All posts by Gareth
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Thanks for the responses guys. Strangely enough, the new high gain aerials have been put up in recent weeks/months, well after the digital switchover. I have no gripe with "overkill", but some of them look so awful, especially on small bungalows! I wish more people would realise they don't need these ugly beasts! Oh well....
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Monday 15 August 2011 5:59PM
As a retired telecomms engineer, I am amazed that so many huge, ugly so-called "digital" aerials are springing up on roofs all over Cardiff. Some of them look like fringe aerials to me and have HUGE reflector elements at the rear, with crossed-directors. To my mind, they are a complete overkill, bearing in mind most of the city is within line of sight of the local transmitter at Wenvoe, which is just 3 or 4 miles away. I live in a small valley within the city, and can get a full strength signal on my PVR using a simple set-top Yagi aerial. What's going on here???