"David Cawkwell" wrote in message
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Here is my experience of the Televes DAT 75 TV aerial

After my previous posting on replacing 2 cheapo TV aerials I finally
installed a Televes DAT 75. The meanest looking aerial in the cpc
catalogue with the biggest gain and front to back figures I could see.
After a test in the house I decided that I could install in the loft
rather
than wobbling about on the ladder outside.

I have to say the picture is now perfect. This is despite the Televes
aerial being some 4-6ft lower than than the 2 outdoor aerials on the roof.

I found the Televes easy enough to install (despite there being no
instructions supplied)
although for anyone who has to resort to an outdoor aerial I am not quite
so
sure how the top
back grill would withstand a gale. Channel 5 is now perfect. Before even
with
a booster the reception was poor.

In fact the only disadvantage of installing it in the loft is no one is
going to
see the meanest aerial in the street. :-)

I slightly curious about how the aerial works. Although there is plenty of
structure
to the aerial this doesn't appear to be connect to the actual receiver
part
of the
aerial which slots in to the aerial. I could be wrong maybe it does
somehow.

Is the aerial somehow focusing the transmission onto the receiver part.


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by Eugene Trundle for you as a present.