Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

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On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

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On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

--
Max Demian

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On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's diameter!

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because hair
thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

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On 18/05/2025 17:15, Max Demian wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

Which country?

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On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because hair
thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

--
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain

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On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

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On 18 May 2025 at 22:14:40 BST, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Same here. So I stuffed an outdoor aerial in an under-roof area and pointed it in roughly the right direction. Line of sight blocked by a cavity brick wall. Pretty much 100% signal strength and quality. Might be worth a try if you can access a suitable area.

--
Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK

"My humble friend, we know not how to live this life which is so short yet seek one that never ends."
-- Anatole France

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On Sun, 5/18/2025 5:14 PM, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

First of all, you have to decide whether you are attempting to
do the impossible. VHF TV reception has practical limits,
and constructing a giant antenna is not going to be practical
for cases where you are too far from the transmitter.

A moderate sized Yagi may still fit in a premises. Whereas the
ones with claims of 150 mile sensitivity, even outside
the house and on the roof, they can be miserable to aim and
get to working properly. The more gain the antenna has, the
smaller the "beam width" and the harder they are to aim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi%E2%80%93Uda_antenna

My antenna is not that type, it has a beam width of 15 degrees
and that is hard enough to aim. I would not want an antenna
with more gain than that, because a "breeze" could blow it
off the axis of the transmission.

Since you could be using an antenna which is better than
a rabbit ears, with a balun to match the line, the coax type
really does not matter.

I don't know if I've even seen a Balun, with connectorization
for an alternative coaxial type. It's usually an F-series connector,
on a cheap Balun from the TV store. A Balun, for example,
can convert from 300 ohm twinax, to 75 ohm coax, from Balanced
input, to Unbalanced output.

Note that the impedance of the antenna, varies with the frequency
you are testing it at, and it is not unusual for the antenna
impedance to be 150 ohms, yet you are using a 300 ohm to 75 ohm
Balun for matching to the TV set input coax. You use whatever
Balun you have to hand, rather than some sort of "careful match"
or "exact match". The whole process of hooking up TVs, is
dirty and approximate all round.

Yagi antennas can be cut for a fixed frequency, or they
can be log periodic, and cover all the VHF TV frequencies.
By selecting to buy a fixed frequency antenna (for
a single TV station you must receive), the antenna can have
a couple DB more gain as a result of not wasting the gain
on channels you do not want. Some sellers of TV antennas,
make available custom single-channel items for sale.

Paul

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On 18/05/2025 22:14, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial
cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's
diameter!

;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Can still fit a yagi in a roof.

Or a smaller one in a room

--
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

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On 19/05/2025 09:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 >

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss. >>>

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Can still fit a yagi in a roof.

Or a smaller one in a room

A Band III yagi would be about 900mm x 800mm, so quite large. Mind you,
it could fit nicely behind a 60" flatscreen TV if the direction was right!

--
Jeff

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On 19/05/2025 10:53, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 19/05/2025 09:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
   >

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an >>>>> ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal
loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Can still fit a yagi in a roof.

Or a smaller one in a room

A Band III yagi would be about 900mm x 800mm, so quite large. Mind you,
it could fit nicely behind a 60" flatscreen TV if the direction was right!

Suspend it from the ceiling and when queried, say it was a gift from Sir Anthony Gormley.

--
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as
foolish, and by the rulers as useful.

(Seneca the Younger, 65 AD)

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On 5/19/25 3:04 AM, Paul wrote:

On Sun, 5/18/2025 5:14 PM, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>>>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's >>>>> diameter!

t;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

First of all, you have to decide whether you are attempting to
do the impossible. VHF TV reception has practical limits,
and constructing a giant antenna is not going to be practical
for cases where you are too far from the transmitter.

A moderate sized Yagi may still fit in a premises. Whereas the
ones with claims of 150 mile sensitivity, even outside
the house and on the roof, they can be miserable to aim and
get to working properly. The more gain the antenna has, the
smaller the "beam width" and the harder they are to aim.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi%E2%80%93Uda_antenna

My antenna is not that type, it has a beam width of 15 degrees
and that is hard enough to aim. I would not want an antenna
with more gain than that, because a "breeze" could blow it
off the axis of the transmission.

Since you could be using an antenna which is better than
a rabbit ears, with a balun to match the line, the coax type
really does not matter.

I don't know if I've even seen a Balun, with connectorization
for an alternative coaxial type. It's usually an F-series connector,
on a cheap Balun from the TV store. A Balun, for example,
can convert from 300 ohm twinax, to 75 ohm coax, from Balanced
input, to Unbalanced output.

