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Weak(ish) SIgnal on Freeview
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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 152041" data-attributes="member: 175166"><p>Ah, well, now. I'm embarrassed. I haven't used my terrestrial aerial for some years now so, if I'd had half a brain remaining after the Christmas excesses, I would have checked the co-ax connections before opening this thread. If I had even got as far as the wall socket behind the tv, I would have found a seriously dodgy bit of wiring. And then I would have repaired it and, lo and behold, I would have found all the channels I was looking for. </p><p></p><p>Rolfw, you're right. The Postcode is not a guide to reception, though the Ch 5 analogue signal is poor to non-existent here and I'd always assumed that if you couldn't get Ch5 analogue, digital would be unavailable. I haven't a clue about the aerial, but sometime in the next few days, I'll borrow my son's girl-friend's father's roof ladder and go up to inspect it and the 15 year-old connections. There's an amplifier in the loft, which distributes the signal to other rooms in the house, but I daren't disconnect it or my kids will make my life intolerable.</p><p></p><p>I haven't a clue about my aerial's gain, bandwidth or frequency; if I go shopping for one tomorrow, what information would I need? I assume I can find out the frequency of my local transmitter from the BBC site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 152041, member: 175166"] Ah, well, now. I'm embarrassed. I haven't used my terrestrial aerial for some years now so, if I'd had half a brain remaining after the Christmas excesses, I would have checked the co-ax connections before opening this thread. If I had even got as far as the wall socket behind the tv, I would have found a seriously dodgy bit of wiring. And then I would have repaired it and, lo and behold, I would have found all the channels I was looking for. Rolfw, you're right. The Postcode is not a guide to reception, though the Ch 5 analogue signal is poor to non-existent here and I'd always assumed that if you couldn't get Ch5 analogue, digital would be unavailable. I haven't a clue about the aerial, but sometime in the next few days, I'll borrow my son's girl-friend's father's roof ladder and go up to inspect it and the 15 year-old connections. There's an amplifier in the loft, which distributes the signal to other rooms in the house, but I daren't disconnect it or my kids will make my life intolerable. I haven't a clue about my aerial's gain, bandwidth or frequency; if I go shopping for one tomorrow, what information would I need? I assume I can find out the frequency of my local transmitter from the BBC site. [/QUOTE]
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