TV Ariel Help

[Solaris]

Ok, I rent a house with some mates and have been there for over a year now with no TV.

This is because the house doesn't have a TV ariel.

Spoke to the landlord about fitting one outside my room and he said he doesnt want anything attatched to the outside of the house. He doesn't mind anything inside though.

So I'm planning to put one of those loft ariels in just above my room and run the cable down. Which I can do without drilling holes.

Just wondering what I need to take into account when setting up / picking an ariel.

I'm hoping to use a digital signal.

And I've tried one of those little ones that sits by the TV and it sucks

 

[neil3k]

Can you not just get cable in ?

 

[TheCrow]

Depending on how low the signal is in your area you may need to get a super huge ariel, but any of the normal (and huge) 48+ element ones should be good for you. In the loft the signal will be weaker.

Point it the same way as any other new looking ariels in the area.

 

[Snakedoctor]

I have a mate called Rod who is quite good with roof ariels...

I had to use a box of Daz, they had run out of ariel.

It really depends on how far from the transmitter you are and if it is in "line of site".

Something like this for Digital:

http://www.blake-uk.com/largeimage/dml26wb

 

[Solaris]

Can i just wack one of these in there and some decent co-ax?

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/30515...ixings/Labgear-TV-Aerial-High-Gain-48-Element

 

[PurpleDinosaur]

"aerial" by the way.

 

[Solaris]

"aerial" by the way.

Lol. Cheers dude.

 

[memyselfandi]

Pop your details into:

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodechecker/

and once it returns for you switch to Trade View on top right of the page. This will give you information on your nearest transmitters, what their transmit power is, which letter aerial is needed and, most importantly if you are putting it up yourself, what bearing is needed.

 

[Solaris]

Name Linked Transmitter Name Distance (km) Bearing Date Aerial Group Before Aerial Group After
Most Likely Transmitter Crystal Palace 33 103 2 012 A H A H

 

[Solaris]

Sorry...thats jus messy...

Nerast is crystal palace

33km away bearing 103degrees

Group needed AH

 

[Charlie Bravo]

You'll want something like a Blake DMX10A (As the transmitter is Crystal Palace) but it won't work all that well in the loft.
Use this to check the line of sight between you and the transmitter.
If it has to go in the loft, make sure you get some good quality cable as well.

I bought all my bits from here

BTW, don't get a wideband aerial for use with Crystal Palace as you won't get as good a signal as a group A aerial. The Blake DMX10 is also CAI Cat1 approved.

 

[Solaris]

ok. cant say I fully understand that website to show los.

So this ariel isn't any good? http://www.screwfix.com/prods/30515...t;jsessionid=0Q5K534XYZN2MCSTHZPCFFQ?ts=23028

 

[Solaris]

Ok. Sorted. According to that site there is nothing in my los.

I was hoping for this to be a project for this weekend Its a lot more complex than I first thought.

 

[carpmaster]

Depending on how low the signal is in your area you may need to get a super huge ariel, but any of the normal (and huge) 48+ element ones should be good for you. In the loft the signal will be weaker.

Point it the same way as any other new looking ariels in the area.

A "super huge" aerial or any "48+ element" aerial will not work as well in a loft due to the design requiring a large clear space around the aerial to collect the signal. You'll pick up more signal with a good quality 18 element aerial if it's going to be loft mounted.