On Saturday, March 24, 2012 04:22:50 PM Jon Elson did opine:
> Erik Christiansen wrote:
> > The "normal" TV antennas we have here are Yagis, i.e. a metal pipe
> > with crossbars decreasing in length toward the end which is pointed
> > at the transmitter. The second-last "crossbar" is comprises two
Erik Christiansen wrote:
>
>
> The "normal" TV antennas we have here are Yagis, i.e. a metal pipe with
> crossbars decreasing in length toward the end which is pointed at the
> transmitter. The second-last "crossbar" is comprises two insulated
> halves of the receiving element, which are connected
2012/3/24 Erik Christiansen :
>
> Aha! This guy:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20080328024851/http://www.shol.com/kuggie/cttip/passive.html
>
> achieved a "good picture" from "non existent" without an amplifier.
>
Erik, thank You for all the links!
Most probably I will show them to my brother, I su
On 23.03.12 18:34, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> Is there a place, where I can read, how are such things set up? I am
> thinking that such a repeater could be placed on the roof of barn
> (very far end of it is not "blocked" by the trees on the hill), which
> is not the place, which could be conveniently
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:14:19 +1100
Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On 23.03.12 15:24, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> > The thing is that there is a hill with trees on one side of the
> > house. It is very nice, because to large extent it protects the
> > house from western winds (statistically wind from west
Viesturs,
I should have read your message more investigatively. In our area, DVB-T
is no problem because everybody still have the old antennas on the roofs
and the transmitted channels are the same, to. If you don't have the
rakes anymore, try to get one from people who have gone satellite.
Ide
In case anyone might be interested.
I want to get a receiver for HD Radio,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio
but would also like to have the receiver in my attic and stream the
audio through my LAN. I found this chip:
http://www.silabs.com/products/audiovideo/automotive-tuners/Pages/Si4768-
2012/3/23 Ray Mitchell :
>
> I am in the L. A. Ca area and have a clean view of Mt. Wilson (the main
> broadcast point here), yet with the early tuners only could receive 3 or 4
> channels, due to multipath. A new tuner two years ago, and now get 28+
> channels with no change to my antenna.
Paren
If your terrestrial receiver is >3 years or so old, you may want to look
into a newer tuner.
The chip sets in the newer tuners have better multipath
rejection/equalization, and can pick out the digital signal better from the
ghost signals.
In digital more signal is not necessarily better if you hav
2012/3/23 Erik Christiansen :
>
> That hill and its trees are casting a signal shadow.
Yupp, exactly!
> Do you have a friend living on the top or side of the hill?
No, it is relatively small - less 10 m high, pretty close to house.
There are only trees on it, no buildings or anything else, and t
On 23.03.12 15:24, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> The thing is that there is a hill with trees on one side of the house.
> It is very nice, because to large extent it protects the house from
> western winds (statistically wind from west is most common in LV, as
> it blows from sea/ocean to continental inl
2012/3/22 Peter Blodow :
>
> First: are you sure the dish is directed correctly to the satellite?
My apologies for not stating it clearly - it is DVB-T signal,
terrestrial, not satellite.
Thanks, Kirk and Gene!
The antenna is ~2m long, its orientation is "the same as previous
antennas". I guess I
Ok Viesturs!
As a former RF-engineer and a radioamateur hunting RF signals in the woods I
believe your first job still is to find a better antenna-position.
This is after you have made sure the cabling is in order so that is not the
real cause of your problems.
It's not certain you need a 30 met
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 04:41:00 PM Viesturs Lācis did opine:
> Hello, guys!
>
> I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I
> know to ask technical kind of questions.
>
> Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV?
> The thing is that at my parents' house the
> But, who has time to watch TV anyway?
I cannot resist the temptation: Viesturs' parents!!
j.
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Kirk Wallace
wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 19:05 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> > Hello, guys!
> >
> > I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only pl
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 19:05 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
> Hello, guys!
>
> I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I
> know to ask technical kind of questions.
>
> Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV?
> The thing is that at my parents' house the signal is
Viesturs,
the only efficient high frequency amplifier is a better antenna, that is
a saying from the early 20th century. Any electronic amplifier would
boost the noise as well as the signal. Not much use in this digital aera.
First: are you sure the dish is directed correctly to the satellite? To
Hello, guys!
I have a total off-topic question, because this is the only place I
know to ask technical kind of questions.
Is there any way to boost the signal of digital TV?
The thing is that at my parents' house the signal is not very good,
and pretty often lots of channels are not working due t
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