RTE in West on Northern Ireland

mickyperry

I have a friend who is about 5 miles west of Brougher and is using a Televes Dat 75 to get Freeview.

This covers group A and wanted to know what is the best transmitter for RTE UHF in the Group B or CD range to use.

Thanks a lot

lawhec

mickyperry wrote:

I have a friend who is about 5 miles west of Brougher and is using a Televes Dat 75 to get Freeview.

You mean this here...



That sounds like tremondus overkill being only 5 miles from Brougher!

This covers group A...

It does but it is designed as a UHF wideband aerial, its gain at the lower end is no better than a standard high-gain group A aerial, its biggest gain is at the higher frequency end.

...and wanted to know what is the best transmitter for RTE UHF in the Group B or CD range to use.

Thanks a lot

Back on question, I'm assuming the colleague lives somewhere in Fermanagh between Irvinestown and Enniskillen. It may be possible that Carin Hill (Group could be received especially if they're on high ground and their SSE view is clear with a masthead amp. However its more likely that Truskmore will bring in better, more reliable signals and that's going to need both a VHF Band III and a UHF Group CD aerial, possibly with mastheads for one or both. Before he's shrieking of three aerials, that's a common setup around here, though not alongside a DAT75. :eek:

mickyperry

Hi thanks for your reply.

I know that the aerial is over kill but some people like big things!!!!!

I think that Carin Hill (Group will be the best for him with a Diplexer.

Thanks for your help.

byte

I know some people in Enniskillen, and they use Truskmore for their RTE and TV3.

easkey

I live in Sligo Town and reception is as follows
RTE 1 - fair to good
RTE 2 - fair
TV3 - fair to poor
TG4 - Poor
Some parts of the town have no reception at all.:mad:

Ulsterman 1690

Around Enniskillen one is probably better off using Cairnhill (Longford) rather than Truskmore for the Irish channels if they can as
1) All transmissions from Cairnhill are on UHF wheras Truskmore uses a mix of VHF and UHF (necessitating two aerials in addition to any being used for the UK channels)
2) The long term future of VHF from Truskmore is uncertain what with DAB and DTT switchover

Although Im not overly familliar with the place I dont know of any reason why Sligo town should have reception problems given that there is both a main transmitter (Truskmore) and a UHF relay nearby I understand that some places around Sligo (but not most of the town itself) can get the four analouge UK terrestrials as well

Im told the DAT75 aerials while having good gain/directional properties are not the most weather resistant aerials out there ?

lawhec

In my experience, the use of Truskmore compared to Carin Hill is around 60-40 in favour of Truskmore around Enniskillen.