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I'm good at confusing people :) The only electricity in the loft is the light circuit. I'd managed to run a long extension lead from the floor below into the loft, and plugged the remote power supply for the amp into that. I then attached an ordinary co-ax lead (usual Male to Male one used...

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Thanks for the input, but I'm still having a bit of a nightmare with this. In the end, after much f*rting around, and refitting of connectors, I managed to get a decent connection from the aerial to one of the upstairs rooms...great digital picture (awful analogue, but I dont really care...

Cheers pbar...I'll try the 'no connections in the way' approach...I can hold the central core from the aerial connector (which I know is working) onto the exposed core of the Co-ax, and just about connect the exposed bottom end (when I've unconnected it from the plate) to the portable. Many...

I've had a look at the back of one of the co-ax points in the room, and it looks fine...in fact looks quite a nice job to me...copper central wire is still fully insulated, and outer thread is completely separate... So I had a look at the loft connection: Should I strip this...

Cheers ericmark 1) possible (I had read about those), but I reckoned that given that I could get a perfect signal, even after feeding the signal through all sorts of connections, there shouldnt be much need for a booster 2) again possible, but I doubt it. I wouldnt count out stupidity (on his...

Cheers pbar...I'll try it I'm just amazed that all 3 leads would suddenly have exactly the same problem, when (I believe) they were all working for the previous owner. However, thinking about it, all of the connections in the rooms are from wall mounted co-ax sockets...maybe I should have...

Latest installment: I borrowed a portable, and disappeared into the loft, connected it to the aerial, and got far better reception...on analogue I had a slightly snowy BBC1 and BBC2, and perfect ITV and channel 4. So I thought I'd try digital, and took the digibox up there, connected it to...

Thanks, Guys He did take most things...including the bog-roll, carpets and underlay (and some kind of connector did disappear, as the lead from the aerial was dangling 2" away from the 3 cables down to the lower floors). I didnt think he had a mast amp as there is no lecky obviously...

It took me nearly 30 mins to get it onto the first floor, I'd be laid up for a month trying to get it up another flight and into the loft (at least I wouldnt have to sit through Corrie while I was recovering :D) Still a good idea, though - thanks...I might see if I can steal a portable from...

I'm probably just about to ask the daftest aerial-related question ever posted on these forums, but it's driving me up the wall, and was hoping someone might be able to help me out I've just moved into a new (3-storey) house in a strong reception area. There is a loft aerial with a normal...

Excellent - thanks for the advice, Aardvark...much appreciated If I ever get any good at this malarkey, I'll try and return the favour (but dont hold your breath!) Cheers Nick

Complete muppet here...so sorry for what is probably a really obvious question... After just buying a new house (credit crunch...what credit crunch? ) :) , we're going to paint the whole thing from top to bottom of its 3 stories, and are hoping to get this done before the new carpets go...