Dave wrote:
Just had my first try at setting up a digital Freeview box from an aerial. We
have a very old (20 years+) aerial in the loft so I just plugged that in the
hope it might work - and it (almost) did!. The FV box found 800+ stations (I
actually only want a few - the BBC/ITV group and History Channel (Fred is still
going strong there I see!). Problem is I cannot get the ITV group or most of the
radio stations as the signal shows up as too weak in the sig-strength bar.

I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.

I have no idea. Why not try a sweet shop, or somewhere that sells
underwear?

FUs set.





























(wait for some shhtead...)

Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:
I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.


I have no idea.

/jeremy paxman voice

Yeeeeesssssssss

/jeremy paxman voice

Try Maplins:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator...d=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


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Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:
I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.


I have no idea.

jeremy paxman voice

Yeeeeesssssssss

/jeremy paxman voice

Try Maplins:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator...d=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


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Mark Carver wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:
I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.

I have no idea.

jeremy paxman voice

Yeeeeesssssssss

/jeremy paxman voice

Try Maplins:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator...d=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


And only charge about three times what a better aerial would cost
elsewhere..


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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Mark Carver wrote:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator.aspx?cmd=searchregion&regionid=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


And only charge about three times what a better aerial would cost
elsewhere..

You're right, they're not the cheapest, but they do have the advantage
that you can walk into their store, and walk out with an aerial, rather
than mucking about waiting in all day for one of the on-line suppliers'
couriers to turn up.

Of course if you know of a cheaper or better retail outlet in
Nottingham, let us know, I presume you don't or else you'd have posted
its name ?

Mark Carver wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Mark Carver wrote:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator.aspx?cmd=searchregion&regionid=5&doy= 13m6
They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.

And only charge about three times what a better aerial would cost
elsewhere..

You're right, they're not the cheapest, but they do have the advantage
that you can walk into their store, and walk out with an aerial, rather
than mucking about waiting in all day for one of the on-line suppliers'
couriers to turn up.

Of course if you know of a cheaper or better retail outlet in
Nottingham, let us know, I presume you don't or else you'd have posted
its name ?


You might have to wait in but screwfix do aerials and deliver next day

Paul

Of course if you know of a cheaper or better retail outlet in
Nottingham, let us know, I presume you don't or else you'd have posted
its name ?

You might have to wait in but screwfix do aerials and deliver next day

They also have a trade counter in Derby, if you've got any other business in
that direction.

Christian.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:
I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please
advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much
prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.

I have no idea.

jeremy paxman voice

Yeeeeesssssssss

/jeremy paxman voice

Try Maplins:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator...d=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


And only charge about three times what a better aerial would cost
elsewhere..


They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.



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In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:



They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67) and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

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Using a RISC OS5 computer

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
Mark Carver wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:
I suppose it's a case of a new aerial, and if so can someone please
advice me
what/where I can get a suitable one? (East Mids, Nottingham). I'd much
prefer
the aerial goes in the loft rather than on the roof.

I have no idea.

jeremy paxman voice

Yeeeeesssssssss

/jeremy paxman voice

Try Maplins:-

http://www.maplin.co.uk/StoreLocator...d=5&doy= 13m6

They have a couple of stores in Nottingham.


And only charge about three times what a better aerial would cost
elsewhere..

Will you give us make model and palace to buy.

"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:



They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67)
and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

I have sort of clay? tiles (not slate anyway) which are quite think and I
manage OK, I am about 4 miles away with a signal strength of 50dB
So he sould get soome sort of idea from that.
Yea the top two muxes are the hardest, I get 98% quality on 63
currently 64% on 67. (98% is 100% in reality on my box).
Now I have it positioned in a nice spot I very very rarely
experience any probs. I have another aerial I could add in parrallel
but its hardly worth the effort as any probs are very rare and brief
and may be due to some other factor beyond my control.
I might try it someday though, just out of interest though, as some
spots are better for different muxes and I could porbably get
98% all the time.


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"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:



They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67)
and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Maplin said they would take it back if it didn't work so I just tried the
cheapest aerial and I found it to be OK. No point in spending another
£30 or so.


