I used to be in the same situation as you and I can more of less
guarantee that an indoor aerial will not work with poor reception I
tried about a 4 or 5 different types and was lucky to get even a single
frame display every few minutes. When I did use a roof aerial I got some
of the channels all of the time and others came and went.
My channel 5 was a very weird one; I'd have to wait for the sun to go
down for it to work (I'm guessing must have been something to do with
the temperature of the aerial). If you are in that situation I would
recommend investing in free satellite as there is nothing worse the
losing signal just as a program gets to a key part.
Paul
Jai Harrison wrote:
> Hey guys (and girls),
>
> I've been looking into FreeView today and the switch for my area isn't
> until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my
> area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I
> can receive some channels now.
>
> It also says I'll suffer from a poor reception, that an aerial upgrade
> may be required and that I will have 47 TV channels/radio stations in
> orange status ("variable reception"). These are as follows:
>
> * BBC ONE
> * BBC TWO
> * BBC THREE
> * CBBC
> * BBC NEWS 24
> * BBCi
> * BBC FOUR
> * Cbeebies
> * BBC Parliament
> * The Community Channel
> * BBC Radio 1 (radio)
> * 1 Xtra BBC (radio)
> * BBC Radio 2 (radio)
> * BBC Radio 3 (radio)
> * BBC Radio 4 (radio)
> * BBC Radio 5 Live (radio)
> * BBC Five Live Sports Extra (radio)
> * BBC 6 Music (radio)
> * BBC 7 (radio)
> * BBC Asian Network (radio)
> * Five
> * QVC
> * UK Gold (subscription only)
> * bid tv
> * price-drop.tv
> * UKTV Style (subscription only)
> * Eurosport (subscription only)
> * SETANTA Sports (subscription only)
> * Five US
> * Five Life
> * TopUp Anytime1 (subscription only)
> * TopUp Anytime2 (subscription only)
> * TopUp Anytime3 (subscription only)
> * Teachers' TV
> * Television X (subscription only)
> * Teletext Holidays
> * Teletext Games
> * Heat (radio)
> * Mojo (radio)
> * UKTV History
> * The HITS
> * Dave TV
> * Virgin 1
> * TMF
> * Ideal World
> * Film 4
> * ITV 2+1
> * BBC World Service (radio)
> * The Hits Radio (radio)
> * Smash Hits! (radio)
> * KISS (radio)
> * Magic (radio)
> * Q (radio)
> * oneword (radio)
> * SMOOTH RADIO (radio)
> * Kerrang! (radio)
> * 4TV Interactive
>
> What I would like to know is what my chances are of receiving these
> channels at a "watch-able" quality. What exactly "variable reception"
> means in terms of quality. How come there's no ITV or C4.
>
> I'm not easily able to attach an aerial to the roof but a friend
> suggested this:
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115127&doy=2m11&C=SO&U=strat15
>
> I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. I figured that some people
> on the mailing list would have a better idea than I do. Thanks for any
> help any of you can provide me with :)
>
> Jai
>
>
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