Hi, We had not bothered much about the TV signal from the aerial as had sat TV for quite a while but got a 'youview' box as I wanted to record BBC 'red button' programs which the sky+ box doesn't seem to be capable of, but the pictures are quite poor compared to sat TV. New box indicated 50% signal and 100% quality, aerial was an old thing, been on roof for a lot of years so got a 'Triax unix 44' wideband class 2 from a local TV shop as they recomended it but signal only increased to 54%.
We are about 30 miles from Bilsdale and can just about see the mast from our roof on a good day, though there are the tops of some trees and 2 mobile phone masts in between.
From the information I have read on various web sites I thought the cheapest option would be to try an attenuator first and got a 20db adjustable one but it does not make any noticeable difference to the picture.
So now wondering whether to try a 'log 36' aerial or maybe an 'xb16k' , any advice would be appreciated.
Monday 18 November 2013 11:17AM
Bedale
Hi, We had not bothered much about the TV signal from the aerial as had sat TV for quite a while but got a 'youview' box as I wanted to record BBC 'red button' programs which the sky+ box doesn't seem to be capable of, but the pictures are quite poor compared to sat TV. New box indicated 50% signal and 100% quality, aerial was an old thing, been on roof for a lot of years so got a 'Triax unix 44' wideband class 2 from a local TV shop as they recomended it but signal only increased to 54%.
We are about 30 miles from Bilsdale and can just about see the mast from our roof on a good day, though there are the tops of some trees and 2 mobile phone masts in between.
From the information I have read on various web sites I thought the cheapest option would be to try an attenuator first and got a 20db adjustable one but it does not make any noticeable difference to the picture.
So now wondering whether to try a 'log 36' aerial or maybe an 'xb16k' , any advice would be appreciated.