On 25/01/2021 10:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 24/01/2021 18:51, charles wrote:
IfÂ* you're in an area that needa masthead amp , forget a loft aerial.
Also, a bigger (multi-element) might just double the signal you are
gettting. You might do better with a higher gain amplifier. Or go for
satellite

Most TVs have plenty of gain these days.

And have had for ages. The older Panasonics in Manchester would easily
pull in the Welsh TV in a sidelobe of the antenna when they were
nominally pointed towards Winter Hill in the WNW.

It became a big problem shortly after digital switchover when the signal
became stronger and was found first. Some sets putting the first found
in the main channel positions.

if you have crap signal to noise the only thing that will improve it is
a bigger aerial.

Boosting **** just leads top bigger **** and/or being overloaded with ****.

Certainly nothing beats starting with a better signal. If TDTV reception
in your locality is so poor I would go for satellite instead. You get a
bunch of other channels some of them interesting that way too.

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Regards,
Martin Brown