Yes there used to be still some of these round the back of some houses in Wandsworth back in the 90s, no idea if they were used for anything, but I
did some years ago try a Jbeam wideband Band III aerial out on DAB and it
was very good if pointed in the right direction, you could get other
stations if they were on the frequencies not obliterated by the local
stations.
Even an Antex around here works for DAB, but its better if its cut down a bit..
They knew how to make them last back then, however the clamps were all
rusted up and had to be cut off with a hacksaw.
The Antex was good as it had some springs under the nuts for each aerial which were holding a kind of ally cast clamp, so they did not snap where
the fixing holes were. Getting the lid to unscrew could be a challenge.
Brian
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On 26/10/2021 22:04, NY wrote:
Allowing for a lot of artistic licence and bells-and-whistles added on
for comedy and boasting effect ("my aerial's better than yours"), would
these aerials
https://i.postimg.cc/K8dr2KVR/Larkin-aerials.png
be any earthly good at receiving VHF TV signals in the 1950s?
They look more like bastardised Yagi UHF aerials.
I suppose they were worried that if they'd used VHF TV X and H aerials,
suitably modified and tarted-up for comedy effect, people nowadays might
not have recognised "that's a TV aerial".
Ridiculous.
Bill
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