Wideband aerial and DTT? How to install?

bazwaldo

I bought a wideband aerial and would like to install it attached to the house via a bracket. I'm in Artane and afaik, Rathfarnham is the nearest transmitter for DTT. I'll be using a TV card on a PC rather than a set top box as the receiver.

So how do I go about it? Do I just point the aerial in a south westerly direction and expect to get perfect reception? Or should I tune to a specific frequency on analogue TV and fiddle with the direction of the aerial till perfect and that should be the same direction for DTT too? Does the vertical direction of the aerial matter too or just horizontally?

Apologies for the newbie questions. I looked about and couldnt find an answer.

ffocused

Three Rock is horizontal. Just point it in the same general direction as a neigbours aerial, and tune in the analogue channels first, then tweek the position to get the best picture. When you have that done, then connect your DVB-T tuner.

Link for 3 rock details with analogue channel frequencies.
http://www.irish-tv.com/3rock.asp

Hope this helps

ubeonek

ffocused wrote: »

Three Rock is horizontal. Just point it in the same general direction as a neigbours aerial, and tune in the analogue channels first, then tweek the position to get the best picture. When you have that done, then connect your DVB-T tuner.

Link for 3 rock details with analogue channel frequencies.
http://www.irish-tv.com/3rock.asp

Hope this helps

When putting up an aerial and it says horizontal what does this mean thanks

Vince Cable

ubeonek wrote: »

When putting up an aerial and it says horizontal what does this mean thanks

http://www.aerialsandtv.com/aerials.html#aerialpplarisations

Basically horizontal = elements parallel to ground, vertical = elements perpendicular.

ubeonek

Thanks for quick and easy to understand reply .I live in Blackrock which aerial and station would you recommend thanks again

Sam Russell

ubeonek wrote: »

Thanks for quick and easy to understand reply .I live in Blackrock which aerial and station would you recommend thanks again

Blackrock Co Dublin? Three Rock.

Any aerial should be good as the signal is very strong. I would get a wideband if you want analogue as well. I use a log-periodic in Ballsbridge for my main TV. For the two others, I have made folded dipoles from bent coathanger wire. All aerials work perfectly, but indoors require careful positioning.

The Cush

Sam Russell wrote: »

Blackrock Co Dublin? Three Rock.

or Blackrock Cork - Spur Hill or Collins Barracks?

Vince Cable

Cork presumably (Spur Hill reference)?

Coverage checker says Spur Hill (check precise location, maybe done already?).

Transmitters in that area all seem to be Group B, so either that or a wideband aerial.

ubeonek

Vince Cable wrote: »

Cork presumably (Spur Hill reference)?

Coverage checker says Spur Hill (check precise location, maybe done already?).

Transmitters in that area all seem to be Group B, so either that or a wideband aerial.

So sorry but we Cork people never heard of Dublin .

Sam Russell

ubeonek wrote: »

So sorry but we Cork people never heard of Dublin .

I thought the reference to Three Rock was for you. Ignore the reference to Dublin, as most Cork people do anyway.