This one time, at band camp, Grahame Kelly wrote: > You are correct in thinking it is your antenna, most of the time it is; > together with all the bits-n-pieces. > > Of course you will have to have reasonably good coax and depending where > you live (or trying to DTV record), that you may be best getting someone > to check your signal strength at the your antenna and at the end-points > ti.e.: where cable connects to your DVB card/TV.
Digital TV is much more susceptible to impulse noise -- crappy motor scooters and the like driving past will destroy your reception. On analogue this shows up as a momentary white dot somewhere in the image. On digital, at the right point in the stream, it can wipe out the whole thing for a few seconds as it tries to re-sync. Best thing you can do is replace all the coax and splitters with quad-shielded Belden RG6. http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=WB2009&CATID=22&keywords=&SPECIAL=&form=CAT&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=415 Instead of the old-style connectors (Belling-Lee), use F-connectors (including for any splitters) all the way until your receiver, when you'll need an adapter. F-connectors are impedence matched, unlike the old style ones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_connector This is the cheapest thing you can do and it works in most cases. You can do it yourself too if you're handy with a ladder. There's a bunch of sites about wiring up the connectors online. It's pretty easy. -- Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
