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Old 16th May 2014, 2:57 pm   #142
Gulliver
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Default Re: 405-Line VHF Aerials in 2013

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Originally Posted by SteveCG View Post
Does your 'huge' aerial have a red dot on it or something which says Group (Gp) A ?
I don't think it has a dot but it's been a while since I examined it closely. I remember buying it from Tandy in about 1989, 'twas the biggest they sold and my dad & I had a bit of difficulty actually getting it up through the loft hatch even disassembled. We pointed it roughly the same direction as one of the aerials on the roof, then experimented with exact direction for best signal before bolting it to a beam.

By that time I was a teenager and wanted decent TV reception in my bedroom.

The H aerial is pretty solid, it survived the storms of '87 and '13 and no doubt others that caused significant damage to trees and roofs in the area. I've never seen a cable hanging from it but that doesn't prove it's connected. Nobody has been on the roof other than to replace some tiles at the lower end...certainly not in over 35 years.
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