"Ken Finney" wrote in message
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"ComputerDoctor" wrote in message
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I live in a small steep valley in a very hilly area (Innisfail,
Queensland,
Australia) with a nearby ridge just preventing 'line-of-sight' to the TV
broadcast tower (Mt. Bellenden Ker, pictu

You might find this site interesting:

http://www.oldtvguides.com/DXPhotos/

Thanks for that, Ken (and others).
I particularly liked the photo of the 80' guyed tower with the hot air
balloon in the background.
Now there's a thought.... :-)

As WFH said, its not so much a case of "weak signal" as too many reflected
signals.
Just for the moment I have used a 4 metre coax extension cable + balun and
moved the rabbit ears across the room, pointed them in the 'wrong'
direction, and if I sit in the opposite corner and the dog keeps still, it
is definitely an improvement.
India are 3 for 427 on the second day :-(

ComputerDoctor wrote:


As WFH said, its not so much a case of "weak signal" as too many reflected
signals.

Well, since Australia uses COFDM for digital TV, assuming that
station
is available in digital, just get a digital STB and you are in
business.

That's the Euro-DVB party line.

It's a lie. You still need signal!

That said, get a big Yagi as high as you can get, an
antenna mounted preamp, and see what you get analog. If it's
reasonably good S/N but somewhat ghosty, check up on their
digital and if they are on, go digital.

At least in the US digital TV is simply amazing ....
I'm getting reliable reception from a station with a path
loss of 183 dB (for a dipole receiving antenna of course),
using a big antenna and GaAsFet preamp.

Doug McDonald