Aerail installer in Bristol

Can anyone recommend an installer in the South Bristol area? A "proper"
one, not a man who happens to own a ladder! (that's what I got last time
)

spig wrote:
Can anyone recommend an installer in the South Bristol area? A
"proper" one, not a man who happens to own a ladder! (that's what I
got last time )

No, but ...

I'm in south Bristol, and the Ilchester Crescent transmitter should
serve most of the area without much difficulty. You don't need a
so-called 'digital' aerial - just a sensible Group B.

Whereabouts are you? Can you not do a DIY job with new CT100 coax?

André Coutanche

André Coutanche wrote:
|| spig wrote:
||| Can anyone recommend an installer in the South Bristol area? A
||| "proper" one, not a man who happens to own a ladder! (that's what I
||| got last time )
||
|| No, but ...
||
|| I'm in south Bristol, and the Ilchester Crescent transmitter should
|| serve most of the area without much difficulty.

Unless of course one happens to live smack behind the remains of the last
Wills building!

André Coutanche wrote:
spig wrote:
Can anyone recommend an installer in the South Bristol area? A
"proper" one, not a man who happens to own a ladder! (that's what I
got last time )

No, but ...

I'm in south Bristol, and the Ilchester Crescent transmitter should
serve most of the area without much difficulty. You don't need a
so-called 'digital' aerial - just a sensible Group B.

Whereabouts are you? Can you not do a DIY job with new CT100 coax?

André Coutanche

Just off Wells Road, top of Red Lion Hill. Existing aerial points to
Mendip, gives a reasonable analogue picture but we get a lot of break-up
on digital. I'm too old to be clambering about on the roof or I would
have a go myself!

spig wrote:
André Coutanche wrote:

Whereabouts are you? Can you not do a DIY job with new CT100 coax?

Just off Wells Road, top of Red Lion Hill. Existing aerial points
to Mendip, gives a reasonable analogue picture but we get a lot of
break-up on digital. I'm too old to be clambering about on the roof
or I would have a go myself!

Right. It may be that just replacing the co-ax with CT100 would do the
trick, or you could try pointing at Ilchester Crescent instead of
Mendip - though strictly speaking you'd need a different band aerial
and you would certainly need to rotate it for vertical polarisation
from Ilchester Crescent rather than Mendip's horizontal.

If the existing aerial isn't safely accessible, you could consider a
new installation with a vertically polarised Group B aerial pointing
at Ilchester Crescent and CT100 co-ax. You might well find that a
(safe) loft installation would be fine.

André Coutanche

André Coutanche wrote:
spig wrote:
André Coutanche wrote:

Whereabouts are you? Can you not do a DIY job with new CT100 coax?

Just off Wells Road, top of Red Lion Hill. Existing aerial points
to Mendip, gives a reasonable analogue picture but we get a lot of
break-up on digital. I'm too old to be clambering about on the roof
or I would have a go myself!

Right. It may be that just replacing the co-ax with CT100 would do the
trick, or you could try pointing at Ilchester Crescent instead of
Mendip - though strictly speaking you'd need a different band aerial
and you would certainly need to rotate it for vertical polarisation
from Ilchester Crescent rather than Mendip's horizontal.

If the existing aerial isn't safely accessible, you could consider a
new installation with a vertically polarised Group B aerial pointing
at Ilchester Crescent and CT100 co-ax. You might well find that a
(safe) loft installation would be fine.

André Coutanche

I might try your suggestion of a loft aerial and CT100 cable (I didn't
know there were different qualities of cable, electric string is
electric string I always thought!)

I'll have a look in B&Q at Hartcliffe and see what they have.

Thanks for the assistance.

If you can't find CT100 then WF100 is the same just with a foam dialetric
instead of an air spaced dialetric. Doubt very much that the sheds will sell
CT100 or equivalent. Read once that the decent coax that Screwfix sell is
CT100, but they call it something different. Otherwise order from
http://www.tvaerials.com/shop.aspx?categoryid=107, for example.

I'm in north Bristol, and have a loft mounted aerial pointing at Mendip and
get excellent reception using an old Yagi aerial, but fully rewired with
WF100 cable to all the outlets.


"spig" wrote in message
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André Coutanche wrote:
spig wrote:
André Coutanche wrote:

Whereabouts are you? Can you not do a DIY job with new CT100 coax?

Just off Wells Road, top of Red Lion Hill. Existing aerial points
to Mendip, gives a reasonable analogue picture but we get a lot of
break-up on digital. I'm too old to be clambering about on the roof
or I would have a go myself!

Right. It may be that just replacing the co-ax with CT100 would do the
trick, or you could try pointing at Ilchester Crescent instead of
Mendip - though strictly speaking you'd need a different band aerial
and you would certainly need to rotate it for vertical polarisation
from Ilchester Crescent rather than Mendip's horizontal.

If the existing aerial isn't safely accessible, you could consider a
new installation with a vertically polarised Group B aerial pointing
at Ilchester Crescent and CT100 co-ax. You might well find that a (safe)
loft installation would be fine.

André Coutanche

I might try your suggestion of a loft aerial and CT100 cable (I didn't
know there were different qualities of cable, electric string is electric
string I always thought!)

I'll have a look in B&Q at Hartcliffe and see what they have.

Thanks for the assistance.

Piers James wrote:
If you can't find CT100 then WF100 is the same just with a foam
dialetric instead of an air spaced dialetric.

Yes - I should have written "CT100 or equivalent" - but it takes too
long to type ;-) .

Doubt very much that the sheds will sell CT100 or equivalent. Read
once that the decent coax that Screwfix sell is CT100, but they call
it something different. Otherwise order from
http://www.tvaerials.com/shop.aspx?categoryid=107, for example.

I think they might well sell it, but, as you say, perhaps under a
different name. I'm pretty sure that B&Q, for instance, have what they
call 'satellite grade' (OSLT) cable.

I'm in north Bristol, and have a loft mounted aerial pointing at
Mendip and get excellent reception using an old Yagi aerial, but
fully rewired with WF100 cable to all the outlets.

Right. It's the cable that (often) makes the difference!

André Coutanche

Not sure I'd trust what the sheds sell, least of all B&Q!!


"André Coutanche" wrote in message
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Piers James wrote:
If you can't find CT100 then WF100 is the same just with a foam
dialetric instead of an air spaced dialetric.

Yes - I should have written "CT100 or equivalent" - but it takes too long
to type ;-) .

Doubt very much that the sheds will sell CT100 or equivalent. Read once
that the decent coax that Screwfix sell is CT100, but they call it
something different. Otherwise order from
http://www.tvaerials.com/shop.aspx?categoryid=107, for example.

I think they might well sell it, but, as you say, perhaps under a
different name. I'm pretty sure that B&Q, for instance, have what they
call 'satellite grade' (OSLT) cable.

I'm in north Bristol, and have a loft mounted aerial pointing at
Mendip and get excellent reception using an old Yagi aerial, but
fully rewired with WF100 cable to all the outlets.

Right. It's the cable that (often) makes the difference!

André Coutanche

I think they might well sell it, but, as you say, perhaps under a
different name. I'm pretty sure that B&Q, for instance, have what they
call 'satellite grade' (OSLT) cable.

B&Q satellite grade is often RG6 which is aluminium screened rather than
copper on copper. It's not generally recommended.
Screwfix stuff is either Philex or Webro whichever they have in stock. I
find both good and both are CAI approved.