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Receiving BBC by aerial

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  • #52
    FREETV
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    kerbdog wrote: »
    I've picked up Welsh TV more inland from Swords, approx. 10km from the sea with no sea view. This was with a small old aerial and depended on the weather :)
    At long last a reply from somebody from my area with a reception report! What transmitters and at what approximate levels of pecentages of signal quality and signal strenght please? Does the reception last and stay constantly or fade out frequently kerbdog? I am based less than 3 miles from Malahide in Swords, I wonder guys would that improve the signal enough to be able to get a lock? I can see the sea about a mile from our house just past B&Q on the left hand side unless that is a reservoir?


  • #53
    KeRbDoG
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    FREETV wrote: »
    At long last a reply from somebody from my area with a reception report! What transmitters and at what approximate levels of pecentages of signal quality and signal strenght please? Does the reception last and stay constantly or fade out frequently kerbdog? I am based less than 3 miles from Malahide in Swords, I wonder guys would that improve the signal enough to be able to get a lock? I can see the sea about a mile from our house just past B&Q on the left hand side unless that is a reservoir?

    Well, this was pre-digital so don't know how useful the info would be now.
    The reception would fade in and out depending on weather, when the weather was very clear the reception was quite strong.
    The location was much further inland from Swords (and that BBQ), as the crow flies about half way between Swords and Ashbourne. Thinking your gonna get the Welsh stations very easily with an antenna on your roof should yea have clear visibility to the east


  • #54
    FREETV
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    kerbdog wrote: »
    Well, this was pre-digital so don't know how useful the info would be now.
    The reception would fade in and out depending on weather, when the weather was very clear the reception was quite strong.
    The location was much further inland from Swords (and that BBQ), as the crow flies about half way between Swords and Ashbourne. Thinking your gonna get the Welsh stations very easily with an antenna on your roof should yea have clear visibility to the east
    Digital is supposed to cope better because of error correction and being able to bounce around hills from sea paths to further inland I think, so the signal should be stronger and the power of the masts have increased since. What do you other guys think also? Kerbdog, is that definitely the sea that can be seen just past Airside Retail Park on the opposite left hand side of the road past the car dealerships? I could see water. :D I am not allowed to put up a roof aerial, only in the ground or in the attic.


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