Need Ariel Advice for Duleek, Co Meath

andrewk08

Hi,
We cannot receive TV3 and TnaG in Duleek with rabbits ears aerial and booster (type that plugs in). (Approx 25 miles north of Dublin). So wife wants me to get aerial on roof. Reading the boards, I gather the nearest transmitter is at CLERMONT CARN in Louth. Also gather this would require Group 'C/D' UHF aerials?

Can someone tell me if this is correct?
Whether I need a booster?
Where can I buy the aerial, pole for chimney (never seen an aerial shop!).

Thanks for answering such a low grade question and hopefully I have put it in the correct place.

coylemj

You don't say if you're currently receiving RTE1 and 2 and if so, from where.

The specs. you mentioned for an aerial required to receive from Clermont Carn are correct, you need a vertically aligned C/D aerial which will also cover the planned DTT channels. Whether you need a booster depends on the strength of the signal and whether you intend to feed more than one room from the aerial.

This crowd services Meath..

http://www.digitaltv.ie/

and this thread mentioned a few suppliers in Meath...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055334509

ubeonek

Please help Ineed advise on an aerial which I can place in my attic as Iam un able to get on roof . I live in Blackrock area of Cork city please help

lucernarian

I don't know much about blackrock, you might want to start a new thread about looking for aerial installers in Cork.

I don't know of many aerial installers in the area, as I can't remember the name of the fella who looked after a small job for us a few years ago. I'll find out. I know of Falcon Aerials in Drogheda, and if you call into Lally's electrical in the town centre, they would know who you can talk to about it.

Anyway, Duleek wouldn't have the best TV reception in the world. Most houses in the area go for Clermont Carn from what I've seen, and I think they can pick up a weak signal for the northern channels from Kilkeel.

Also, some parts of Duleek would get a better signal from Kippure in the Wicklow Mountains. That needs 2 aerials, a VHF aerial as well as a group c/d (both aligned horizontally), and a VHF/UHF combiner to join the two onto one cable.

To answer coylemj's question, you're getting RTE 1 and 2 from Kippure with the rabbit ears, as VHF travels very well and is easily picked up on indoor aerials from what I've seen.

Finally, what end of Duleek are you in? i.e. towards navan or drogheda or ashbourne etc.

You can get the gear I mentioned in FES electrical (I think you can get the mounting poles and brackets aswell) on wellington quay in Drogheda, but the aerial would only be a bog standard group c/d aerial. You can get an amplifier for the aerial too, which I expect you'll need. Wesco electrical in the donore industrial estate would have some stuff too, but probably not a large selection.

coylemj

ubeonek wrote: »

Please help Ineed advise on an aerial which I can place in my attic as Iam un able to get on roof . I live in Blackrock area of Cork city please help

It's not a good idea to piggyback on an unrelated forum given that you live in Cork because the name of this thread includes Duleek in Co. Meath which means that posters who live in Cork and who might have experience specific to Cork mightn't bother reading this thread but here goes...

Spur Hill is SW of Blackrock and covers Cork city, you'd need a UHF C/D aerial today but the RTE DTT mux will be on channel 45 which is outside C/D so a wideband is best, this one should do the biz:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=217681

mount it as shown in the picture i.e. horizontally. Note that if your road runs SW/NE then the aerial might be pointng at the transmitter through several concrete walls and you mightn't get a decent signal but if you can climb into the attic and mount this it won't cost a fortune to try it.

ubeonek

Regretable Iknow butIcould not find out how to post a new thread sorrreeee