All posts by Roger
Below are all of Roger's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
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New and improved Freeview radiation patterns | free and easy Monday 23 January 2023 11:33AM
Wolverhampton
Chris.SE: Thank you Chris. WV5 7EN.
All the wiring including aerial wiring was in the house when we moved in.
Everything was fine until a few weeks ago since when the aerial points have been failing - not all at the same time - except one which is getting a good signal on freeview including HD channels.
The auto and manual tunings on the others are showing bad to zero quality on all the UHF channels.
There is a splitter in a cupboard under the stairs (where it always has been), labelled: "Wolsey 8 way bidirectional TV amplifier." Its power supply is fine and it is undisturbed. 7 ouputs are plugged in. I suppose these things can fail?
The fact that there is one TV working seems to imply the antenna is OK - and again, it has been undisturbed. It is high on the SE wall of the house.
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New and improved Freeview radiation patterns | free and easy Wednesday 25 January 2023 8:18PM
Wolverhampton
Chris.SE: Thank you Chris.
This evening I untangled a huge mess of wires that were left to us. The incoming aerial clearly went through other splitters to various devices before it even reached the final splitter. I hadn't been amongst it before!.
Oddly, the actual aerial cable had very amateurly connected ends. Anyway, I put the incoming directly into the splitter and the signal has massively improved. It's still not great on all of the TVs but I now suspect that might be the hopelessly inadequate connection of the plugs to the cable. I was really surprised to find that given the amount of work that must have gone into the previous owner's system.
Anyway, the signal is OK down the aerial, so thank you.
My dad was an electrical engineer. He always said "check the conection".
Thank you, I'll sign off from this query now.
Roger
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Sunday 22 January 2023 9:44AM
Wolverhampton
Location WV5. Clear visual view to Brierly Hill. Over last few weeks reception has gradually dropped by TVs in house one by one. Now they can just about detect CH5 but not strong enough for a picture. Is this definitely a problem with my aerial system?