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TV Aerial on Shed Outside

  • 18-08-2011 9:28pm
    #1
    Surfn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭


    hello all, i need abit of advice here, currently the tv aerial is on a pole mounted to the chimmney, im getting new chimmneys built and want to move the tv aerial to shed outside, mounting it to 1 of the steel girders.the the shed is 20 yards from the dwelling house. can i do this or would the aerial be too far from the house


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  • #2
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    It's no problem to do this, just make sure you use good quality cable & an amplifier to compensate for the signal losses in this long cable.

    Will the cable be buried?


  • #3
    Surfn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Surfn


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    It's no problem to do this, just make sure you use good quality cable & an amplifier to compensate for the signal losses in this long cable.

    Will the cable be buried?

    yes i plan on haveing it buried part of the way, closest to the house, id say there will be about 10 yards of it buried. is it better buried or not.where abouts does the amp need to be, on the aerial pole or in the house, also could you recommend good cable and an amp.thanks


  • #4
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    CT100 satellite grade cable like this http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/Cables__Switches_and_Tools.html for example.

    Masthead amplifier (close to the aerial)
    http://www.tvtrade.ie/high-gain-uhf-masthead-amplifiers.html
    http://cpcireland.farnell.com/mast-head-matv-amplifiers


  • #5
    Peter Rhea
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭Peter Rhea


    Surfn wrote: »
    is it better buried or not.where abouts does the amp need to be, on the aerial pole or in the house

    No problem burying the cable, just don't let it get waterlogged.

    The masthead amplifier consists of the amplifier itself, which is best placed about 1 metre from the aerial & the power supply which feeds dc power through the coax cable. The power supply can be fitted at the house end unless the cable is really long, say approaching 200 metres, hardly likely here.

    For every 100 metres, decent cable will lose in the region of 20 dB of signal at the highest tv frequencies, so you should specify your amplifier to at least allow for this.


  • #6
    Mexecutioner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭Mexecutioner


    Peter Rhea wrote: »
    No problem burying the cable, just don't let it get waterlogged.

    Yep, if you have it in a pipe/conduit, make sure it can't fill up with water & permanently submerge the cable as ordinary cable usually eventually lets water in.


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