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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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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.






In a nutshell yes. Have a Google search on the YAGI aerial he was a jap
scientist who devised a simple directional aerial of which almost all TV
aerials are descended from that design, its made up of a dipole element
and a number of reflectors and directors, bit too long winded to go into
here...
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Tony Sayer

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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.



Ask SWMBO to buy a copy of Newnes Guide to Television & Video Technology
by Eugene Trundle for you as a present.



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