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I've been tasked with finding a digital aerial to feed my parents Talk Talk box/TV but am not that clued up. I'm under the impression that the requirement could be location specific ? And am also seeing 4G ready as an option ?
Can anyone give a bit of advice, it would be much appreciated.
I picked one up from Argos installed it and it worked, only fiddly part was pointing it to the rough direction of the transmitter as the compass app on my decided to be a pain.
http://www.wolfbane.net/cgi-bin/tvd.exe?
Put in postcode or OS grid ref and it'll show the nearest transmitters (and the compass bearing to them) and what sort of aerial is suitable.
Cheers. Amplified extra high gain needed 💡
Handy site, simon - though I'd probably still have wanted to do my own calcs on bearing (it gives the same as I calculated). As it notes, we need a slightly better antenna than the "standard" suggested due to shielding from trees.
Our antenna came from Screwfix - about half the price of Argos, and I'm sure they had extra high gain ones there. BTW 4G ready simply means it's got a filter to prevent interference from 4G signals - all I've read suggests it's not a big issue in most areas, so I took a chance on one without, a separate filter is only a couple of quid.
BTW 4G ready simply means it's got a filter to prevent interference from 4G signals - all I've read suggests it's not a big issue in most areas, so I took a chance on one without, a separate filter is only a couple of quid.
A separate filter is free if you're affected, the government-backed freeview switchover people give them out. https://at800.tv/
Very interesting, thanks Cougar. For those who haven't bothered to click on the link it also tells you whether you're likely to be affected by interference (not surprised to find we're not), which was the information I was after when buying an antenna!