On Monday 13 Dec 2004 15:16, Jules Gosnell wrote: > Are aerials directional ? Perhaps the one on my roof just happens to be > pointing more in the direction of the Guildford transmitter ? > Um yes.... and polarised horizontally or vertically and some aerials are also 'tuned' to just pick up some frequencies (and thus cut out more interference). I did have a nice link somewhere about the aerial types... but googling will probably get the information quicker.
I tried a few different aerials and ended up with a simple maxview wideband one with an amp, that picked up the best signal for me. The ofcom site has a list of transmitters and frequencies: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/reception_advice/regions/view_transmitters.asp-itv_region_id=3.html http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/reception_advice/digital_trans_guide/index.asp-region=3.html There, crystal palace is horizontal and guildford is vertical. -- Ivor Hewitt. http://www.ivor.it - tech | http://www.ivor.org - hedge _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
