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Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

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"Madge" wrote in message
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Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

If I was marketing an indoor aerial I would include 8 metres of coax and a
low gain amplifier. The coax would be an optional extension. The fact is, by
relocating an indoor aerial near a window looking towards to Tx you can
usually improve reception far more than by any other means. I see no need
for high gain amps with variable attenuators built in. And a low gain amp is
most unlikely to suffer overload.

Bill

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Madge wrote:

Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

Of the 32 indoor aerials they tested (priced between 3.99 and 29.99) they
found one at 9.99 performed the best. What is unbelievable about that?

There was another at 19.99 which worked equally well - buy that one if it
makes you feel better.
--

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Madge" wrote in message
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Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

If I was marketing an indoor aerial I would include 8 metres of coax and a
low gain amplifier. The coax would be an optional extension. The fact is,
by relocating an indoor aerial near a window looking towards to Tx you can
usually improve reception far more than by any other means. I see no need
for high gain amps with variable attenuators built in. And a low gain amp
is most unlikely to suffer overload.

That may very well be true, and indeed is, but they are testing all under
the
same conditions so it shouldn't affect the overall result (not that you said
it would).
You could do even better by including 15 meters of cable and sticking it in
the
loft :O)

Interestingly it has more forward gain than an 18 element monster maplin
sell.

http://www.blake-uk.com/prod_product...n_telecam.aspx
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...94 8&doy=11m7

I have a 14 element aerial from maplin

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...o=893&doy=11m7

Which is even worse!!

I think I will get one of those 9.99 ones and stick it on the loft!!!

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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:55:44 +0100, nospam
wrote:

Madge wrote:

Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

Of the 32 indoor aerials they tested (priced between 3.99 and 29.99) they
found one at 9.99 performed the best. What is unbelievable about that?

There was another at 19.99 which worked equally well - buy that one if it
makes you feel better.

The Argos website (which has both) says about the cheaper TCE2000:
"This product may be substituted with a Telecom TCE2001 which is of a
similar specification but cosmetically different."

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Madge wrote:
Tests have found that an indoor aerial costing just £9.99 is the most
effective for receiving digital television.

http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/en/news-m...icroscope.html

What they actualy said was that there was an independant test of indoor
aerials WRT receiving Digital Signals. They didn't say it was the best
way to do it. n fact if you go to the actual test web site, it seems
that they know what they are talking about and have done a pretty good
test.

I was pleased to see theat the beastie that came out tops looked
identical to one I bought a few years ago when I worked at a South
London school. Pulled channels 1-4 (and possibly 5) in brialliantly!
Then again, you could see CP very clearly out of the window.

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Bazzer Smith wrote:

Interestingly it has more forward gain than an 18 element monster maplin
sell.

I wouldn't believe either of those figures you cite. The little indoor
log-periodics manage about 3 or 4 dBd across the band; the figures given
for the 'wideband Yagi' will be at the top end of the band. In group A
the gain is likely to be much less.

--
Andy

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