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Old 01-05-2009, 23:46   #14
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Re: Poor Freeview reception..
The best option is an aerial of the specific channel group your transmitter falls into. Wideband aerials have to be a "jack of all trades" and generally, to get the same amount of signal from a wideband aerial as you get from a grouped, you have to almost double it's size. So for example to get the same gain as a 9 element Group C/D I would need a 16 element wideband.

Pre switchover transmitter powers are very restricted and susceptable to interference from existing analogue services, and as far as you are concerned continental services as well.

It's nice if you can DIY it and get a good result, but there are so many factors in play here. A decent CAI aerial installer with the correct test equipment and a knowledge of local problems is sometimes the most cost effective solution to a problem.
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