Note that the impedance of the antenna, varies with the frequency
you are testing it at, and it is not unusual for the antenna
impedance to be 150 ohms, yet you are using a 300 ohm to 75 ohm
Balun for matching to the TV set input coax. You use whatever
Balun you have to hand, rather than some sort of "careful match"
or "exact match". The whole process of hooking up TVs, is
dirty and approximate all round.

Yagi antennas can be cut for a fixed frequency, or they
can be log periodic, and cover all the VHF TV frequencies.
By selecting to buy a fixed frequency antenna (for
a single TV station you must receive), the antenna can have
a couple DB more gain as a result of not wasting the gain
on channels you do not want. Some sellers of TV antennas,
make available custom single-channel items for sale.

Paul

I have been able to pick up the station unreliably with my current
indoor setup, sometimes well in very good conditions.

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On Mon, 5/19/2025 7:00 PM, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/19/25 3:04 AM, Paul wrote:

On Sun, 5/18/2025 5:14 PM, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial cable, >>>>>>>> as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's >>>>>> diameter!

  >
I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

First of all, you have to decide whether you are attempting to
do the impossible. VHF TV reception has practical limits,
and constructing a giant antenna is not going to be practical
for cases where you are too far from the transmitter.

A moderate sized Yagi may still fit in a premises. Whereas the
ones with claims of 150 mile sensitivity, even outside
the house and on the roof, they can be miserable to aim and
get to working properly. The more gain the antenna has, the
smaller the "beam width" and the harder they are to aim.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagi%E2%80%93Uda_antenna

My antenna is not that type, it has a beam width of 15 degrees
and that is hard enough to aim. I would not want an antenna
with more gain than that, because a "breeze" could blow it
off the axis of the transmission.

Since you could be using an antenna which is better than
a rabbit ears, with a balun to match the line, the coax type
really does not matter.

I don't know if I've even seen a Balun, with connectorization
for an alternative coaxial type. It's usually an F-series connector,
on a cheap Balun from the TV store. A Balun, for example,
can convert from 300 ohm twinax, to 75 ohm coax, from Balanced
input, to Unbalanced output.

Note that the impedance of the antenna, varies with the frequency
you are testing it at, and it is not unusual for the antenna
impedance to be 150 ohms, yet you are using a 300 ohm to 75 ohm
Balun for matching to the TV set input coax. You use whatever
Balun you have to hand, rather than some sort of "careful match"
or "exact match". The whole process of hooking up TVs, is
dirty and approximate all round.

Yagi antennas can be cut for a fixed frequency, or they
can be log periodic, and cover all the VHF TV frequencies.
By selecting to buy a fixed frequency antenna (for
a single TV station you must receive), the antenna can have
a couple DB more gain as a result of not wasting the gain
on channels you do not want. Some sellers of TV antennas,
make available custom single-channel items for sale.

    Paul

I have been able to pick up the station unreliably with my current indoor setup, sometimes well in very good conditions.

Here is an example of a Yagi. The reviews at the bottom of the page,
some people are using this indoors. They do not state the gain, only
the distance, and the distance sounds a bit unbelievable.

The antenna can be optimized for VHF-Lo, by adding some element extensions
in two places, on each side. One reason for looking for Youtube video,
is to discover any "tricks" to the antennas, such as "what is the difference between the 7000 and the 7000c".

https://winegard.com/classic-series-yagi-ya7000c/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrxCldTKaU

A lot of antennas offered for urban dwellers are patch antenna,
because a lot of modern TV has moved to UHF and little signal remains in
VHF-Hi or VHF-Lo. But that antenna is for both VHF-Hi and VHF-Lo. The reason it picks
up UHF, is even a boat anchor picks up UHF. The antenna I built, the gain was supposed to roll off above Channel 56, and it easily picked up a
Channel 65 fringe station, no problem at all. UHF isn't nearly as
hard to make work, as some of the VHF channels.

*******

It sounds like your target channel is in VHF-High, so you won't have
this sort of experience (see comments at bottom).

https://blog.solidsignal.com/tutorials/need-antenna-pulls-vhf-low/

Paul

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On 20/05/2025 04:38, Paul wrote:

Here is an example of a Yagi. The reviews at the bottom of the page,
some people are using this indoors. They do not state the gain, only
the distance, and the distance sounds a bit unbelievable.

