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Some dodgy photos that you might find interestng........

Homeowner informed me that "Indian Builders" had installed this contract TV
aerial for him. It hadn't ever worked very well but they'd soldiered on with
it thinking that was as good as reception got in their area. I hadn't
removed the brass screws - they just weren't
there!http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2...072009001e.jpg

Non Penetrating Roof Mount on a £2.5million house! As we found it.....
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/5199/01072009714.jpg

Theres a bit more to this story actually. The house is a fancy architect
designed single story one, with floor to ceiling windows all the way round,
and sits slap bang in the middle of thick woodland with a lake etc.
When the house was built the owner specified that the aerial must not be
visible from anywhere at ground level. The house is used for photoshoots etc
and I guess a big aerial sticking up does nothing for the feng-shui or
similar.
Anyway, you can see the original installers have used a Triax high gain, and
simply ripped off the bottom reflector to enable it to be mounted
lower.Their NPRM was presumably thrown together from whatever they could
find on the installation day.
Somewhere along the line the cap has disappeared.......

What we replaced it with........Had quite a bit of trouble finding a decent
signal on all 6 muxes, and client didn't want to stump up for filters either
which made it more difficult. Eventually found an agreeable spot and with a
bit of help from a Vision masthead amp, everything came in lovely.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1870/01072009716.jpg

This last one, the ongoing TV reception saga had been the subject of much
heated debate. The tenants had asked for the old aerial to be upgraded due
to poor Freeview reception, and the landlord got a "handyman" to install
this aerial.
The tenants were'nt in when he installed it. They came home to a picture
that was much worse than before. The landlord refused to take any further
action because he'd just paid for a new aerial to be installed.
Eventually the landlord got fed up of the constant phone calls from the
tenants, and asked us to go and find out what was wrong. It was early
morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on their chimney and I
didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!
I couldn't find a brand name on this aerial, but it was the worst I've ever
seen in every way. One of the reflector elements had fallen off already,the
rest were wobbly & ready to drop and it was only about a month old......The
dipole connection was horrendous.
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6522/14072009003.jpg

Rogues photos
 

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...
Some dodgy photos that you might find interestng........

The last one is a classic! I've nicked it.

Bill

Rogues photos
 

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...
Some dodgy photos that you might find interestng........
snip
This last one, the ongoing TV reception saga had been the subject of much
heated debate. The tenants had asked for the old aerial to be upgraded due
to poor Freeview reception, and the landlord got a "handyman" to install
this aerial.
The tenants were'nt in when he installed it. They came home to a picture
that was much worse than before. The landlord refused to take any further
action because he'd just paid for a new aerial to be installed.
Eventually the landlord got fed up of the constant phone calls from the
tenants, and asked us to go and find out what was wrong. It was early
morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on their chimney and I
didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!
I couldn't find a brand name on this aerial, but it was the worst I've
ever seen in every way. One of the reflector elements had fallen off
already,the rest were wobbly & ready to drop and it was only about a month
old......The dipole connection was horrendous.
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6522/14072009003.jpg


Slap me if I'm wrong but hasn't the dipole been fitted behind the
reflector?!

So pointing into brick is the least of their problems

Steve Terry

Rogues photos
 

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:19 +0100, "Steve Terry"
wrote:

Slap me if I'm wrong but hasn't the dipole been fitted behind the
reflector?!

So pointing into brick is the least of their problems

Steve Terry

I think the OP mentioned that....

"It was early morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on
their chimney and I didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!"

Rogues photos
 

In message , CD
writes
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:19 +0100, "Steve Terry"
wrote:

Slap me if I'm wrong but hasn't the dipole been fitted behind the
reflector?!

So pointing into brick is the least of their problems

Steve Terry

I think the OP mentioned that....

"It was early morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on
their chimney and I didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!"

Maybe the aerial is actually receiving the signal off the back?
--
Ian

Rogues photos
 

What has always amazed me though is that there are simple to follow guides
in print and not on the web of how aerials work in laymans terms and how to
shove them up, to get anything as wrong as some of those described, anyone
must be kind of thick, or downright demented!

Brian

--
Brian Gaff -
Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff'
in the display name may be lost.
Blind user, so no pictures please!
"Steve Terry" wrote in message
...

