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andysue - 3 days ago »
One other thing I have done for years is solder the middle wire in the coax. If you run a lot of tvs this can help as each connection can lose signal. I guess in your case that doesnt matter but may help others.
I have an aerial guy coming out Thursday to give me a quote for a longer 2" pole & a Log 36 Periodic like Graham said. I am also going to have some bird spikes fitted to stop the pigeons perching. They make a mess & make the arial go boing boing when they fly off! wakes me up!
I could fit all this myself but I havnt got the meters to test the signal. I know you can use the tv but it is a bit awkward with me on the roof & her indoors on the phone. Plus I need to align the aerial at its best with this great big oak tree in the way.Well the Aerial guy came out today & was really helpful & nice & didnt try to rip me off & gave free advice. If I had a taller pole, a new aerial, new variable booster he still couldnt guarantee the channels. So I am going to wait to see what happens when the leaves are back on the oak tree & perhaps they may boost the signal back on the Sutton Coldfield transmitter. Redditch is a problem being down the dip.
I have also read up on the 36 log periodic & it apears to be made by vision & Optima & the prices vary but dont understand the group K type. Is this wideband?
Also they have now bought another one out which is another one (L36FK) http://optima-tv.com/l36fk/ that is now in a range to get away from the 5G frequency.
But I cant find anywhere selling one.
I dont want to buy one that is going to be out of date again. This is getting as bad as updating Windows. Is this all going to start again when they switch on 5G ?Group K is the new wideband, it replaced the log 40 which covered 21-68. The 4 dipoles that covered the 800 MHz band are removed. In effect building in a 4G filter.
The new aerial you linked to will not work with COM 7 and Com 8 as it doesn't cover UHF 55 and 56.
Don't worry about 700 MHz clearance when it happens you just need a filter.
OK Thanks for that. I have seen log 36 periodic on ebay quite cheap or am I barking up the wrong tree ? CPC appear to be quite cheap as well but list several log 36 periodics, very confusing. http://cpc.farnell.com/search?st=log%2036%20aerial