Saorview Reception

kooga

good morning all

See attached picture of the aerial set up in my parents attic pointing at Mullaghanish.

Just for some background info the changeover from analogue to saorview was seamless with no reception break up etc.

However I called in last night and was watching the euros and there was constant break up across all the channels and this I was informed has being happening intermittingly in recent times.

Any advice ?

Thanking you in advance

amikoalien2

do you have an amplifier on the aerial ?
I would not claim to know much but that looks like a pretty old aerial
Maybe one of the banded aerials with a 4g filter may help
http://www.freetv.ie/saorview-and-4g-lte-mobile-interference.html

It is just one possibility

kooga

amikoalien2 wrote: »

do you have an amplifier on the aerial ?
I would not claim to know much but that looks like a pretty old aerial
Maybe one of the banded aerials with a 4g filter may help
http://www.freetv.ie/saorview-and-4g-lte-mobile-interference.html

It is just one possibility

no amp.

yes it is a very old aerial goes back to the analogue days and when the switchover took place just hooked up a new telly and no issues with reception until recently.

steveon

Thats looks like a VHF Aerial and is not the right type for Saorview in the first place.... You should have a group A Aerial For Saorview reception from Mullganish

Should look and be in this orientation to work properly

http://www.freetv.ie/red-group-a-uhf-aerial.html

cml387

It's a vhf band III aerial which belongs in a museum:)

Not good enough to get a good signal in Cork city from Mullaghanish.

kooga

Thanks guys.

I should of said that the house is in north cork.

marno21

Replace that with a UHF wideband aerial and you should be ok.

Our assistance can be more precise if you let us know what part of North Cork.

kooga

marno21 wrote: »

Replace that with a UHF wideband aerial and you should be ok.

Our assistance can be more precise if you let us know what part of North Cork.

Apologies should of said mallow and the Saorview checker shows mullaghanish

marno21

kooga wrote: »

Apologies should of said mallow and the Saorview checker shows mullaghanish

No need to apologise I may have come across a bit more rash than I meant to.

If that aerial got you decent reception before a UHF group A (red tip) or W(black) should sort you. Check to make sure all wires aren't loose before you go making any investments.

The Cush

For Mullaghanish I'd go straight for the Group A, well away from any present or future potential 4G interference. If you want to go the wideband aerial route go with Group K, the post-700 MHz clearance recommended wideband aerial covering UHF 21-48.

TheDriver

Pick up an aeriel in dwyers and its dead easy to change in attic. You obviously don't need N amp, good amount of north cork can see mullaghanish

kooga

Guys thanks for all the valuable advice. But I know my mum will ask me why the current set up would now give trouble when up till recently the reception was perfect
Cheers

The Cush

Perfect reception could simply be the signal just above the threshold and now due bad connection(s) or aerial moving or something being placed in or near the attic affecting the signal or some other factor etc. etc. pushing the signal over the so called digital cliff on an aerial for a completely different reception band.

Mullaghanish reception with the VHF BIII aerial is probably borderline, can you get signal strength/quality reading from any of the receivers attached to the aerial?

In any case with your close proximity to one of the most powerful transmitters in the country a €15 Group A basic contract aerial should suffice. I'm 60 miles away in NE Co Limerick an we have lots of contract aerials around here pointing at that transmitter without issue.

The Cush

kooga wrote: »

yes it is a very old aerial goes back to the analogue days and when the switchover took place just hooked up a new telly and no issues with reception until recently.

How was analogue UHF TV3 & TG4 reception with the aerial at the time?

winston_1

cml387 wrote: »

It's a vhf band III aerial which belongs in a museum:)

Not a museum. Recycle it for DAB reception.

kooga

The Cush wrote: »

How was analogue UHF TV3 & TG4 reception with the aerial at the time?

I can't recall.

just one tv connected strength level is high on the signal bar but quality level is low.

The Cush

winston_1 wrote: »

Not a museum. Recycle it for DAB reception.

My LP7 is stored away since ASO but won't be required for DAB as the reception here is acceptable indoors with a standard DAB portable radio and the same should apply for most listeners when or if the service is rolled out nationally.

The Cush

kooga wrote: »

just one tv connected strength level is high on the signal bar but quality level is low.

Signal quality is the important figure, as close as possible to 100% for stability. I remember my brother's LG TV would on occasion suffer a little breakup with 92-94% SQ which we eventually sorted.