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chriswiggins

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#72510 27-Nov-2010 17:47
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Hi all,

Being a DIYer and liking to do things on the cheap, I want to know if I can fix my current UHF aerial (its one of the old sky ones)? The Balun (that is the receiver right?) is all corroded inside and hence why I am probably getting really poor reception. I tried lightly sanding the corrosion off, but it hasn't helped at all.

I read a thread where cyril7 suggested to use an F connector balun, but looking around I'm not sure this is what I need?

This is similar to the part that I'm talking about, but obviously without the connector and corrosion free!



Any help would be awesome!
Chris

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Jaxson
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  #410572 29-Nov-2010 09:32
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You can replace the whole part, but you'll need to find somewhere that will sell you just that part and not a whole new aerial. Alternatively, get out the sand paper and clean up the contact areas. Cut back the cable a bit too so you connect with a fresh clean piece of cable area too.

Depending on what you do the aerial signal (ie how many TV's, how long the cable runs too them etc), you should be able to get back up and running in the mean time using what you already have.

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