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can i get saorview with this aerial?

  • 20-07-2014 2:45pm
    #1
    user99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭


    my tv is saorview compatible. my tv sits next to a window.

    can i plug this aerial in and get the saorview channels?
    argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1074815.htm


    thanks


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  • #2
    Firewalkwithme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Firewalkwithme


    That depends on your location and the signal strength in your area. If it's a good signal it will pick it up. If not, you might need a roof aerial.

    I have a strong signal strength where I am and I just use a coathanger :)


  • #3
    winston_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    user99 wrote: »
    my tv is saorview compatible. my tv sits next to a window.

    can i plug this aerial in and get the saorview channels?
    argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1074815.htm


    thanks

    Once again Argos are lying.

    QUOTE.

    Up to 45dB signal gain.
    Adjustable.
    For indoor use only.
    EAN: 8716184030147.

    QUOTE.

    The lie is in up to 45dB gain. Perhaps they forgot the decimal point. That aerial is a simple modified quad maybe 0.45dB gain.

    The best outdoor aerials with around 21 quad directors only manage around 18dB of gain.

    Indoor aerials are pretty useless in around 90% of cases. Being next to a window does not help if the window is on the wrong side of the house. One of the best for the the other 10% of cases is this:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Telecam-TCE2000-Indoor-Aerial-Antenna/dp/B00IUC9CZ4/ref=dp_ob_title_ce


  • #4
    user99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭user99


    ill add that to my wish list so for payday
    thanks


  • #5
    Antenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Antenna


    winston_1 wrote: »
    Once again Argos are lying.

    QUOTE.

    Up to 45dB signal gain.

    An aerial having "X dB" gain is also meaningless as it is not in reference to anything (read the internet pages about the advertised claims of CB aerial manufacturers). Normally VHF/UHF antenna gain is with reference to a half-wave dipole - expressed as "dBd"
    ,
    so for example a 12dBd aerial will collect 12dB more signal than a dipole on its on
    http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/antennagainmyth.htm

    winston_1 wrote: »
    Being next to a window does not help if the window is on the wrong side of the house.

    In a built up urban area with signal reflections from metal clad buildings, reception may be possible on the wrong side of the building thanks to reflections, so aiming the aerial out a window may well give best results possible (in a room on the wrong side of a large building)


  • #6
    winston_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    Antenna wrote: »
    An aerial having "X dB" gain is also meaningless as it is not in reference to anything (read the internet pages about the advertised claims of CB aerial manufacturers). Normally VHF/UHF antenna gain is with reference to a half-wave dipole - expressed as "dBd"
    ,
    so for example a 12dBd aerial will collect 12dB more signal than a dipole on its on
    http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/antennagainmyth.htm


    All very true of course. But some aerial manufacturers quote gain with reference to an isotropic source so as to get that little bit higher figure.

    Either way Argos claim of 45dB is an atrocious lie.


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