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Offline Straydog76

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TV Antenna
« on: March 22, 2017, 03:03:43 PM »
Gday swaggers , just a quick one . we got a room downstairs with no tv antenna cable . Apart from the old rabbit ears is there a new type of aerial out that will pick good reception ?? cheers Adam
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« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2017, 03:50:30 PM »
G,Day SD,  Guess it depends where you are, we got one of these Bauhn jiggers from Aldi  for about $25 from memory, Plugged in and worked fine inside the house, all channels nice and clear on a cheapy Chinese tv ..
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« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2017, 04:55:41 PM »
I've never had much luck with various portable antennas, powered or otherwise.   My previous home was rented and there was no fixed TV antenna.   The portable ones were useless and I had to keep moving them and their arms.   From my back door you could see the transmission towers on the top of Mt Dandenong, so I don't think location was a problem for us.
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Re: TV Antenna
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2017, 06:51:36 PM »
Quote from: Patr80l on March 22, 2017, 04:55:41 PM
I've never had much luck with various portable antennas, powered or otherwise.   My previous home was rented and there was no fixed TV antenna.   The portable ones were useless and I had to keep moving them and their arms.   From my back door you could see the transmission towers on the top of Mt Dandenong, so I don't think location was a problem for us.

You might have the other problem, tooooooo much signal. 
It is possible you may need to Attenuate the signal, reduce it to a manageable level.
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Re: TV Antenna
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2017, 07:52:42 PM »
thanks guys guess I will get out and purchase a cheap one and see how it goes , more fore the kids in the downstairs room but maybe when the cricket is on I will be pushed away down there also  :cheers:
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2017, 07:55:22 PM »
Quote from: Patr80l on March 22, 2017, 04:55:41 PM
I've never had much luck with various portable antennas, powered or otherwise.   My previous home was rented and there was no fixed TV antenna.   The portable ones were useless and I had to keep moving them and their arms
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Re: TV Antenna
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2017, 05:39:52 PM »
You can buy a signal booster, plugs into the 240v, might be an option.
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2017, 12:55:30 PM »
Quote from: HEM19X on March 24, 2017, 05:39:52 PM
You can buy a signal booster, plugs into the 240v, might be an option.

Don't waste your money on signal boosters if you have one of these cos if they don't work then you're out of range short of a bloody tall tower mast-
http://www.caravantvantenna.net.au/hw-dt81
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2017, 01:12:43 PM »
Sorry Hem, I'm with Prodigy on this one.
You use a signal booster/amplifier and you boost the noise as well.
If your out of range, you just get a *rap signal.
You'll have to do some homework before you leave home, and work out the coverage of the area your going into.
The old style yagi type aerials still work, you just have to get one for the right frequency/band.
The longer, and more elements, the more amplification you get.
Then you have to work out if type of TV signal is vertical or horizontal oriented.
Obviously the higher you can get the aerial/antenna the better.
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Re: TV Antenna
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2017, 01:41:27 PM »
Go Sat and Vast. B
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