UHF Quad Aerial Combiner

razor_ryan

Hi
Would anyone know or recommend where I could purchase a UHF Quad Combiner I'm currently picking up Welsh dtt signal from presili but need more gain already using a High gain group B with masthead amp but getting breakup in poor weather other wise signal is good.I'm living not far from Hookhead lighthouse.

mrdtv2010

razor_ryan wrote: »

Hi
Would anyone know or recommend where I could purchase a UHF Quad Combiner I'm currently picking up Welsh dtt signal from presili but need more gain already using a High gain group B with masthead amp but getting breakup in poor weather other wise signal is good.I'm living not far from Hookhead lighthouse.

Reception at quite an impressive distance: are you using very high quality CT100 etc satellite grade cable to minimise losses? What readings do you get for signal strength, quality and C/N, BER (last two often not given by consumer boxes) in good and poor weather conditions. I think you need to price up a quad installation vs Freesat if its a single TV home or do a more complete calculation for multiroom distribution

razor_ryan

I,m using CT100 cable,aerial and masthead amp are 6 months old I,m using a Humax HDCI 2000T Receiver 65% signal strength,70-80% quality most times but rain and gales which we get alot of affects it unwatchable breakup. I have freesat as well but like it when I can get the signal direct from wales I,m a bit of a Dxer

mrdtv2010

razor_ryan wrote: »

I,m using CT100 cable,aerial and masthead amp are 6 months old I,m using a Humax HDCI 2000T Receiver 65% signal strength,70-80% quality most times but rain and gales which we get alot of affects it unwatchable breakup. I have freesat as well but like it when I can get the signal direct from wales I,m a bit of a Dxer

Yes, that is a very good setup. I fully agree with you as a Dxer of 40 years experience that satellite is far too easy (although very reliable.) You are on the edge of Preseli range (their most Western viewer by the looks of it..). If you had a rotor and a wideband you could probably rope in Caradon Hill which is five times more powerful than Preseli but a longer seapath. It is reported on the south coast near Crosshaven. A quad may well do the trick but is a wind hazard: those readings are very respectable but you are probably at sea level and have a very long sea path unlike those along the East Coast. The Humax MPEG2 receivers have good tuners but I have to say their new Fox T2 receiver is a superior animal: that's why you have to pay £159-£179.

razor_ryan

@mrdtv

Crosshaven Co.Cork that is quite a distance from Caradon Hill has that been a consistent signal or is it in lift conditions only picked up here when the weather was good mainly summer months but hav'nt tried since they switched over might give a try over the weekend.

mrdtv2010

razor_ryan wrote: »

@mrdtv

Crosshaven Co.Cork that is quite a distance from Caradon Hill has that been a consistent signal or is it in lift conditions only picked up here when the weather was good mainly summer months but hav'nt tried since they switched over might give a try over the weekend.

I need to check my notes and email inbox: it was somewhere along the coast between you and Crosshaven. An installer measured eminently usable signals. Once I get it I'll post the location. You are much closer to Caradon: its a whopper of a mast, is 100kW, Group A, omnidirectional, and from August carries T2 including, critically, 4HD. It has no CCI issues with main Irish DTT stations in your part of the world.

Update: I had a look back at my email inbox. It was actually on the coast near Tramore and is apparently putting down a very useable signal according to one installer. Worth investigating if you have the resources and time. Let us know how you are getting on with your endeavours.

STB

mrdtv2010 wrote: »

If you had a rotor and a wideband you could probably rope in Caradon Hill which is five times more powerful than Preseli but a longer seapath. It is reported on the south coast near Crosshaven......

The Humax MPEG2 receivers have good tuners but I have to say their new Fox T2 receiver is a superior animal: that's why you have to pay £159-£179.

There is no way that Crosshaven Co Cork is picking overspill from Wales.

The Humax HDCI 2000T is MPEG4. They are excellent tuners.