good freeview reception possible?

If you are about 120km south of a freeview transmitter and use good quality cabling/connectors/receiver with a T band aerial erected in line with planning guidlines no more than 6 metres above roof level in land that isn't especially low lying is there a good chance you will receive good signal for UK channels where there was good reception in the past for analog terrestrial from the North of Ireland.

Elvis Hammond

Co-channel interference would be more of a problem now: which NI transmitter is it?

Brougher.

Elvis Hammond

I wouldn't be expecting reliability. You've got Kilduff to the south on chs. 31 & 37, & Divis uses chs. 21, 24 & 27.

You mean I'd be getting interference from another transmitter 45km behind and to the southwest of where the aerial would be located while pointed in the other direction?

When an analog signal was received from the north maybe two decades ago it was usually very good except on very sunny days despite cable being split and not of very good quality.

TAFKAlawhec

With a narrower UHF broadcast band and more frequency reuse between closer locations compared to the days of UHF analogue TV, I'd honestly stick to using satellite reception for receiving UK television stations at your location rather than risk an expensive attempt at a terrestrial install that has a significantly high chance of not working quite a bit of the time, if at all.

What once worked for UHF analogue TV reception is no longer reliable guidance for digital TV reception in 2021.

Progress. 😪

The problem with satellite for UK channels is to get it all in the built in receiver on the TV along with the terrestrial. The quality brand TV in use can receive both but switch from Satellite channels to Terrestrial is very clunky and too much faff for someone with no patience for technology. There is a combo box there too but it is an additional box and remote control and this person has no patience to be switching channels\remotes and you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

byte

What brand/model TV is it?

Current LG's for example, can have shortcuts set up to jump from terrestrial to satellite tuners.

Samsung