All posts by Robert Hellier
Below are all of Robert Hellier's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.I forgot to say currently Oxford aerial is separated from London so have 2 separated feeds. the main house have BBC south and ITV South.. while i have ITV an BBC London in my workshop and my bedroom... I am a TV repair man... i did ask local aerial guy to have a look... he refused point blank as my house is 3 stories high...... same for my old sky dish that desperately needs new LNB its been up there since 1999
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One problem with that... what about people who live in rural areas where there is no fiber connections? they are stuck with 2Mb broadband.... so streaming is not a option unless BT and Virgin get their finger out and supply super-fast broadband.... But i thought the government gave millions for this so called broadband UK project? it seems gone very very quiet on that..
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I have done abit of Research but correct me if i am wrong.... I saw on Blake areial website... I have decided to buy some decent areials.. will get DMX10 Group A for London.... And is it worth me buying a group B for Hannington same type of aerial...
because i found wideband areials are prone to picking up unwanted interference.. the new areials will have LTE filters built in them.
I like your opinion on this Dave Lindsay.
thanks for your time :-)
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Thanks Dave and jb38.
I will later when the weather is warmer... I just Buy Group A solely for London. keep the tri boom for southern... will try a Log aerial in my loft... its massive loft. I have already plumbed the electrics and Each aerial has its own mast head of 26.dB and power pack all Lab-gear stuff. The tri-boom is a lab-gear works well with Hannington in the loft got 90% signal and 100 quality BUT... channel 44 is the only one is showing 50-60% sometimes break up on Dave,pick and some shopping channels..... I think that will improve when i install it outside... I don't like using aerials in the loft as you loose a bit of gain. I shall install them in spring... all the wiring goes to the loft. just to make the masthead,combiners accessible as i live in 3 story house. the amps are 5 meters apart.... Yes i have followed the lab-gears info....
Since i used the tri boom on Hannington.... the picture has improved not so blocky and subtitles have stopped dropping out and disappearing all together. so i must be doing something right.... at the moment its trial and error. My area is god awful for tv reception for years. I have noticed in my Villiage of Purley-on-Thames allot of the aerials pointing to CP with 10 to 15 ft mast and mastheads. I have seen one tri boom the largest one you can buy.... pointing to London on 15ft mast... i thought NOOOO should be a group A for better gain... the guy told me oh that's a decent digital aerial cost him £400 to have it installed with loft amp and 5 TV points...But no such thing as a "digital" aerial.. got a feeling he have been conned
anyways that's another story..... will keep you all informed in end of March-April depends on the weather...
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Dave Lindsay
My Local Aerial dealer SAS of Beenham told me that Log areials are not suitable in my area... told me only usefull for strong and medium areas... my area is poor/ fringe area
He might be wrong.... i do prefer Log aerials as less wind load and looks much tidier
So what you say dave is he wrong??? am looking to get Triax Log 28
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Hi guys Thank for you helpful information. I have decided to go for Blake DMX10 A for London and DMX10 B for Hannington and a A + B/E combiner An proper screened and LTE filtered then feed it to an 16dB masthead see how that goes if not work well i shall put the 26dB mast head... Yes my area is awful... will make sure when i move that i am at the top of the hill.... lol
Its a nice area but not so nice to TV reception... I will use my Trial and Error... i will win the battle I dont't give up easliy Might end up in a mental hospital after all this lol
will Let you know my progress in spring when its warmer and calm weather.
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Hi Dave and Jb38
So far i managed to cure Channel 44 by adjusting the Labgear Tri Boom areial that i got for a fiver from screw fix last year.. it was pointing to CP in the loft but the signal has always abit iffy... thats why wideband areials dont really work on channel group A transmitters.... BUT turned it to Hannington and a little tweaking here and there and a paitence of a saint too.. Got it all 90% but channel 44 at 70%ish its better than nothing as i worked for sky anything above 50% is ok..ish. I shall install that areial outside in spring should get abit more gain... (fingers crossed) I will deffintley buy a group A for CP. I had an old areial standard 18 element group A its no good for freeview....least i tried.One thing that bothers me is using the 26dB masthead amp....will it be too much in future? tried 16dB masthead amp..... got almost nothing except BBc stations. thats my trial and error done... safer in the loft than on the roof!!! least i know where i have to point the aerials for sure!... but i like to say thank you for you helpful information I do apperiate it.. Dads now happy to have BBC South today and i am happy with Meridian Tonight..
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Thats ok if you got a decent broadband and smart tv with wifi or internet port. but if your in a area that broadband is not so good..... i think people in those areas will lose out.. I am ok because i have Youview and 100Mb broadband with cable tv provider... just broadband only cannot afford tv boxes did have 4 cable boxes.. had to get rid as the cost went up to £100 per month!! so gone freeview now...
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One big problem with Sky Via Internet no subtitles........ i had a lot of deaf friends complained about that.. as alot of them live in flats where sky dishes are not allowed.. its a nice idea but please Mr Sky provide Subtitles.... we deaf don't ask for alot in life...
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Monday 2 February 2015 3:41AM
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Hi there. I would like some advice. I saw your map. I live in RG8 8DB. Currently I have Oxford areial which is a wide-band triple boom aerial i brought it from screw fix.. its a Labgear aerial tied up with 26dB labgear mast head.. the aerial is on 15 foot mast. and the amps are in the loft for easy access if they ever fail. My house is a three story block... blooming high up.I have problems with winds it has knocked the aerial off position to oxford. I checked against my postcode using the maps on this site... it shows i be better off (sort off) is it worth me turning the aerial to Hanningtion transmitter. and combine it with London which is a Group A...or should i replace it with LTE wide band Areial for London via Crystal Palace. will be using A+E combiner.
Any advice will be appreciated
( trying to keep me dad and brother happy) and myself who rely on subtitles to be in english not Greek lol) The reason i want BBC news South and Meridian Tonight it is our local news which London is not. the 2nd choice is to go freesat which i can't really afford at the moment because i would have to buy 6 boxes.thats about £500 give or take... thanks