TV Antenna Booster Help!

[Cheef]

As above guys and gals, Ive not got a decent signal in my room for my tv and digital box, due to a low low signal. Now I know there is a few electrical whiz's on here besides me who can tell/help me build a signal booster!!!

I will appreciate diagrams, component lists and any general help.


Cheers. CHEEF

 

[Arnold]

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It would be cheaper and easier to buy one from Argos

 

[Ian]

and probably be better.

 

[superls]

i deff agree with arnold, rather going to the trouble of designing one, then buying all the parts it would be far chearper to buy one ready made

 

[richj]

as far as i know, which is basically what my old man told me, signal boosters don't give you better reception, they just amplify the signal so that you can attach more tv's without degradation in the original signal. That makes sense to me... If you want better reception -> get better reception.... either with a better aerial or a better placed aerial. Unless of course, you believe in magic.

 

[capnmchl]

^ Bingo.

Maybe consider looking around for a second hand sat dish, and getting a freesat box if you have trouble getting freeview. I'm hoping though, that when they go completely digital, they'll boost the signal up.

 

[Micra 110]

when they go completely digital, they'll boost the signal up.

Never! I hate digital, the sound is good at cutting out at the wrong time - Analogue forever ....or am I flogging a dead Horse fwn

 

[AJBlair]

i think flogging a dead horse is what your doin,unfortunatly digital will happen,

which will be good aslong as we dont end up wid useless shopping channels and other crappy channels that have nothing on apart from stupid shows about #### all

not that i want to rant or anything,but hu wants to watch card making channels???

 

[capnmchl]

Well, we go completely digital here on the 6th of may.

Luckily we have sky digital, because we get shocking digital TV reception. Hence my suggest to freesat. Pointing something into the sky gets better results then having to point it through hills and trees and buildings.

 

[Cheef]

I only wanted dave and E4 and TMF and whats the other moosic channel?

 

[Ian]

as far as i know, which is basically what my old man told me, signal boosters don't give you better reception, they just amplify the signal so that you can attach more tv's without degradation in the original signal. That makes sense to me... If you want better reception -> get better reception.... either with a better aerial or a better placed aerial. Unless of course, you believe in magic.

Its what I thought, until we went to my uncles caravan. Without the signal booster on and the airel plugged into the TV reception is terrible... With it all hooked up, its great..

 

[Arnold]

Without the signal booster on and the airel plugged into the TV reception is terrible... With it all hooked up, its great..

Same here

 

[Bash1989]

my nan has problems with digital as it keeps cutting out around 6 in the evening and wont come back on until she wakes up ,it happens everyday too

 

[capnmchl]

You guys in yeovil running off the stockland transmitter?

Basically, do you point your aerial west?

 

[Bash1989]

i'm not sure really capnmchl my tv in my room is alright its just barwick where my nan live gets the problem

 

[Cheef]

Got mine sorted! bought a 24.99 digi box from aldi. works pretty good and nice clean picture. Its the size of a turbo timer!!

Thanks for the suggestions fellas.

 

[Ed]

as far as i know, which is basically what my old man told me, signal boosters don't give you better reception, they just amplify the signal so that you can attach more tv's without degradation in the original signal. That makes sense to me... If you want better reception -> get better reception.... either with a better aerial or a better placed aerial. Unless of course, you believe in magic.

Better placed aerial is always better, however signal boosters CAN work fine if its a case of the signal being too weak rather than the signal containing too much noise. Quite often I have found they can work fine.