Edited on 7/9/09 by Davey D]
I have tried that one, gave me 6 chanels out of 40 - I need a serious aerial, but want to know if you can make one
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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miikae
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 04:41 PM |
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Have a look at This one
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 05:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by miikae
Have a look at This one
Mike
That looks like a good one, and quite reasonable, but I really fancy making one
Anyone know the theory behind aerial design?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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miikae
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 06:10 PM |
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I have made aerials in the past, but from personal experiance and cost of getting the bits its far better and cheaper to buy a complete one these
days, i have a garage full of amateur radio masts rotators and aerials which i cant put up due to close proximity damn power lines.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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loggyboy
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 07:27 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
are there any locost alternatives
Sky?
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 08:11 PM |
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What's with the funny old antenna's, We just take the signal from a satellite dish, 24" dish pointed at the sky.
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daniel mason
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 08:19 PM |
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a sky dish with a few outlets is the way forward.
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 7/9/09 at 08:43 PM |
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The problem with the sky dish is if you have two TV's and you want to watch different programming on each you need two receivers, which can run
off one dish. HD ones are expensive.
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scootz
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| posted on 8/9/09 at 12:16 PM |
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We just had our house renovated and had a super-dooper aerial with mega-amplifier fitted so we were future-proofed... can't get a sniff of a
digital signal!
Have had to put a Sat dish on the house and use Freesat!
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