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trouble finding terrestial tv stations

  • 11-10-2010 1:33pm
    #1
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭


    hiya, I have just moved to an apart in Laytown, Co meath and I can only get rte1 with the portable aerial which is very snowy and sound sometimes mutes. Am i wasting my time. Its probably because its an apart complex and Im on the ground floor. any advice much appreciated. thank you


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  • #2
    Tom Slick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭Tom Slick


    I presume there are no aerial points in the appartment.


  • #3
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭decboy


    no unfortunately not, its all wired for chorus/upc etc so looks like i'll have to pay that charge p/mth. Because its an apart complex i reckon i'm restricted to adding satelites, outdoor antennas etc.
    I have been googling on this and other sites but its hards to knwo what booster to be buying. :mad:


  • #4
    12 element
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭12 element


    A "booster" wont help you if you don't have a good signal coming from the aerial in the first place. You need a better aerial what kind are you using?


  • #5
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭decboy


    its one of these from argos i got, its probaby basis, not sure

    [HTML]http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5346831/Trail/searchtext>BOOSTER+AERIALS.htm[/HTML]


  • #6
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭decboy


    sorry that shud have been

    http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5346831/Trail/searchtext%3EBOOSTER+AERIALS.htm


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  • #7
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,805 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    decboy wrote: »
    hiya, I have just moved to an apart in Laytown, Co meath and I can only get rte1 with the portable aerial which is very snowy and sound sometimes mutes. Am i wasting my time. Its probably because its an apart complex and Im on the ground floor. any advice much appreciated. thank you

    What direction is the window facing, do you have line of sight for a UHF aerial to point out the window to a main transmitter?


  • #8
    12 element
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 719 ✭✭✭12 element


    That is a poor aerial, is there anywhere you can put an outdoor aerial indoors that wouldn't take up too much room? do you have any sort of a balcony area that you might get away with putting it?


  • #9
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭decboy


    yeah i can try for something at back of apart, im on ground floor but certainly I could not put any cables through walls though, thats why i was hoping for something like an indoor job.


  • #10
    decboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭decboy


    2 windows in apart that i can use, one facing south the other east


  • #11
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    Similar situation myself.

    How much should I be paying for a good 'outdoor' aerial?


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