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eXDee

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#69071 2-Oct-2010 20:45
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We're using the Te Aroha transmitter. Theres a small hill and some trees in the way, so we've moved from a 91 Element antenna to a 43 element one in hope of better signal (less directional). We also have a relatively new (only a year or two old) Hills masthead amplifier.
I was hoping to remove the blockyness im getting on Freeview HD on the HTPC.

At the moment TVNZ is totally unwatchable. TV3 And Kordia seem fine.

Got a signal meter here. Freeview channels:
690.00 - 52dB
698.00 - 38dB
706.25 - 54db

Various UHF analogue channels from scanning
623.25 - 54dB
655.25 - 65dB
671.25 - 55dB
679.25 - 56dB
687.25 - 53dB
751.25 - 62dB
783.25 - 67dB
808.0 - 52dB
858.25 - 50dB
862.25 - 48dB
872.25 - 64dB (i think this is hitting telecom XT here, this is where my signal meter tops out).

So i have no idea whats going on here. This is plenty of signal but its still having issues.

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eXDee

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  #387207 2-Oct-2010 21:28
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Whoops measured the wrong freeview frequency there.
674mhz (TVNZ) -52dB

Ignore 698mhz



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  #387253 3-Oct-2010 00:20
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Is there only a UHF aerial on the roof? If there's also VHF in the mix, it'll mess up the signal. A diplexer would fix that.

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  #387498 3-Oct-2010 22:26
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Adjusted the antenna, now all i can get is TVNZ, the other two have no signal. Unplugged VHF from the amp, no difference.
This is on the HTPC. When i use the integrated freeview tuner in my Sony TV it gets it perfectly.



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  #387524 4-Oct-2010 07:48
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eXDee: . When i use the integrated freeview tuner in my Sony TV it gets it perfectly.


I guess the logical conclusion from that is that it is not your aerial set-up, but something to do with the HTPC then...?




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