"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:04:45 UTC, "Bob Mannix"
wrote:

That's a televes group A at 21 quid or so plus VAT. I got a Televes
wideband one (need it in my area) a few months ago and it works well
despite being in a 'no Freeview' area!


Thanks for that end bit as well. I had "assumed" a better group aerial
would
improve terrestrial and freeview reception. I note from your comments
and
further investigation that this is often not the case, as the Freeview
signals are in a different band and that, for these ares (eg Oxford) a
wideband aerial is indicated. I presume (assuming this is the case) that
a
wideband aerial such as the one you purchased is "better" than one that
you
might get in B&Q?

B&Q were only selling fairly crappy ones (I did look) labelled 'medium
gain'. The Televes one is a high gain (I got the DAT45 but there is also
a DAT75 which is a bit unwieldy).

Ah, good, I had just decided to get the DAT45.

Cheers,


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