All posts by Nigel
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Hi stephen
PO20 7RJ
The low reading is before the 8 way box . the box is working ok. I have by-passed the 8 way box using the kitchen and lounge feeds which made no difference.
When looking at the tv screen the signal strength is max 72% going down to 52% and sometimes no signal at all.
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Hi Stephen
The 8 way splitter is powered. The reason the aerial is in the loft is because we are not that far from the sea and the aerial would'nt take long to corrode.
We got excellent pictures with analogue and we had a digi box prior to switch over which I believe gave better results than what I am getting now.
If you are suggesting boosting the aerial signal before going into the 8 way splitter can you recommend a particular amplifier?
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Nigel:The 8 way has a power on light and when switched off the tv loses signal so have to assume it is working correctly. it was certainly working on analogue.
There is no difference in signal between the 8 way in line and it by-passed, but I am relying on leds being lit on the meter. A moving coil meter would probably give me a better answer!
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Hi jb38
Thanks for the info. sorry for not coming back sooner but not been able to mess about with the aerial until today.
1. i have removed 4 of the elements from my aerial but signal was poorer whether vert. or horz. Put them back one by one no improvement this was using the labgear signal strength meter.
2. signal strength at tv whether by-passing the 8 way splitter or not was the same.
3. I have a hitachi digi box recorder and the signal out of that was still two leds lit.
4. With regard to the transmitter being 27 miles away I hung a piece of aerial out the window and with it attached to tv got super pictures and sound on beb 1 and 2 but no other channels were available. when the aerial is attached to the digi box, the picture is broken up on beb 1 and 2 and no other channels available.
5. With the agro I am having would you advise getting rid of this new aerial and changing it for a XB10K or ????
Thanking you for your time
Nigel
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Nigel: is it the DM log Periodic (DM log Aerial) or the DM18 Log Aerial you refer to?
If it is the longer aerial(DM log Aerial) then I can fit this one in the loft easily.
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Monday 14 May 2012 11:10AM
I am not getting good freeview reception. I am just south of Chichester West Sussex and using the Rowridge transmitter. My aerial is a triax unix 52 cd-w and it is sited in the loft. I have tried the elements both horizontally and vertically. Horizontal gives the better signal. I am using a labgear DVB-T signal finder. the maximum signal strength I am getting is 60db micro Volts ( 2 LEDS lit). This reading is taken 4 feet from the aerial before going into the 8 way distribution box.
Any suggestions would be great