Oops I left the splitter at home

Found this tucked away behind a chimney today. Bit of an odd one. The
average mux level coming direct from the aerial was about 43dBuV. But
whoever did this has then used these 2 splitters in series.Aerial feeds into
middle of left splitter.

The 2 points fed from the right splitter hardly worked at all, and the 1
point fed from the first one was dodgy on a good day. Obviously these are
indoors splitters, and they've just used insulating tape to try and
waterproof. The aerial was also a tiny wideband one, yet on a huge huge
mast. Lack of knowledge perhaps?

But then they have taken lots of time to weave the lashing wire securing the
splitters. Odd.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8162/nicework3.jpg

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Found this tucked away behind a chimney today. Bit of an odd one. The
average mux level coming direct from the aerial was about 43dBuV. But
whoever did this has then used these 2 splitters in series.Aerial feeds
into middle of left splitter.

The 2 points fed from the right splitter hardly worked at all, and the 1
point fed from the first one was dodgy on a good day. Obviously these are
indoors splitters, and they've just used insulating tape to try and
waterproof. The aerial was also a tiny wideband one, yet on a huge huge
mast. Lack of knowledge perhaps?

But then they have taken lots of time to weave the lashing wire securing
the splitters. Odd.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8162/nicework3.jpg

Yes, it does have the 'enthusiastic amateur' air doesn't it?

\\\\bill

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Found this tucked away behind a chimney today. Bit of an odd one. The
average mux level coming direct from the aerial was about 43dBuV. But
whoever did this has then used these 2 splitters in series.Aerial feeds
into middle of left splitter.

The 2 points fed from the right splitter hardly worked at all, and the 1
point fed from the first one was dodgy on a good day. Obviously these are
indoors splitters, and they've just used insulating tape to try and
waterproof. The aerial was also a tiny wideband one, yet on a huge huge
mast. Lack of knowledge perhaps?

But then they have taken lots of time to weave the lashing wire securing
the splitters. Odd.

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8162/nicework3.jpg

Forgot to mention, it was all replaced with a Vision 4 way masthead.

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Bill might like that for his rogue's gallery.

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Those thin roof tiles look as if they would break soon as look at them let
alone take the weight of a persons feet / ladders etc. Were they as fragile
as they look ?

Roger R

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Those thin roof tiles look as if they would break soon as look at them let
alone take the weight of a persons feet / ladders etc. Were they as fragile

as they look ?

They are probably Rosemarys, which are plain clay tiles. They are indeed
brittle. Imagine putting a continuous layer of digestive biscuits on the
floor and then walking across it.

Bill

They are probably Rosemarys, which are plain clay tiles. They are
indeed brittle. Imagine putting a continuous layer of digestive
biscuits on the floor and then walking across it.


I'd always assumed that master riggers went on to learn how to walk on
such things* after warming up on rice paper (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVVqBlcTjHU&NR=1)

(Being a wimp^2, I used fear-of-cracking-them as an excuse for using a
roof ladder with Marley Eternits!)

*the tiles, that is. Wouldn't any canny rigger grab the biscuits for
his tea?
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Those thin roof tiles look as if they would break soon as look at them let
alone take the weight of a persons feet / ladders etc. Were they as
fragile as they look ?

Roger R


They were pretty flimsy ones. There's another type which are thinner, and
also curved somewhat. No idea what they are called, but they break even when
you don't look at them.....

I usually just end up whipping out a few patches of tiles and walking up on
the timbers. It's a pain in the arse and health & safety would no dount
choke on their soft rounded biscuits but it's the only way to do it and not
break tiles.