All posts by D. Robinson
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Can I just add this warning? (I forgot in the last post - just put it down to age...)
There seems to be "scams" going on (no names mentioned here) in my area (DN34), which has a high population of 'mature' people - and just before switchover. I know at least two neighbours who were persuaded to buy new aerials (at the door) because they "...weren't digital..." - albeit they were working very well on analogue (esp Ch5 -which is usually weak. The original aerials were relatively new also - 4/5 years.)
I was "door-stepped" also, and heard "the speil". That - beyond anything - made me shut the door.
Dunno all the facts and measurements of signal strength but £170 for a wall-mounted mast aerial on a low-height 1950's house (and fixed by ladder) sounds akin to a lot of money to me...
Being forewarned is forearmed. D.
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Thursday 9 June 2011 6:33PM
Grimsby
Hi - just found UK Free TV. WHAT A GODSEND!
THANK YOU for being there... resolved no end of issues for me, and good solid info about channel strengths, etc. Been a "learning curve" for a Pensioner - the new language really - but well received (no pun intended...).
Used your Beta version of the Postcode Finder for signal strength as I am having drop outs/pixelation.
Prints out text - but no coloured "thermometer" of rating (left). Dunno if its my printer (abs brand new - so doubt it). How about a %age instead? No great problem for me - I guess it's a "relative" rather than "exact" measure - so I put my old engineer's rule on the screen and calculator on the desk...
Good "visual" advice aboutInduction Interference (mains filter device - and a source!)as well as an estimate of increase in signal strength for Belmont at switchover. 12 Times stronger for Belmont!? Better remove/attenuate those boosters...
If BELMONT Transmitter is a gauge of all switchovers, then maybe not enough is openly stated about the signal increasing. I was "fooled" into thinking of moving aerials higher, buying boosters (that I did buy...)and - basically - blaming the STB's - the several I tried - as being "cheap and nasty". NOW I know better... Keep up the good work. I've signed up for the very regular newsletter and I'll WAIT to see how it all pans out after the 17th (August).
Thanks - David (DN34 4.. Area)