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Returning to my own house, moving things around, so need new feeds for TV and LAN etc. At the moment we have two dishes with four outputs from each, with have an active Sky HD box, and two old sky boxes which will work fine on the free to air channels. Also one HD free to air box, and two very old free to air boxes. So 7 outputs required, so one to spare.
We also have a booster/splitter with through for the Sky digieye, connected to main sky box so we can watch what's on main TV in bedrooms, plus swap channels, and we have a 43" TV and a 32" TV which are smart, plus a Bluray player which turns to TV it is connected to into a Smart TV and a desk top TV used to record and watch TV.
There is no aerial set up either in loft or outside, however the pole carrying the front sky dish at side of integral garage about 9 foot high is in direct line of sight to Miss Piggy, i.e. Moel-y-parc. GB3MP hence called Miss Piggy.
So is it really worth erecting a bit of wet string and coax to pick up Freeview, or are there no real advantages? I did have Freeview at mothers house, and the same box receives both Freeview and Free to air but it results in some odd channel numbers. Satellite starts at around 876 so all numbers up the creak.
On the odd time I have used Freeview but it was such a pain forever returning I had given up. I think there are a few odd channels available on Freeview but not free to air, but also have Sky so can always watch or record on Sky.
If I am going to put up an aerial where do you get them now? Have considered a caravan shop, but I need about 3 elements, if this, simple di-pole likely good enough, I talk through Miss Piggy with a 5 watt handy on 2 meters so very likely just a di-pole is required. However to mount on the same pole as dish needs clamps on back of aerial. Looked at Screwfix and their smallest is 8 db gain, really a bit of over kill.
So is there any point in Freeview, and if so, where do I get a di-pole or halo aerial from. Even with 2 meter I only use a HB9CV.
We also have a booster/splitter with through for the Sky digieye, connected to main sky box so we can watch what's on main TV in bedrooms, plus swap channels, and we have a 43" TV and a 32" TV which are smart, plus a Bluray player which turns to TV it is connected to into a Smart TV and a desk top TV used to record and watch TV.
There is no aerial set up either in loft or outside, however the pole carrying the front sky dish at side of integral garage about 9 foot high is in direct line of sight to Miss Piggy, i.e. Moel-y-parc. GB3MP hence called Miss Piggy.
So is it really worth erecting a bit of wet string and coax to pick up Freeview, or are there no real advantages? I did have Freeview at mothers house, and the same box receives both Freeview and Free to air but it results in some odd channel numbers. Satellite starts at around 876 so all numbers up the creak.
On the odd time I have used Freeview but it was such a pain forever returning I had given up. I think there are a few odd channels available on Freeview but not free to air, but also have Sky so can always watch or record on Sky.
If I am going to put up an aerial where do you get them now? Have considered a caravan shop, but I need about 3 elements, if this, simple di-pole likely good enough, I talk through Miss Piggy with a 5 watt handy on 2 meters so very likely just a di-pole is required. However to mount on the same pole as dish needs clamps on back of aerial. Looked at Screwfix and their smallest is 8 db gain, really a bit of over kill.
So is there any point in Freeview, and if so, where do I get a di-pole or halo aerial from. Even with 2 meter I only use a HB9CV.