TV Aerial in loft

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I'll be moving into my new house in the next couple of weeks, will my TV reception suffer badly if the aerial is in the loft?

It is a new build so I guess there will be a fair amount of insulation and stuff in there
 
I stuck one in my loft...3 storey new build. Depends on the area but i didn't get channel 1 or 2, film4, E4, ITV was a bit iffy.

In the end I just went and had Sky multiroom installed last weekend as they are offering free installation.

Depends on the surroundings but mine was terrible!
 
Ours is in the loft and works just fine, no problems. Signal is great.

Mind you, I'm only a few miles from Winter Hill, so go figure.
 
Ours is in the loft, tons of rubbish up there around it as well. Perfect signal, we get everything inc HD channels and what not.

But then we're only about 6miles from Emley Moor.
 
IIRC, an aerial guy I was talking to when we had extra sockets fitted, said that a loft aerial would have about a 40% loss in signal vs. a rooftop one. Whether there's still enough signal left to be usable depends on your location relative to the nearest transmitter.
 
nightwish said:
IIRC, an aerial guy I was talking to when we had extra sockets fitted, said that a loft aerial would have about a 40% loss in signal vs. a rooftop one. Whether there's still enough signal left to be usable depends on your location relative to the nearest transmitter.
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That's about right.

Location from the transmitter, the geography of the land (flat all round or on a hill is better, but in a valley or behind a mountain is bad) and quality of the aerial are all important factors.

Aerial quality is really important. I supply aerials to caravaners and boat users. There are rarely have good signal conditions around camp sites and waterways. There are aerials I use that will pull in signal where all others fail. Theres aren't the flashy looking gold plated multi-finned monstrosities favoured by cowboys and overeager DIYers. If the reception conditions are going to be difficult then a better quality aerial is a safer bet than a booster.
 
To compensate for the 40% loss, I fitted a slightly larger wideband aerial in the loft of my present house, which I'm told was a mistake.

But, I do use Copper Foil Type Satellite Cable for all my tv drops, compared to cheap coax cable.
 
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I have my aerial in the loft and my signal is fine on all freeview channels, (signal meter on the TVs is showing 90-95% signal strength and I don't see any pixelation in normal watching). I have a reasonable quality aerial, but nothing special, and live 5-10miles from a transmitter.
 
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