Cowboys` Locker, or how to install a TV aerial, not. Main Page List. Scholars welcome ! Brackets / Clamps Shop. A. T. V Home / Index. Online Shop. Aerials Shop. Contact Us. Freedelivery on orders over . Shop. Contact Us. Poles / Masts. Poles / Masts Shop. Poles / Brackets Tests. Cowboys’ Locker Gordon Bennet, things must be bad in the aerial trade around Elland if they can`t. Now I`m a pretty charitable sort, and if this particular. OK, just a spare blade...). Also see Cranky Satellite Install and Hacksawitus)Now I accept that the 1. Good Lord, evenmy wife knows that six inches is not always big enough, and she`s. Also note the ungalvanised rusty finish. My first thought when I saw this install was unprintable, the bleedin` aerials pointing. However on meeting the house owner he revealed that he was in fact the chairman of. RSPCA, that`s the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aerials. He had cleverly worked out that by placing the antenna in this position it would. Fair play to him, you can`t argue with logic like that. In fact I actually began wondering if we could get a higher price for any installs. I. woke up.... This picture illustrates quite vividly that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Obviously the reason that this installation is tilted over to the East must be due to the chap hearing that Emley Moor had fallen. However it`s quite plain to me that. Surely the above explanation is correct, I mean no one would really skew their whole. Or would they.... Have you noticed that the fascia that the bracket`s mounted on is UPVC... See enlarged picture of this bodge. Now I know I am a bit of an environmentalist (nothing too extreme) but these two. What`s more the wind loading on that relatively. It`s all so unnecessary, may I suggest investment in an amp/splitter and a diplexer. Remember, aerials are not like trees, they do not absorb Carbon Dioxide ! The picture on the right shows a horizontally polarised FM aerial and below it a. DAB antenna. The problem is with the DAB in that the pole is. Albuquerque and New Mexico's trusted news source. Statewide weather forecasts, live streaming, investigations, entertainment, local events and living. Gmp arkitecten has developed a vast fabric roof system that will be used to protect the historic structure from weather damage. Exodus 360L Roof Box - Grey available online at halfords.com. Order Exodus 360L Roof Box - Grey Read reviews, reserve or buy online. The whole tuning of the aerial. Just. a dipole would have worked as well and possibly even better! Whenever you install an aerial (including more than one aerial on the same pole). This include`s the aerials own mounting cradle, as shown in the other picture. In fact. when we tested a horizontal TV aerial, with a vertical pole actually through its. On the other hand if the aerials are of the same polarity, I`d try and separate them. Also see Aerial separation tests. Note the missing wall screw, what`s the point in fitting a H/D 9x. On a 4 ft pole a 6x. When I stumbled upon this install I was in a quandry as to what I was looking at. Was it simply a case of “Hacksawitus” * ? Or was it something far more sinister ..... I couldn`t help but feel an involuntary shiver of unease rise up my spine. Could. this actually be a malevolent sign to worshippers of the occult that a kindred spirit. Would the Devil himself (or, failing that. Rupert Murdoch) be welcomed through this portal to a malignant hinterland.... We will probably never know.......... The severed lengths of DNA would. When I first saw this installation I thought it was one of the worst I`d ever seen. But then the penny dropped and I realised that this was just another example of a. Clearly the chap had read somewhere that. Thus he`d decided. Emley Moor. The result is that the aerial is now situated just 1. But seriously folks, I have to say I think there`s a safety issue here because every. Back to the top. I`ve heard that some people are predicting the convergence of Television and Telecoms. I accept that the telephone cable is actually contributing. This install really is an “Argos Special” isn`t it ? Note the mounting hardware. The chap could also have invested in some wall clips and if he was feeling really. That said, this type of aerial. Bacofoil” type X Beams and maybe the bloke who put it up realised. Thus he thought (quite. Oh, I only realised after I`d already put this on the website, the wall fixings are. I`m sure if one spent. Gold” aerials. They look so bad. Kitsch on your aerial pole... Could. he suffer from the dreaded Hacksawitus ? Unless of course it`s been deliberately. I don`t know who installed these. Shall we start a sweepstake on which cable will wear through first and start leaking. TV ? I`m going for the one on the left, but who knows ? I did wonder if the installer had been drinking an excess of “Cabling Black Label”.(joke courtesy of Pat, one of his better ones, in fact, now I come to think about. This install is a disaster area. The directors are incorrectly polarised for the. Incredibly the latter is mounted behind the reflector. Oh, and it`s not even pointing at the transmitter (Emley Moor), it`s about 3. What is soinfuriatingis that, because Emley is only about 6 miles away, straight. The thing. that is reallyinexcusable about this install is that the aerial is pointing back. It`d probably work better in the loft ! I`ve called this “Can`t afford a T” because the installer has only used the “K” component. T & K” bracket ! The latter should come in a pair and be used as in the picture. I`d be amazed. if the dish continues to work. Also note the ungalvanised finish on the bracket. K” in a futile attempt to make the thing sufficiently. Is it a “leaf grille” or is it an aerial installation ? Who knows ? As it is recycling we should perhaps. This picture proves that a defining moment in aerial installation development has. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the first picture (exclusive to aerialsandtv. The. Self Righting Aerial”No matter how great the pull of Mother Earth (in the form of gravity), or how hard. Truly An Historic Moment.. The more prosaic (and cynical) explanation is that someone has used an Argos aerial. Which do you think is the correct explanation ? Thus it could be that a “professional”. I use the term advisedly...) put up this abomination. Careful examination of the picture will reveal the “arc” worn into the brickwork. How long would you put up with a scraping noise emanating from the side of your house. A Five seconds B Five minutes C Five hours D Five. The final fascinating fact about this install is that the chap`s probably still getting. The other. TX, on the left in the background, is Holme Moss. The site of the latter really is. It`s sited in Yorkshire (just), yet can be seen from. Pennines. We know that the adjacent wall is the neighbours house, but the houses are all rented. I`d suggest buying your neighbour a. One more thing, that`s actually a party wall anyway ! D Yarman has informed me that technically speaking it should be Hacksawphobia not. Hacksawitus. Apparently the latter`s suffix actually means . However, Hacksawitus sounds funnier, and that, without a doubt, is what`s most important. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Back to the top. Conwy transmitter (right) is a 4. W, B group, vertically polarised repeater off Llanddona. Whilst some are hilarious. An educational tool then, that and to take the piss, obviously....
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