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Anybody recieving the DVB Trial in Malahide?

  • 22-01-2008 9:40am
    #1
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Just wondering if anybody was recieving the DVB trials in Malahide or the surrounding areas? And if so are you recieving from Three Rock or Claremont Cairn?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Puggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭Puggy


    Live in Donabate, although not part of the trail, I can get all channels, though cant see the encrypted ones.

    House faces north/south and I have a small uhf aerial in the attic, joined into my NTL MMDS cable. Signal strength used to be 100% but its but to about 75% at the moment.

    TV is a LG42LC or something like that with a built in digital tuner. Can see RTE1 RTE2 TV3 and TG4.


  • #3
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Thanks.. Are you trying to receive from 3R or CC?


  • #4
    Doodler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Doodler


    Yep I'm in Malahide, receiving loud and clear. We're in a bit of a dip and my aerial is no more than 5m high. Don't know what it's receiving from but it's pointed South and is horizontal - does that help?


  • #5
    alo2007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭alo2007


    Hi,
    living in Donabate. Receiving CC.
    Grid aerial with masthead amp.
    Have Humax box. I am part of the trial.
    Also have philips PF5521D that I can use the card to unencrypt the SD digital stations. since it does not ahve a HD digital tuner it cannot receive the HD1080 channel.


  • #6
    jrd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭jrd


    Doodler wrote: »
    Yep I'm in Malahide, receiving loud and clear. We're in a bit of a dip and my aerial is no more than 5m high. Don't know what it's receiving from but it's pointed South and is horizontal - does that help?
    Doodler

    Am in Malahide also - Swords Road area. Can I check whereabouts you are and whether the 5m aerial was necessary. Did any internal aerial work for you at all?

    TIA


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  • #7
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,276 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    jolly wrote: »
    Doodler

    Am in Malahide also - Swords Road area. Can I check whereabouts you are and whether the 5m aerial was necessary. Did any internal aerial work for you at all?

    TIA

    Yea. I'd be interested in hearing this too actually.. I cannot see three rock from my house tho.. Close enough to Swords Road area also.


  • #8
    Doodler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Doodler


    re Malahide reception:

    I can pick it up (just) on a laptop with a usb dtt thingy with a small indoor aerial - the one that comes with the usb.

    For the main use I just have a uhf aerial purchased in B&Q - I think the brand is maxview, it's a cheap thing but quite a few elements. It is mounted on a pole in the back garden about 3m or a bit more higher. Our garden is adjoining the railway and is below it so I would guess the aerial is about the height of the tracks. There is a masthead amplifier as well (again a cheap one).

    Where you are I'm guessing is a good bit higher than that so should not be a problem. Make the aerial horizontal (fins pointing left and right) and aim the skinny end south.

    Best of Luck - D


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