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| Thread ID: 45143 | 2004-05-11 09:54:00 | Success YEt? | Gum Digger (5187) | Press F1 |
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| 235853 | 2004-05-20 07:45:00 | Hi Gum Digger. Well, I did a drive-by this afternoon, and if you live between 1151 Dominion Rd Extension and Winstone Park, the problem is Maungakiekie (Mt Roskill) right between you and the Waiatarua transmitter. Take a look at the size of your UHF antenna in relation to those on the Hillsborough side of Youth St. and those between Youth St and the park and you will know what your reception conditions are like. Sky Dish = hopeless, big antenna = lousy, tiny antenna = good. If you are on the left hand side of the road (when facing the City) your situation is even worse. Note also the direction the antennas are pointing. The main transmitter is behind the big green lump of scoria so pointing at that is not a lot of use. There are alternative channels on translators including some on the Sky Tower (which you can see by looking straight down Dominion Road). There are others scattered around Auckland, for example I can get Prime TV on three different channels and I notice that some people in your location are using alternatives. You need to seek out translators and their channel numbers. Station websites usually list them, or just phone. In your situation it is sometimes necessary to have two separate UHF antennas pointing in different directions and using a switch to select the one you want. Some need to be polarised differently as well. If you are outside of the area between Youth St to Winstone Park then you have a different problem, and once again, you will probably need to hire somebody to try and improve it. Unfortunately, if you live in a bad area, good reception doesn't come cheap. Incidentally, it would have saved you a lot of time if you had answered my earlier question about whether you could see Waiatarua from your location. I may not have phrased it exactly like that, but that was the gist of it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 235854 | 2004-05-22 00:56:00 | Hi Billy T I Live in between Winston Park and youth Street, and my uhf antenna is facing the green lump ( Is this the Waitakeri Transmitter ? ). dont you think if i face it to sky tower i will loose signal. because i brought my friends uhf decoder and hooked it up to my tv and the picture wsnt clear enough. rest channel 2, 3, prime, and c4 are clear. And the part in your post where u say tiny antenna = good, what does this mean. does it mean i needa combined link between tiny antenna and big antenna |
Gum Digger (5187) | ||
| 235855 | 2004-05-22 01:13:00 | > And the part in your post where u say tiny antenna = > good, what does this mean. does it mean i needa I think it means If your neighbours all have tiny antennas, the signal must be good, if they all have giant antennas, the signal must be weak (or a forceful sales approach has caught a few in it's net) (Remember Aerials 101? - "If any mast stays up through two storms, you need a bigger antenna") Cheers R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 235856 | 2004-05-22 02:16:00 | > Hi Billy T > I Live in between Winston Park and youth Street, and > my uhf antenna is facing the green lump ( Is this the > Waitakeri Transmitter ? ) . Yes, unfortunately the green lump is between you and the Waitakeres . Therefore your antenna is unable to "see" the transmitter . > dont you think if i face > it to sky tower i will loose signal . Yes, of course you will lose whatever signal you are managing to get from the Waitakeres, that is why I told you about translators . Translators are mini-transmitters set up to cover blind spots behind hills or in valleys or deep hollows . Unfortunately there are probably not enough people affected by your problem for a dedicated translator but you may be able to pick up signal from one or two . As I said, I can get three channels of Prime, one of which comes from the Waitakeres, one from North Shore, and one from the South . You will have to do some research by phoning or emailing each station you want and asking where their Auckland translators are (if any ) . If there are translators available but they are not able to be picked up by a single antenna because it can't face in two directions at once, or one translator is vertically polarised and then other is horizontally polarised, then you may need two antennas and a switch so that yopu can change to the right antenna for the station you want . > And the part in your post where u say tiny antenna = > good, what does this mean . does it mean i needa > combined link between tiny antenna and big antenna This is like pulling teeth Gum Digger! I was referring only to your UHF antenna, the one with short elements . A big (high gain) UHF antenna has many short elements on a long boom because the signal to it is very weak . A small (low gain) antenna has very few elements because the signal to it is very strong . A Sky dish suggests that the residents have given up on terrestrial TV and opted for satellite because there are no impediments (ther than clouds)between the earth and their friendly satellite . Clearly you are well out of your depth, and my advice to you is that if asking the various stations questions about translators doesn't help, then you really do need to get professional assistance . Phone around, tell them exactly where you live and ask them for their recommendations on the phone so that they don't come out without you both knowing what you are in for . Whatever you do, don't forget to mention Mt Roskill right behind you! If I hadn't had to drive right past your front door for other reasons, I would have been a little annoyed to find that you hadn't mentioned a whole flaming mountain in your back yard . :| Advice session closed, good luck, and report results when you get them . Cheers Billy 8-{) |
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