TV Aerial

leaskovski · 3 Jun 2013 at 22:08

I've been living in my new gaff for over 6 months now, and I am about to sort out the room that is to become a make shift office.

When we first moved in we weren't able to pickup any TV signal on any of the points in the house. We have 2 sockets in the lounge, one in the office and one in a bedroom upstairs.

I think the reason we aren't able to get any signal is the naffness of the in line splitters that are randomly chucked in along with a mast head splitter.

Does anyone know of any good resources on reading up on signal improvement or just being able to test the current wiring and aerial to see if they are any good or not.

I would rather not have to pay someone to change the aerial if possible.

Cheers

leaskovski · 4 Jun 2013 at 07:47

I'm gonna jump up the ladders today to have a look at the masthead splitter and take some photos. Will also upload a wiring diagram of the cables as well.

leaskovski · 4 Jun 2013 at 13:53

Ok, so pics of said aerial and cables coming out of it...

You can see that the cable going over the roof and in under a tile (ergh!) is feeding straight to the 2 lounge sockets and it split in the loft via a cheapo plastic housed splitter (not good according to above site).

The cable that goes via the green mast head box (cable joiner?) runs down the soffit to what will be the office.

The cable going under the onto the gable end from the pole is running to the back bedroom, which I will eventually remove all together.

Pretty horrible stuff.

According to the digital switch over site, I should be in a fairly good area if using one of the masts, but I suspect I still need to get a good replacement aerial.

Hmm, should I hire a good size ladder and do the job myself or get someone in. I'm thinking i just want the drop cable fed into the loft and then I can do as I please in there be it with an amplified splitter or passive one.

Edit: Oh and what lovely weather we are having! Cracking blue sky I just noticed!

leaskovski · 4 Jun 2013 at 21:54

Good spot, I have a straight pole I can use in the garage, so all I need is a new aerial (yagi18b or log36) and some new down cable which I will feed into the loft where I can split the feed for one of the lounge sockets that we use and also the new office.