JonnytheKid
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- My Satellite Setup
- 2 Panasonic TU-DSB30 digib0xes, FTV cards, quad LNB, Zone 2 dish, & VCR (remember those?)
- My Location
- rural Northern Ireland
Hello everyone,
I have a few questions about upgrading my terrestrial aerial setup. My existing setup is shown on the attached diagrram (drewn on MS Paint).
All the equipment, cables and aerials are about 20 years old.
The Irish tv picture is fine, but the UK picture is poor. It is especially bad in the evenings during good Summer days. The UK transmitter is about 6 miles away, but a lot of houses have been built between it and here in the last 20 years.
I was planning to move the UK aerial from the loft to up on the roof, and replace it with a Triax 100 element aerial.
Uk signals are suitable for a group B aerial, while Irish signals are for a group aerial.
Would the Triax aerial be best? What is a signal attenuator, and when would one be needed? When would a masthead amp be needed? Does this do away with the need for my existing combined booster and splitter?
Almost forgot to say - "Freeview" is not yet available from the local transmitter, so I am mostly worried about analogue reception right now.
Sorry to ask so many questions - the diagram I have attached hopefully explains it a lot better. Thank-you for any info provided
Jonny
I have a few questions about upgrading my terrestrial aerial setup. My existing setup is shown on the attached diagrram (drewn on MS Paint).
All the equipment, cables and aerials are about 20 years old.
The Irish tv picture is fine, but the UK picture is poor. It is especially bad in the evenings during good Summer days. The UK transmitter is about 6 miles away, but a lot of houses have been built between it and here in the last 20 years.
I was planning to move the UK aerial from the loft to up on the roof, and replace it with a Triax 100 element aerial.
Uk signals are suitable for a group B aerial, while Irish signals are for a group aerial.
Would the Triax aerial be best? What is a signal attenuator, and when would one be needed? When would a masthead amp be needed? Does this do away with the need for my existing combined booster and splitter?
Almost forgot to say - "Freeview" is not yet available from the local transmitter, so I am mostly worried about analogue reception right now.
Sorry to ask so many questions - the diagram I have attached hopefully explains it a lot better. Thank-you for any info provided
Jonny