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Doctor Drivel wrote:


Will you give us make model and palace to buy.

You buy aerials from a palace?

Dave

In article ,
Dave wrote:
Doctor Drivel wrote:


Will you give us make model and palace to buy.

You buy aerials from a palace?

no, he wants to buy a palace.

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Dave wrote:
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Will you give us make model and palace to buy.
You buy aerials from a palace?

Yet another brilliant non-contribution from "Dave".

"charles" wrote in message
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In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:
whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

I know you used to work for the BBC, Charles, so I guess you know things we
don't. I didn't realise that the pips accumulated in the loft. After all
these years of listening to the Radio Four news at 1pm our loft must be full
of the things.

Bill

PS: No, I'm not taking the pips . . .

In article ,
Bill Wright wrote:

"charles" wrote in message
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In article , Bazzer Smith
wrote: whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is
a function of what roofing material is used and how much clutter of
pips etc there is up there.

I know you used to work for the BBC, Charles, so I guess you know things
we don't. I didn't realise that the pips accumulated in the loft. After
all these years of listening to the Radio Four news at 1pm our loft must
be full of the things.


Sorry, you misunderstand. It's Orange pips, they act as insulation.

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The message
from charles contains these words:


I know you used to work for the BBC, Charles, so I guess you know things
we don't. I didn't realise that the pips accumulated in the loft. After
all these years of listening to the Radio Four news at 1pm our loft must
be full of the things.


Sorry, you misunderstand. It's Orange pips, they act as insulation.

I know they disguise their masts as trees sometimes, but this is going
too far.

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Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Bill Wright wrote:
"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:
whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what
roofing material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is
up there.

I know you used to work for the BBC, Charles, so I guess you know
things we don't. I didn't realise that the pips accumulated in the
loft. After all these years of listening to the Radio Four news at
1pm our loft must be full of the things.

Bill

PS: No, I'm not taking the pips . . .

I assumed, Charles was talking about, Pipistrelle bats, if you have enough
of them roosting in the loft they could attenuate the signal.
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"Adrian A" wrote in message
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Bill Wright wrote:
I assumed, Charles was talking about, Pipistrelle bats, if you have enough
of them roosting in the loft they could attenuate the signal.

Young bats do not have a wingspan equal to half a wavelength, even on ch68.
It's only when they get older that the trouble starts. But don't get in a
flap about it.

Bill

Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:

Doctor Drivel wrote:

Will you give us make model and palace to buy.

You buy aerials from a palace?


Yet another brilliant non-contribution from "Dave".

So you like doctor drivel's drivel then?

Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:

Will you give us make model and palace to buy.

You buy aerials from a palace?

I am a class act and a big tipper, so I would buy from a palace.

"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:

They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67)
and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Which is the best at penetrating concrete tiles then?

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:

They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what
roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67)
and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Which is the best at penetrating concrete tiles then?

I once saw a Kung Fu guy break 5 concrete tiles with his bare hands.

"Bazzer Smith" wrote in message
...

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"charles" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Bazzer Smith wrote:

They are not that expensive especially if he goes for the one
they do for £12.99( not high gain) which will work OK in the loft,
especially if he is close to the Nottingham transmitter.

whether an aerial works in the loft, or not, is a function of what
roofing
material is used and how much clutter of pips etc there is up there.

Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch 67)
and
could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Which is the best at penetrating concrete tiles then?

I once saw a Kung Fu guy break 5 concrete tiles with his bare hands.

Fantastic. He must have been desperate to watch Corrie.

"Owain" wrote in message
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Doctor Drivel wrote:
I am a class act and a big tipper, so I would buy from a palace.

The only palace you're allowed in is the Jade Palace, on Thursday
evenings, when Nursey gives you £4.50 from the Patients Bank to get
yourself a carry out.

Carry out what? I would carry out the crown from the palace.

In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch
67) and could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Which is the best at penetrating concrete tiles then?

A Maxview SDS.

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In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
Some of the dttv channels are high (eg Mux B on ch 63 & Mux 2 on ch
67) and could have serious difficulty in penetrating concrete tiles

Which is the best at penetrating concrete tiles then?

A Maxview SDS.

LOL!......


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Tony Sayer