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How much does, at DSO, an aerial or satellite dish installation cost?

Given the Digital Switch Over (DSO), and the recession. Many retired people are apprehensive of being tied into Sky packages particularly those on fixed incomes, many are not aware of other options in spite of Digital UK efforts...

Given the Digital Switch Over (DSO), and the recession. Many r
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Les Nicol writes:

In this county which is largely rural (and there must be others) there is a large if not the largest social grouping being retired people.

I am aware of a measure of discontent relating to channel limitation and for some (probably a minority) who can't get terrestrial due to the local geography (those living through the Dalveen Pass for example) and have not any option but to go down the Satellite route.

Many in both these categories are apprehensive of being tied into Sky subscription packages particularly those on fixed incomes, many are not aware of other options in spite of Digital UK's input to this effect.



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Mike Armstrong
Wednesday 9 September 2009 1:36AM
Jordy,
where did you get your info on the self help system planned for conie glen ?
as the local engineer in this area and installer of the original UHF active deflector
system 25 years ago it's news to me,
Jordy
Sunday 1 November 2009 12:18PM
Mike Armstrong - My apologies i've only noticed this post. There was consultation done between Arqiva and Ofcom on the viability of this self help deflector. A license was applied for and was granted, the "new" active deflector was to have Divis as it's parent which is what interested me due to the sea path involved and propagation. I did not know there was an existing system there, no records exist of there being a self help at Conie Glen. Perhaps you could put me right on that. An ex IBA engineer who was consulting on the project contacted me as i did a lot of transmitter/ rigging/ planning work for the ITA/ IBA some years ago in that area of Scotland and lived in the area around 20 years ago... I was quite keen to visit Conie Glen to see how the system would work. Any information on the existing setup or tales of how you set up the original system would be of great interest to me... I do not know what the status of the new deflector is but i would imagine if you were the original builder then they should consult you.
Colin Jones
Sunday 16 May 2010 11:37AM
About three weeks ago we lost most of our free view channels. i telephoned the dso who told me they were doing work on the M1 corridor at chesterfield and the work would last two weeks.
we still cant get BBC1,2,3,4; ITV1,2,3; Ch4,E4 More4; Ch5... the list goes on. Of course we can get terrestrial channels on analogue but its not the same. Can you tell me if i am being told the truth for area S44 6J* or is it a load of fobb off
Mike Dimmick
Sunday 16 May 2010 11:09PM Reading
Colin Jones: at S44 6J* you could be using Emley Moor, where transmissions have moved (on 14 April) to the reserve antenna. This is slightly further down the tower - and you already have a small signal drop due to terrain - and power has been reduced slightly.

The Chesterfield transmitter is very low power and at 10km away I think a little far for you. My estimate reckons Mux 1 (BBC One, Two, Three) is probably marginal at 29% strength (maximum possible with a wideband aerial), Mux 2 (ITV1, 2, C4) at about the same but I reckon you need at least 30% for Mux 2 and Mux A to work properly (my assumption - that the minimum signal given in the box's spec is the minimum required for it to see anything, not for the quasi-error-free conditions). Mux A is poor at less than 25%, it probably won't work at all.

The two transmitters are in similar directions - Emley Moor slightly north of north-west - but Chesterfield is vertically polarized, so your aerial's elements would be pointing up-and-down rather than side-to-side.

The work at Emley Moor is scheduled to finish on 16 June. You might briefly get some good signals tomorrow as they're testing half of the refurbished antenna, but they'll be switching it back again on Tuesday.
Colin Jones
Monday 17 May 2010 6:10PM
Mike Dimmick, Thankyou for the responce to my post which has been helpful. To be honest we have had some improvement today and it may be worth waiting until 16 June before we go any further. This would as least give us a better starting point and may resolve most of our problems.
Colin Jones@S44 6J*
colin jones
Saturday 17 July 2010 10:52PM Chesterfield
freeview.co.uk .....
state on their website whether or not you can get freeview. it now seems that some of the area where we live will not be able to receive freeview until September 2011.
john mills
Thursday 20 January 2011 9:50AM
AVC have got the work so remember the same people how install your sky as sub contractors will be trashing your house and they get paid peanuts and give 8 jobs a day so customer care will be last on their list and completing their jobs comes first and if you get a local install to do the work you always have a personal point of contact for after care not avc when you could get a different install every time
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