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Need aerial advice

  • 21-04-2015 01:54AM
    #1
    Skygord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 205 ✭✭


    I've got OpenELEC (Kodi 14.2) on a box with two tuners:

    a DVB-S which is connects to the old sky dish for the freesat channels, and is working nicely

    and a DVB-T2 tuner (PCTV Systems DVB-T2 292e nanoStick HD TV Tuner) for the Saorview free channels.

    I don't have an aerial at the house. I set the terrestrial tuner up with the tiny desktop aerial (straight rod that looks like a car aerial, but only a foot long) that comes with it, and it works fairly well, but now want to get a more permanent aerial. I bought a small indoor 42dB one from Argos but the reception was crappier than the supplied tiny rod aerial.

    I live in Knocknacarra Galway, only 1km from Tonabrocky aerial (but it isn't line of sight). saorview.ie coverage guide suggests pointing to Maghera in Clare 42km away).

    Will I need an outdoor aerial? Will an indoor one pick up from Tonabrocky which is so close? What type of indoor aerial can anyone recommend? - I did think that as the tiny rod aerial works OK that the 42db one I bought would work OK, but it didn't.

    All help appreciated


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  • #2
    Galway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Galway


    Skygord wrote: »
    I've got OpenELEC (Kodi 14.2) on a box with two tuners:

    a DVB-S which is connects to the old sky dish for the freesat channels, and is working nicely

    and a DVB-T2 tuner (PCTV Systems DVB-T2 292e nanoStick HD TV Tuner) for the Saorview free channels.

    I don't have an aerial at the house. I set the terrestrial tuner up with the tiny desktop aerial (straight rod that looks like a car aerial, but only a foot long) that comes with it, and it works fairly well, but now want to get a more permanent aerial. I bought a small indoor 42dB one from Argos but the reception was crappier than the supplied tiny rod aerial.

    I live in Knocknacarra Galway, only 1km from Tonabrocky aerial (but it isn't line of sight). saorview.ie coverage guide suggests pointing to Maghera in Clare 42km away).

    Will I need an outdoor aerial? Will an indoor one pick up from Tonabrocky which is so close? What type of indoor aerial can anyone recommend? - I did think that as the tiny rod aerial works OK that the 42db one I bought would work OK, but it didn't.

    All help appreciated

    I would imagine that you could use Tonabrucky at that distance. However, I installed a loft aerial for someone in Westside and had to stop using Tonabrucky and revert to Maghera as there was a lot of popping on the digital channels. They did not have clear line of sight to Tonabrucky and were looking through trees as well as their own attic. It would have probably needed an outdoor aerial but that was not an option, so tried Maghera instead which has an unobstructed view out to the south-east.


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