All posts by Stephen Phillips
Below are all of Stephen Phillips's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
The main advantage DAB has, and the reason I have adopted it, is Planet Rock and Real XS.
So If I have no idea what they are I don't benefit from DAB ?
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I actually managed with the wire loop on top of a TV in a location where no-one would have expected it to work. But the loop was facing a large wooden window with line of sight to the transmitter.
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Jubaer £215 is steep - about double - the going rate for a SIMPLE installation to a single TV.
What did you need and where are you (postcode) - to see what signal you should have.
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UK digital TV reception predictor
Magnetic Declination
Re the Canal query - I should think the most important isue us to get the aerial as high as possible. Top of your bargepole? Or an Al tube. Don't know if movement is a problem - might not be for the timescales of degital reception.
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jubaer
UK digital TV reception predictor
This place thinks a set-top will do - and they are conservative. 74 dB is a strong signal - but you may be in a hollow or behind an obstacle.
What do you do for TV now?
Try a bit of wire into the central coax connector - or a wire hanger (the famous "Sketchley loop antenna").
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Jubaer - just read the Crystal palace line
Field dBV/m - strength of signal 74 is high
Distance miles
(Compass) Bearing degrees, N=0, S=180 W=270 so 222 is SW.
So you need to point SW. Ideally through a window. Tiles better than bricks UNLESS you have an aluminium foil in the lining.
Do you have a SW facing window? With sight to C Pal?
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Still worth trying an inside aerial - especially if you can return it if no use!
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Gordon - swap them round to see if the problem is with the TV or the aerial feed.
Is it a single aerial with a splitter? Powered or not? See if by-passing the splitter helps?
Does it feed anywhere else?
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Saturday 28 July 2012 1:25AM
"The BBC, the Government and commercial radio have agreed to jointly fund the rollout of local DAB multiplexes to FM coverage levels. It won't be left to the commercial operator to decide on the level of coverage."
And will "The BBC, the Government and commercial radio" be jointly funding the rollout of DAB to the 15 FM receivers I have integrated into various other bits of equipment; and replacing all of those?
"The rechargeable battery packs for Pure radios cost £20 (you might find them cheaper online)."
For £20 I can buy a FM radio and a decade's batteries.