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bobSaturday 15 August 2009 11:36AM
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Here I was just trying to help - no need to delete my comment surely? :-)bob: Sorry, I thought I just marked it as "read". I have restored it. JordySaturday 15 August 2009 6:52PM
Comments from other forums - Suggest this crowd are trading as JUST AERIALS in that area... Need to fairly clear there are a lot of aerial companies called just aerials and reputable firms at that...RobertSunday 16 August 2009 9:03AM
Excellent - this might keep some cowboys away for a while.... but I doubt it will last long if at all.daveSunday 16 August 2009 9:18AM
they should report him for dangerous driving.dave: I would have thought that the very fact the guy is breathing is sufficient reason to find offence. Robert: It is certainly a good pointer to the cowboy techniques. For example, turning up in five minutes without any testing equipment should be suspicious. Jordy: I think the advert is in the item. Just to be clear, it is JUST AERIALS in NOTTINGHAM only. JordySunday 16 August 2009 2:14PM
Brian - But they have since changed their name and trading under this new name of JUST AERIALS... I think it's important to be crystal clear as a quick bit of googling finds a reputable firm called JUST AERIALS in the Nottingham area... Essentially they're doing that proper firm harm now...Jordy: That's they way these guys operate. I used to own a limited company with a bit of an obscure name.
I wasn't very happy to find someone using my registered name for their 'company' about two miles away.
I guess people try and use other people's reputations. Felim DoyleSaturday 22 August 2009 1:21PM
Aylesbury Brian ...
"bob: Sorry, I thought I just marked it as "read". I have restored it."
... surely you marked it as "RED"!ms d gregoryWednesday 16 September 2009 11:06AM
have you ever been to oakham in rutland, were you after a mr sean smith hill road oakham. I dont know how these two can sleep at night trading like that TIMHTuesday 27 July 2010 12:09PM
Arundel Can anyone recommend a good aerial fitter in or near Yapton West Sussex?ianSaturday 20 November 2010 9:11PM
how did he know what size ladders he would,
no cats
no roof racks for tripples
do you think they got several vans on the road all doing the same thing
swines
dont want the police knocking at my door for enciting violence but a good kicking would have not gone un noticed lolJoe CroftSaturday 4 June 2011 11:31AM
Swansea AA.Aerials Swansea.
Disgusting he should be locked up .GarethMonday 15 August 2011 5:59PM
As a retired telecomms engineer, I am amazed that so many huge, ugly so-called "digital" aerials are springing up on roofs all over Cardiff. Some of them look like fringe aerials to me and have HUGE reflector elements at the rear, with crossed-directors. To my mind, they are a complete overkill, bearing in mind most of the city is within line of sight of the local transmitter at Wenvoe, which is just 3 or 4 miles away. I live in a small valley within the city, and can get a full strength signal on my PVR using a simple set-top Yagi aerial. What's going on here???Gareth: Yes, that is correct they are overkill, but before switchover Wenvoe only broadcast most of the multiplexes at 5kW - compared to today's 100kW/50kW. It is likely that people went for the larger aerials back when the signal was weak. Mike DimmickTuesday 16 August 2011 4:51PM
Gareth: Unfortunately many installers aren't worth the name - they don't have the right equipment or the right training. Even at 5kW there was plenty of signal (some transmitters intended to cover an area of a few miles, such as Nottingham or Sheffield, have far less than this even after switchover).
A high-gain aerial leads to a good chance of intermodulation problems if you're that close to the transmitter. A high-power analogue signal actually does much less damage to a digital signal through intermodulation than a high-power digital signal does to itself or to other digital signals. They're probably suffering with break-up problems that would be easily corrected with an attenuator.
Technically, Wenvoe required a Group K or wideband aerial before switchover, and the wider the response bandwidth, the more elements are typically required. The 'X'-type directors and active element have a wider bandwidth and more gain than a plain dipole does, so higher gain can be achieved from fewer elements than an equivalent plain Yagi, but there's not a lot in it.
A Group B still has substantial gain down at C30, one 18-element Yagi was measured at 8.3 dB on C30 and 10 dB on C34, so the difference of 3 dB between the power output on those two multiplexes probably offset the lower gain from the aerial.
The higher-gain aerial is usually more directional as well, which could be an advantage with nearby sources of interference, but as I say, best to couple it with some attenuation to offset the gain!GarethTuesday 16 August 2011 5:41PM
Thanks for the responses guys. Strangely enough, the new high gain aerials have been put up in recent weeks/months, well after the digital switchover. I have no gripe with "overkill", but some of them look so awful, especially on small bungalows! I wish more people would realise they don't need these ugly beasts! Oh well....Gareth: I can't disagree with that. Ron LakeSaturday 11 August 2012 8:38PM
Just seen this vid, (been in Hosp and the tv's dont work lol) This guy and his son should be publicly flogged in the town square. I would never advocate transportation to the Colonies for nicking a half loaf to feed your starving kids, but this b*****d is just a greedy con man. Bring back the cat I say.DaveSunday 30 December 2012 11:00AM
Ron Lake:
I have noticed over the last 12 months theres less and less of the out of town boys coming to my neck of the woods.
In my opinion it was the biggest con of the decade.
The media in general can take all the brownie points for putting it on the plate for all the sharks of this world to have a good old feed.
My phones at the change over period were going non stop from customers so worried that they wouldnt be able to receive TV reception on there old equipment.
It wasnt just the shady aerial riggers that were taking advantage of the situation it was also retailers, both large and small, some not that well known and others that have been on the go for years.
Thinking about it quite seriously, if I had personaly took advantage of all the work offered to me directly through my workshops I would have had to employ and train six maybe more aerial installers, which together with public employers liabilty, extra vans ladders, meters, and tools, and together having to make extra profits on top run into alot of money which has to come from somewhere (The customer).
The point im trying to make is, its easy for me to be honest and up front to a customer far as works required because ive always got more work coming in than I can handle.
If I didnt have the work to cover my exspenses then I would proberly be making a rod for my own back.
I won't mention business by name but theres a few that I know actually ceased contracting aerial and satellite work out and then employed staff to do the job after sending them on one of those tick tick courses lol, sorry I always have a giggle when thinking about some poor old customer who gets drawn in by the tick.Theres another one but dont want to get drawn into size does matter politics
Love to know what hands on experience the teachers there have had and have givin to there pupils, because what ive seen, a few of them should be on watch dog, not for ripping people off, but for dangerous installations and over all bad workmanship.
You cant blame the lads because they have never had the chance to be properly trained working along side riggers thats been in the game for years
Its a bit like the sparky saying.... Anyone with a little common sense can make a bulb switch on/off, but wether its safe and done correctly is another story.
Alot will say, ahh but things are different now what with digital reception.
I totaly agree with them, things have never been so easy as what they are now, what with the terestrial transmitters kicking out 100kw instead of 10kw,and alot more of them. Didnt have repeaters in them days,also you now have Satellites kicking out 50watts and upwards up against the 5watts that we old ones were used to back in the mirror vision days needing a 1.6-2m dishs, yes maxwell was in the satellite market years before murdoc, he was feeding cable TV in parts of London.
After saying that the mechs of fixing still should remain the same, its just on a smaller scale.
I know my spelling is poor haha
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