I went o my Aunts' house to look at her TV picture and it's damn arwful, I
thought a Freeview box might help but the signal was too rubbish to get a
stable picture

Then just for the sake of trying I put a small indoor ariel and the picture
was perfect on teriisterial and digital channals - only problem was I had to
stnad bythe windows holding the ariel.

There are 2 main problems -

a) her main ariel faces a toally different way to every other house in her
road

b) I think the wire for the ariel insn't very weel sheilded at all - I
noticed just by moving the lead going from the wall socket to the TV input
the signal varies a lot. I do have a whole reel of cable that I bought to
install a Satelittl dish - can I use that instead of normal CoAxial cable?
Would that produce a better or worse TV picture? I seem to remember that
that cable had a silverfoil lining inside as a sheild rather then the cross
cross wire in co-axial cable. But it was laso a lot thinner - so not sure
which wire is best, for minimum signal loss and maximum shielding from
passing traffic, and electical interference.

Not only is your aunt's television pictures awful so is your inability to
construct a sentence.
Before delving into the complicated field of electronics I would be tempted
to grasp the basic skill of grammar and spelling.
That is, of course, unless you around three years of age!

"DeeInLondon" wrote in message
...
I went o my Aunts' house to look at her TV picture and it's damn arwful, I
thought a Freeview box might help but the signal was too rubbish to get a
stable picture

Then just for the sake of trying I put a small indoor ariel and the
picture
was perfect on teriisterial and digital channals - only problem was I had
to
stnad bythe windows holding the ariel.

There are 2 main problems -

a) her main ariel faces a toally different way to every other house in her
road

b) I think the wire for the ariel insn't very weel sheilded at all - I
noticed just by moving the lead going from the wall socket to the TV input
the signal varies a lot. I do have a whole reel of cable that I bought to
install a Satelittl dish - can I use that instead of normal CoAxial cable?
Would that produce a better or worse TV picture? I seem to remember that
that cable had a silverfoil lining inside as a sheild rather then the
cross
cross wire in co-axial cable. But it was laso a lot thinner - so not sure
which wire is best, for minimum signal loss and maximum shielding from
passing traffic, and electical interference.

Anthony

Please be polite and sensitive to others.

Thank you

Mike


"Anthony G Walker" wrote in message
...
Not only is your aunt's television pictures awful so is your inability to
construct a sentence.
Before delving into the complicated field of electronics I would be
tempted
to grasp the basic skill of grammar and spelling.
That is, of course, unless you around three years of age!

"DeeInLondon" wrote in message
...
I went o my Aunts' house to look at her TV picture and it's damn arwful,
I
thought a Freeview box might help but the signal was too rubbish to get
a
stable picture

Then just for the sake of trying I put a small indoor ariel and the
picture
was perfect on teriisterial and digital channals - only problem was I
had
to
stnad bythe windows holding the ariel.

There are 2 main problems -

a) her main ariel faces a toally different way to every other house in
her
road

b) I think the wire for the ariel insn't very weel sheilded at all - I
noticed just by moving the lead going from the wall socket to the TV
input
the signal varies a lot. I do have a whole reel of cable that I bought
to
install a Satelittl dish - can I use that instead of normal CoAxial
cable?
Would that produce a better or worse TV picture? I seem to remember that
that cable had a silverfoil lining inside as a sheild rather then the
cross
cross wire in co-axial cable. But it was laso a lot thinner - so not
sure
which wire is best, for minimum signal loss and maximum shielding from
passing traffic, and electical interference.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 06:22:48 +0100, "DeeInLondon"
wrote:

I went o my Aunts' house to look at her TV picture and it's damn arwful, I
thought a Freeview box might help but the signal was too rubbish to get a
stable picture

Then just for the sake of trying I put a small indoor ariel and the picture
was perfect on teriisterial and digital channals - only problem was I had to
stnad bythe windows holding the ariel.

There are 2 main problems -

a) her main ariel faces a toally different way to every other house in her
road

Well, does her aerial point in the direction that you were aiming the
indoor aerial, or some other direction? If it's some other direction,
then it probably needs re-aiming.

b) I think the wire for the ariel insn't very weel sheilded at all - I
noticed just by moving the lead going from the wall socket to the TV input
the signal varies a lot. I do have a whole reel of cable that I bought to
install a Satelittl dish - can I use that instead of normal CoAxial cable?
Would that produce a better or worse TV picture?

Replacing her coax with satellite coax should improve things no end,
and you may as well do this at the same time as re-ali=gning her
antenna.

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I sound like I know what I'm talking about, but don't
be fooled.

In article ,
"Anthony G Walker" writes:
Not only is your aunt's television pictures awful so is your inability to
construct a sentence.
Before delving into the complicated field of electronics I would be tempted
to grasp the basic skill of grammar and spelling.
That is, of course, unless you around three years of age!

Or perhaps suffering from a specific learning disability like dyslexia.


JAB.

--
Jonathan A. Buzzard Email: jonathan at buzzard.me.uk
Northumberland, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1661-832195

"Anthony G Walker" wrote in message
...
Not only is your aunt's television pictures awful so is your inability to
construct a sentence.
Before delving into the complicated field of electronics I would be
tempted
to grasp the basic skill of grammar and spelling.
That is, of course, unless you around three years of age!

Sorry, can't resist this:

Either you mean "not only ARE your aunt's television pictures..." or "not
only is your aunt's television picture..".

And, of course, "unless you ARE around three years of age!".

Fitting an aerial or antenna would help enormously too............!

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 07:01:52 +0100, "Anthony G Walker"
wrote:

...
Before delving into the complicated field of electronics I would be tempted
to grasp the basic skill of grammar and spelling.
...

Very poor netiquette.
--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
http://tinyurl.com/55v3

Or perhaps suffering from a specific learning disability like dyslexia.

Quite. In any case his inability to write good English was not relevant to his
query. After all, suppose a foreigner approached a policeman and asked the way
in very poor English. It wouldn't be right for the policeman to criticise his
English and ignore the question, now would it?
Incidentally, the questioner is in good company in his inability to spell
'aerial'. In an item about Rod Hull the Sunday Times got it wrong this week.
Bill

Laugh at our Rogue's Gallery
Admire the antiquities in Albert's Attic
Marvel at our breathtaking Aerial Photography
All anoraks MUST visit
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/index.html

I put a small indoor ariel

I had to
stnad bythe windows holding the ariel.

a) her main ariel faces a toally different way

b) I think the wire for the ariel insn't very weel sheilded at all -

What is this "ariel" you make repeated reference to?


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MESSAGE ENDS.
John Porcella