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Dennis

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......new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

I've got a couple of croc leads hooked to some jumper wire without any luck.



Thanks for any suggestions (nice or otherwise...)
 
"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

I've got a couple of croc leads hooked to some jumper wire without any
luck.



Thanks for any suggestions (nice or otherwise...)
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Easiest would be to buy an antenna plus mounting stuff from Bunnings and put
it up yourself, it's not rocket science. The question then is what's the
added value in the installer. If he does the job right he'll attend properly
to grounding, but my guess is that that isn't always done.

If you really want to bash something together yourself for fun, then there's
plenty of info on building antennas on the web, but you may find it a
surprisingly fiddly exercise.
 
"Bruce Varley" <bv@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

I've got a couple of croc leads hooked to some jumper wire without any
luck.



Thanks for any suggestions (nice or otherwise...)

Easiest would be to buy an antenna plus mounting stuff from Bunnings and
put it up yourself, it's not rocket science. The question then is what's
the added value in the installer. If he does the job right he'll attend
properly to grounding, but my guess is that that isn't always done.

If you really want to bash something together yourself for fun, then
there's plenty of info on building antennas on the web, but you may find
it a surprisingly fiddly exercise.
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Cheers Bruce - $130 from Bunnings for Antenna/cable/bargeboard
mount/connector plate. Installed & works well. Probably as good as the what
I would have received for the $200 I expected to pay an installer.

The bargeboard mount is a bit crappy - it needs some guy wires, that can be
a job for tomorrow when I work out how to run them in under the roof
tiles....

Thanks for the suggestion.
 
"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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"Bruce Varley" <bv@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

I've got a couple of croc leads hooked to some jumper wire without any
luck.



Thanks for any suggestions (nice or otherwise...)

Easiest would be to buy an antenna plus mounting stuff from Bunnings and
put it up yourself, it's not rocket science. The question then is what's
the added value in the installer. If he does the job right he'll attend
properly to grounding, but my guess is that that isn't always done.

If you really want to bash something together yourself for fun, then
there's plenty of info on building antennas on the web, but you may find
it a surprisingly fiddly exercise.


Cheers Bruce - $130 from Bunnings for Antenna/cable/bargeboard
mount/connector plate. Installed & works well. Probably as good as the
what I would have received for the $200 I expected to pay an installer.

The bargeboard mount is a bit crappy - it needs some guy wires, that can
be a job for tomorrow when I work out how to run them in under the roof
tiles....

Thanks for the suggestion.

If it's going to be permanent, attend to the grounding. It's a safety issue.
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On 8/04/2011 9:09 PM, Bruce Varley wrote:
"Dennis"<Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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"Bruce Varley"<bv@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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"Dennis"<Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

I've got a couple of croc leads hooked to some jumper wire without any
luck.



Thanks for any suggestions (nice or otherwise...)

Easiest would be to buy an antenna plus mounting stuff from Bunnings and
put it up yourself, it's not rocket science. The question then is what's
the added value in the installer. If he does the job right he'll attend
properly to grounding, but my guess is that that isn't always done.

If you really want to bash something together yourself for fun, then
there's plenty of info on building antennas on the web, but you may find
it a surprisingly fiddly exercise.


Cheers Bruce - $130 from Bunnings for Antenna/cable/bargeboard
mount/connector plate. Installed& works well. Probably as good as the
what I would have received for the $200 I expected to pay an installer.

The bargeboard mount is a bit crappy - it needs some guy wires, that can
be a job for tomorrow when I work out how to run them in under the roof
tiles....

Thanks for the suggestion.

If it's going to be permanent, attend to the grounding. It's a safety issue.


Having not followed the thread I have to ask what do you wish to ground ?
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"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?
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Half wave dipole for approx 200 MHz - ie 2 wires 38cm a side on a bit of
wood - connected to coax feedline.
 
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"Dennis" <Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

Half wave dipole for approx 200 MHz - ie 2 wires 38cm a side on a bit of
wood - connected to coax feedline.
Click to expand...
Thanks - I'll try that next time - I went the bunnings route.
 
On 8/04/2011 10:57 PM, Dennis wrote:
about 1/2 metre then bare and twist the end
"vk3ye"<nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
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"Dennis"<Dennis@blibber.com> wrote in message
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.....new Toshiba 40" LCD TV, but the antenna installer is not due for
another week.....

What's a Q&D lash up for an antenna?

Half wave dipole for approx 200 MHz - ie 2 wires 38cm a side on a bit of
wood - connected to coax feedline.


Thanks - I'll try that next time - I went the bunnings route.


A simple way is strip back some figure 8 about a metre
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bare and twist one end then tape it to the wall or a support in a
diamond or square fitting a plug to the other end and the twin will act
as a feeder the loop as a quad , usually works although may need some
orientation side on

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