What was that noise?
 

Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when there was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

Its next doors aerial, and its taken a chunk out of my guttering and broken
a small piece of roof tile.


(Bill, while you're up there I don't suppose.. .. )

--
Graham.



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Masthead amp on a 10 element?


"Graham" wrote in message
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Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when there was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

Its next doors aerial, and its taken a chunk out of my guttering and
broken
a small piece of roof tile.


(Bill, while you're up there I don't suppose.. .. )

--
Graham.



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-GB-Carpy said the following on 2005-04-22 23:38:
Masthead amp on a 10 element?



Funny you should mention that...

Nearly all the aerials round here are 8 - 12 element jobbies, yet have
masthead amplifiers? There are a few identical high gain ones
(presumably On Digital installs?) and not one has a mast head amplifier.

Is there any sense in using a normal aerial + amp rather than a higher
gain aerial?

Kev wrote:
Is there any sense in using a normal aerial + amp rather than a higher
gain aerial?

Yes, the aerial is cheaper and you can persuade the customer to pay more
for the amplifier.

Owain

Graham wrote:
Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when there was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

Its next doors aerial, and its taken a chunk out of my guttering and broken
a small piece of roof tile.


(Bill, while you're up there I don't suppose.. .. )

Well that'll be an insurance claim then..............................
Dave
Post Pub syndrome . . . . . . .
i.e Bil after a few "Rudolph Revenge"'s then . . . . .

"Owain" wrote in message
...
Kev wrote:
Is there any sense in using a normal aerial + amp rather than a higher
gain aerial?

Yes, the aerial is cheaper and you can persuade the customer to pay more
for the amplifier.

Owain

My maxim is ‘aluminium before silicon’ but to be fair the amp is one of
those outsider multipoint jobbies .
My aerial is at half that height on T&K’s at the back, the signal is a
little weaker in the summer due to distant trees on the boom axis, but it’s
only noticeable on a meter, and they cause no noticeable ghosting on
analogue.

--
Graham.



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Owain said the following on 2005-04-23 00:10:
Kev wrote:

Is there any sense in using a normal aerial + amp rather than a higher
gain aerial?


Yes, the aerial is cheaper and you can persuade the customer to pay more
for the amplifier.

That's what I was thinking - obviously a fair few cowboys round here then...

Kev

"Dave Spam" wrote in message
...
Graham wrote:
Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when there
was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

I have often seen when a large crow/seagull decides to take-off from a TV
antenna the said antenna/poll undergoes a severe wobble (Newton's action and
re-action)
I have often thought that could pull the whole lot off the chimney, maybe
thats what happened.

If the aerial had been installed properly then no winged creature should be
able to bring it down.

It looks like this one had the top u-bolt tightened too far, which would
have crimped the mast making it extremely weak at this point.


"Zach" wrote in message
...
"Dave Spam" wrote in message
...
Graham wrote:
Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when there
was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

I have often seen when a large crow/seagull decides to take-off from a TV
antenna the said antenna/poll undergoes a severe wobble (Newton's action
and
re-action)
I have often thought that could pull the whole lot off the chimney, maybe
thats what happened.

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...
If the aerial had been installed properly then no winged creature should
be
able to bring it down.

It looks like this one had the top u-bolt tightened too far, which would
have crimped the mast making it extremely weak at this point.


"Zach" wrote in message
...
"Dave Spam" wrote in message
...
Graham wrote:
Was just minding my own business in the lounge after dinner when
there
was
this almighty crash.

http://snipurl.com/e6o1

Wasn't a breath of wind either.

I have often seen when a large crow/seagull decides to take-off from a
TV
antenna the said antenna/poll undergoes a severe wobble (Newton's action
and
re-action)
I have often thought that could pull the whole lot off the chimney,
maybe
thats what happened.


My aerial is the same type on T&K's at the back and barely clears the
roofline, and performs well.
I wasn't too happy about their installation because it was unnecessarily
high and inevitably succumbed to Newton's Revenge, albeit after about 15
years which I suppose is a good run.

I surmised the rigger was a bit of a cowboy when, after hearing from the
then owner that I could watch the output of my VCR in several rooms, asked
me how it was done!

--
Graham.



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