I bought a DVB-T card and found a portable aerial with integrated booster for 20 quid worked fine. I am in an area with bad reception also.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Davies Sent: 07 January 2002 12:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [linux-dvb] Hauppauge Nova-T card, newbie worried about reception Hi, I currently use a Linux PC with two Hauppauge WinTV cards as a PVR system in my living room. I'm highly tempted to add a Nova-T card to my setup. This whole project is supposed to be a self-education exercise, so adding DVB reception seems a great next step. And I see here some people have this card working in the UK, so it should work in principle... But getting started is a bit daunting: I've never worked with the DVB stack, this card, I don't know if my aerial is suitable, etc etc. Given that I don't even know if my aerial can pull in the signal, I could be in for a frustrating time. Where can I go for advice on aerials? I currently get analogue from Sandy Heath. I'm in Cambridge. My aerial is in the loft. I see that Sandy Heath is also the recommended digital transmitter - but field strength at my location is much lower than for analogue. At http://www.wolfbane.com/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?DX=L&OS=TL4463 is the digital prediction for my village: 47 dBuV/m. For analogue, 73 dBuV/m is predicted. Perhaps I'm not interpretting these correctly, but 30dB is a big difference! Perhaps not surprising as the transmitter EIRP is 10kW as opposed to 1MW for the analogue. That predictor site says I'll need an "amplified extra-high gain antenna". Oo-err. Cambridge isn't exactly the middle of nowhere, so this is a bit surprising! Any pointers or advice would be gratefully received! Thanks, Steve -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject. -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