I have a similar Yagi used indoors, about 35 miles from Winter Hill, and
it gives a good TV signal through several solid house walls at ground level.

A lot of antennas offered for urban dwellers are patch antenna,
because a lot of modern TV has moved to UHF and little signal remains in VHF-Hi or VHF-Lo. But that antenna is for both VHF-Hi and VHF-Lo. The reason it picks
up UHF, is even a boat anchor picks up UHF.

Even a short coax cable gives a usable TV signal for thin walls here.

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On 19/05/2025 09:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 22:14, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and loop >>>>>>> antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial
cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's >>>>> diameter!

;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in an
ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin, because
hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and signal loss. >>>

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Can still fit a yagi in a roof.

Or a smaller one in a room

We don't know where he lives. It sounds like he could be in a block
of flats somewhere.

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On 20/05/2025 09:01, Nick Finnigan wrote:

On 20/05/2025 04:38, Paul wrote:

Here is an example of a Yagi. The reviews at the bottom of the page,
some people are using this indoors. They do not state the gain, only
the distance, and the distance sounds a bit unbelievable.

 I have a similar Yagi used indoors, about 35 miles from Winter Hill,
and it gives a good TV signal through several solid house walls at
ground level.

A lot of antennas offered for urban dwellers are patch antenna,
because a lot of modern TV has moved to UHF and little signal remains in
VHF-Hi or VHF-Lo. But that antenna is for both VHF-Hi and VHF-Lo. The
reason it picks
up UHF, is even a boat anchor picks up UHF.

 Even a short coax cable gives a usable TV signal for thin walls here.

:-) I am 10 miles from Midhurst and I can get the main HD channels
(sort of) using just the builders 1976 coax embedded in the plaster
and the short loop left lying unconnected in the loft !

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On 22/05/2025 18:48, Andrew wrote:

On 19/05/2025 09:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 22:14, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 2:21 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 18/05/2025 20:05, Khoi Mai wrote:

On 5/18/25 12:01 PM, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 17:15:28 +0100, Max Demian
<[email protected]> wrote:

On 18/05/2025 15:41, Khoi Mai wrote:

Does anyone have a recommendation for a pair of rabbit ears and >>>>>>>> loop
antennas? I preferably want one with a relatively thick coaxial >>>>>>>> cable,
as opposed to a thin one.

Why rabbit ears? Which band?

And why thick coax? Most people don't choose their coax based on it's >>>>>> diameter!

;

I'm trying to pick up some awkward VHF real channel 8 stations in
an ATSC 1 broadcast area. I want a coax that isn't hair thin,
because hair thin coaxial cables suffer from more interference and
signal loss.

Then you don't want rabbit ears do you?
You want a log periodic or Yagi style array

Unfortunately for me, an outdoor one is not an option at the moment.

Can still fit a yagi in a roof.

Or a smaller one in a room

We don't know where he lives. It sounds like he could be in a block
of flats somewhere.

He certainly doesnt live in the UK
No VHF telly left.

--
"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow witted
man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest
thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid
before him."

- Leo Tolstoy

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On Thu, 22 May 2025 18:47:03 +0100, Andrew wrote:

On 20/05/2025 09:01, Nick Finnigan wrote:

On 20/05/2025 04:38, Paul wrote:

Here is an example of a Yagi. The reviews at the bottom of the page,
some people are using this indoors. They do not state the gain, only
the distance, and the distance sounds a bit unbelievable.

 I have a similar Yagi used indoors, about 35 miles from Winter Hill,
and it gives a good TV signal through several solid house walls at
ground level.

A lot of antennas offered for urban dwellers are patch antenna,
because a lot of modern TV has moved to UHF and little signal remains
in VHF-Hi or VHF-Lo. But that antenna is for both VHF-Hi and VHF-Lo.
The reason it picks up UHF, is even a boat anchor picks up UHF.

 Even a short coax cable gives a usable TV signal for thin walls
 here.

:-) I am 10 miles from Midhurst and I can get the main HD channels (sort
of) using just the builders 1976 coax embedded in the plaster and the
short loop left lying unconnected in the loft !

I grew up half a mile from the local Brighton transmitter, literally on
the next hill. It was only for BBC; ITV came from the Isle of Wight.

The signal was so strong that we had to remove the TV cable from the
antenna socket on the window frame, and drop it on the floor (despite the antenna being oriented incorrectly).

In the end I made a BBC-specific attenuator and inserted it between the
cable and the socket. I think I was about 13 at the time!



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My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub
wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message.
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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