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I think soRonanAnthony wrote: »So my theory is that with digital signals the booster makes it worse. Any1 else find the same or is it just me?
I have two aerials one for Irish stations the other for UK stations. Send power up to the aerial and I receive a great signal from south of the border, but switch to a UK station and the picture breaks up, I have to then switch the signal booster off (I can do this via my TV) As my aerial man explained to me once if you use a booster it boosts the signal alright but it also boosts any weakness.
For information purposes I live in the Armagh area, signal from Davis and I think Monaghan.0 -
I think so I have two aerials one for Irish stations the other for UK stations. Send power up to the aerial and I receive a great signal from south of the border, but switch to a UK station and the picture breaks up, I have to then switch the signal booster off (I can do this via my TV) As my aerial man explained to me once if you use a booster it boosts the signal alright but it also boosts any weakness.
If the signal is strong at the aerial the booster can overload the tuner. Too much signal can be as bad as too little.
Once the transmitters go full power in NI maybe you can bypass the booster for the Freeview channels.0 -
I live in Fintona Co. Tyrone. I get uk channels from brougher mountain and Irish channels from truskmore. Mines is opposite I get good signal on both in good weather. But in heavy rain Irish channels don't work but uk ones are unaffected. Probably cuz brougher is closer to me. After the switchover next week we should have no problem and no need for boosters or amps.I think so I have two aerials one for Irish stations the other for UK stations. Send power up to the aerial and I receive a great signal from south of the border, but switch to a UK station and the picture breaks up, I have to then switch the signal booster off (I can do this via my TV) As my aerial man explained to me once if you use a booster it boosts the signal alright but it also boosts any weakness.
For information purposes I live in the Armagh area, signal from Davis and I think Monaghan.0 -
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Ah, another Fintona man on Boards!RonanAnthony wrote: »I live in Fintona Co. Tyrone. I get uk channels from brougher mountain and Irish channels from truskmore. Mines is opposite I get good signal on both in good weather. But in heavy rain Irish channels don't work but uk ones are unaffected. Probably cuz brougher is closer to me. After the switchover next week we should have no problem and no need for boosters or amps.
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Truskmore is scheduled to get a modest power increase of about 4db which will add not much 'new' coverage but should solidify it for those that currently get it.
The majority of RTÉ viewers in Fintona have aerials aimed at Truskmore - high ground towards Seskinore & Eskra makes reception from Clermont Carn very poor, some can get reception from Carin Hill especially on higher ground but the town lies in an RF shadow of Carin from Murley Mountain (aka Fivemiletown Mountain). Holywell Hill was once an option for analogue for those with a clear northern view until DTT from Brougher started, and the Clogher Valley provides an effective barrier to receiving the Monaghan relay.
Truskmore OTOH is reliable in most of Fintona though there are a few spots where reception is tricky - where I lived once myself in particular, as a hill behind the house makes reception for both Truskmore and Brougher harder than normal. All depends on local geography as the Truskmore to Fintona path is almost line of sight over more than 40 miles - some small nearby hills can affect reception but good roof-mounted aerials often overcome them.
Incidentally (as this is not just limited to Fintona, it covers a fair bit of counties Tyrone and Fermanagh) many viewers locally only have VHF aerials pointed at Truskmore and no UHF other than for Brougher or Strabane. Either they'll rely on Sky, the NIMM from Brougher or just not bother after Wednesday if they don't get someone out to fit a new UHF aerial in its place. If they want TV3 though there's only one route to follow.0 -
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Are you all receiving Clermont Carn with poor low gain unbalanced crappy contract aerials vertically positioned with no pcb baluns and red unshielded Fringe masthead amps and diplexers perhaps? A better larger high gain aerial and proper masthead amp, FTE, Triax for example would perform way better. Maybe there is old brown unshielded lossy useless cable installed also? I have to fix my Dad's aerials and replace the cable, masthead electronics etc soon as it was installed by a gobs***e chancers in 1986. They couldn't even install the mast properly by putting it at the highest point at the eaves and the wall brackets which were fixed are slightly out of alignment.mine and the neighbours saorview boxes not working properly -stalling or saying no signal in ratoath meath
He has one of the contract aerials for the Irish stations from the CC transmitter and they are rubbish.
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