Reply to: Indoor Freeview TV Aerial

[Aman]

You'd be better with a grouped yagi rooftop or log periodic aerial. Many of the channels on Freeview are transmitted at low power, particualrly if you are on a relay (in which case aerials will be vertically polarised). If you are not in line of sight of the transmitter received SNR will be poor and a poor SNR amplified by an indoor amplifier will still result in a poor SNR.

In my experience most aerial contractors are pretty wide, you might be better getting someone from your local amateur radio society with access equipment to do the installation.

The guy on this site has some pretty good advice.
A.T.V (Aerials And Television) TV Aerial, DAB Aerial, FM Aerial.

I don't necessarily agree with his advice on contract aerials though. Looking at the rooftops round here there are numerous newish wideband crossed yagis falling down (possibly due to wind loading and installation) and the twenty year old contract yagis ( the aeriels with flat plate reflectors) are still standing. That they are wideband is indicative of the can;t give a tulip attitude of aerial installers. Our area is on Group A and widebands are pathetic at Group A.

He can sell you the aerials, mountings, slate clips and good quality foam dielectric drop cable.

[RSoles]

Back on track, so much depends upon your distance to the transmitter and whether you have a clear line-of-sight. I can see my 'local' transmitter, 20 miles away, but need a big bastard of an aerial. One of my cousins in Glasgow can just dangle a wire out of his window and pick up a strong freeview signal. Neither of us can get freeview from an indoor aerial.

[RobertRice]

Pantry! wtf still has a pantry???
wtf watches telly in a pantry?

[PAH]

I also have a scullery.

Reminds me of a b&b I once stayed at. The owner said he could usually be found in the scullery. I didn't know what one was and assumed it wasn't good (Skulls? WTF!?).

He also had a creepy Royston Vasey vibe about him, so I only stayed the one week despite it being the closest to the client site and a bit cheaper than the others too.

Still, not as bad as the place that had dead ants in the sugar pot at breakfast.

[RSoles]

I still have a pantry. I also have a scullery.
They're below the servants' rooms.

Really.

[PAH]

Pantries are great for stockpiling food that may be affected by high inflation.

You may realise that one day soon if the eurozone implodes and there's mass panic buying of foodstuffs, or there's a few feet of snow so people panic about being snowed in for whole days at a time.

Just need to have enough self-discipline not to raid the cupboards for all the goodies that are supposed to be 'for Christmas'.

[Troll]

I have a tv freeview aerial on my roof which gets freeview signal buit I wand indoor aerial for indoors too for a television in my pantry where there is no socket for outdoor aerial.

Pantry! wtf still has a pantry???
wtf watches telly in a pantry?

Get yer house rebuilt and include a study / man den

[Troll]

Sunspots, mate, I think you may be in difficulties.

Every year I check for them when on holiday in Spain

Not seen any for some time

I reckon its the end of days approaching

[The Spartan]

I don't know what is.

There must be a more highly powered set top aerial isn't it?

Do a search on google and all will be revealed

[PAH]

Dou you have any links on something fancy?

Yes but they're NSFW.

None regarding aerials. I keep all those on google.

[Hill Station Murthy]

Depends on how close you are to the nearest transmitter. If quite a way off then you'll need something fancy.

I am 10 miles from transmitter

Dou you have any links on something fancy?

[PAH]

Does anyonybody have any recommendations on a freebiew indoor tv aerial that will work indoors?

Depends on how close you are to the nearest transmitter. If quite a way off then you'll need something fancy. If fairly close you'll be able to use the simplest/cheapest of indoor aerials. Especially now they've switched off analog so have boosted the freeview signal, apparently.

So try to borrow/buy a cheap aerial first (probably around a tenner at Argos and similar places) as you may get lucky.

I did.

[Paddy]

[Hill Station Murthy]

¿cualesquiera otras sugerencias?

[Hill Station Murthy]

try audio/video senders as an option.

I don't know what is.

There must be a more highly powered set top aerial isn't it?