Some roof materials block the signal. I tried a VHR aerial in my loft
and off a 5 element got worse signal than bits or wire in the house.

I woudl wonder what happens to an aerial in two years. I would expect
a new aerial and cable to last 5 years unless serious wind/weather.
Bag them under sale of good compalin loudly that goods not fit for
purpose if breakdown in that time.


If your signal is very good try a set top aerial.
The following link is the nearest transmitter details to liverpool

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/tv_tr...winterhl.shtml

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:10:00 -0000, Colin Wilson
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We`ve had to have our aerial re-done twice in the last couple of years -
and of course, the "warranty" these places offer never seems to be enough
to get them back when the picture goes... Either that, or you were never
given a receipt / can`t find it etc.

I was thinking about changing tactics and fitting a loft aerial that I
can fit / adjust myself, but i`m not sure whether I might need to
consider a higher spec aerial than might normally be required if it was
mounted outside.

Would the "top of the range" screwfix (ref 14374) @ £25 be overkill for
the Liverpool area ? (as far as I know, we have a decent signal here)

Any comments appreciated :-}

Lawrence

usenet at lklyne dt co dt uk

Some roof materials block the signal. I tried a VHR aerial in my loft
and off a 5 element got worse signal than bits or wire in the house.

I wasn`t sure how well they worked, hence the question about getting a
higher spec model - looking at the orientation of other aerials along the
terrace, it would almost be pointing at the brick divider between ours
and next doors` too, so i`m not sure how it would work out...

If I pick up a reel of co-ax I suppose I could always mount it at the
back of the house - probably wouldn`t look any worse than the redundant
satellite dish i`ve got sat there :-}

I woudl wonder what happens to an aerial in two years. I would expect
a new aerial and cable to last 5 years unless serious wind/weather.
Bag them under sale of good compalin loudly that goods not fit for
purpose if breakdown in that time.

Got no receipt from the last guy... its proving it... i`ve just had a
quick look and its fallen off the chimney completely

If your signal is very good try a set top aerial.
The following link is the nearest transmitter details to liverpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/tv_tr...winterhl.shtml

I think Winter Hill is about 30 miles away as the crow flies

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Got no receipt from the last guy... its proving it... i`ve just had a
quick look and its fallen off the chimney completely

Blimey, did'nt know some of the Worcester firms went as far as Liverpool
G

Dave

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If your signal is very good try a set top aerial.
The following link is the nearest transmitter details to liverpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/tv_tr...winterhl.shtml

I think Winter Hill is about 30 miles away as the crow flies


There's no real substitute for suck it and see.

If you can get some information from neighbours it would help a lot;
someone may have tried and failed, or succeeded.

If you can get away with a loft aerial it's an excellent choice, cheaper,
no deterioration, easily fit it yourself, but radio wave transmission is
a blackish art, and only with the right signal strength meter.

You say it would look through a brick wall - that might not be3 so bad,
but is it looking through another 5, 10 in the row.

At my last house, a terrace with Crystal Palace, or is it the other place
now? about 20 miles away we got excellent results with a pretty ornery
loft aerial

mike r

You say it would look through a brick wall - that might not be so bad,
but is it looking through another 5, 10 in the row.

Depending on how close to the eaves it went, it would probably go through
2-3 max

Thanks for the reply :-)

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