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...
Some dodgy photos that you might find interestng........
snip
This last one, the ongoing TV reception saga had been the subject of much
heated debate. The tenants had asked for the old aerial to be upgraded
due to poor Freeview reception, and the landlord got a "handyman" to
install this aerial.
The tenants were'nt in when he installed it. They came home to a picture
that was much worse than before. The landlord refused to take any further
action because he'd just paid for a new aerial to be installed.
Eventually the landlord got fed up of the constant phone calls from the
tenants, and asked us to go and find out what was wrong. It was early
morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on their chimney and
I didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!
I couldn't find a brand name on this aerial, but it was the worst I've
ever seen in every way. One of the reflector elements had fallen off
already,the rest were wobbly & ready to drop and it was only about a
month old......The dipole connection was horrendous.
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6522/14072009003.jpg


Slap me if I'm wrong but hasn't the dipole been fitted behind the
reflector?!

So pointing into brick is the least of their problems

Steve Terry

Rogues photos
 

You'd be surprised Brian at the number of people who just can't seem to
comprehend that the outer braid has to be connected to something as well, or
simply join the outer braid and inner core together.




"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om...
What has always amazed me though is that there are simple to follow guides
in print and not on the web of how aerials work in laymans terms and how
to shove them up, to get anything as wrong as some of those described,
anyone must be kind of thick, or downright demented!

Rogues photos
 

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:06:34 +0100, "Ivan"
wrote:

You'd be surprised Brian at the number of people who just can't seem to
comprehend that the outer braid has to be connected to something as well, or
simply join the outer braid and inner core together.

I wonder whether some people see an almost unconscious analogy with the
telescopic aerial on a portable radio. That is a single metal object.
Perhaps lurking in their minds is the idea that a TV aerial is just
another single metal object of a mysterious shape that has to be put
higher up, and that it needs only a single wire to connect it.




"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
. com...
What has always amazed me though is that there are simple to follow guides
in print and not on the web of how aerials work in laymans terms and how
to shove them up, to get anything as wrong as some of those described,
anyone must be kind of thick, or downright demented!


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Rogues photos
 

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
om...
What has always amazed me though is that there are simple to follow guides
in print and not on the web of how aerials work in laymans terms and how
to shove them up, to get anything as wrong as some of those described,
anyone must be kind of thick, or downright demented!

Brian

I've seen all sorts of silly errors, like elements that haven't been folded
up & clicked into place etc, but never one like this before! Another rare
one which I've only come across once was a high gain aerial with the
reflectors reversed. So its like this ----

Another one I always wished I'd photographed was years ago when I started
out, a contract aerial with 6 cables forced into the terminals! I see
terrible work every day, but don't usually bother taking photos unless it's
a "special" one like the one above.




--
Brian Gaff -
Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff'
in the display name may be lost.
Blind user, so no pictures please!
"Steve Terry" wrote in message
...

"-GB-Carpy" wrote in message
...
Some dodgy photos that you might find interestng........
snip
This last one, the ongoing TV reception saga had been the subject of
much heated debate. The tenants had asked for the old aerial to be
upgraded due to poor Freeview reception, and the landlord got a
"handyman" to install this aerial.
The tenants were'nt in when he installed it. They came home to a picture
that was much worse than before. The landlord refused to take any
further action because he'd just paid for a new aerial to be installed.
Eventually the landlord got fed up of the constant phone calls from the
tenants, and asked us to go and find out what was wrong. It was early
morning when I first glanced at this aerial sitting on their chimney and
I didn't spot the obvious problem straight away!
I couldn't find a brand name on this aerial, but it was the worst I've
ever seen in every way. One of the reflector elements had fallen off
already,the rest were wobbly & ready to drop and it was only about a
month old......The dipole connection was horrendous.
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6522/14072009003.jpg


Slap me if I'm wrong but hasn't the dipole been fitted behind the
reflector?!

So pointing into brick is the least of their problems

Steve Terry

Rogues photos
 

You'd be surprised Brian at the number of people who just can't seem to
comprehend that the outer braid has to be connected to something as well,
or simply join the outer braid and inner core together.

I had a GSM handsfree glass-mount wired like that. Both ends of the cable.
The entire fleet all done the same.

--
Graham.

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