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Aerial type

  • 31-08-2020 07:18PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭


    Here in the North West of England, the Winter Hill transmitter recently changed from type C/D (mostly) to requiring a Wideband aerial. There is a particular issue with the SDN MUX on Channel 29.

    They had a new aerial installed a couple of years ago, but is it possible to tell what type it is from this photo? Is it Wideband?

    Many Thanks.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭leinster93


    Richard wrote: »
    Here in the North West of England, the Winter Hill transmitter recently changed from type C/D (mostly) to requiring a Wideband aerial. There is a particular issue with the SDN MUX on Channel 29.

    They had a new aerial installed a couple of years ago, but is it possible to tell what type it is from this photo? Is it Wideband?

    Many Thanks.

    The aerial imo is not wideband - See ofcom's explanation here https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/advice-for-consumers/television/wideband-aerials


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    leinster93 wrote: »

    Thanks very much. It’s a pain that they didn’t fit a wideband aerial at the time, when they presumably knew these changes were coming.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭Elvis Hammond


    The aerials in your photo are the 'contract' type, & there are widebands of this type available.

    I can't tell what those in your photo are, but they should probably be further apart, & mightn't be the best quality either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭leinster93


    The aerials in your photo are the 'contract' type, & there are widebands of this type available.

    I can't tell what those in your photo are, but they should probably be further apart, & mightn't be the best quality either.

    Would it be the case that if it were a wideband aerial that it is pre 4G and would therefore be susceptible to interference?


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