[mythtv-users] Strange DVB-T Interference Any Ideas

Nicolas Will nico at youplala.net
Mon Dec 15 22:48:24 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 19:39 +0000, Alex Butcher wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008, Nicolas Will wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-12-15 at 18:35 +0000, Alex Butcher wrote:
> >>
> >> The other thing you could try is using an aerial amplifier. You may
> >> just end
> >> up amplifying the noise, but it's cheap enough to be worth giving a
> >> try.
> >
> > If the antenna itself is good, and if you use a power amplifier
> fixed to
> > the mast, very close to the antenna, you should be OK.
> 
> Well, I've pretty much got the worst of circumstances; a communal
> aerial
> that is amplified and split probably 20-30m away. The 12 sockets it's
> split
> to are probably a further 20-30m away each.

You could make a case for an improvement of the communal setup.

If you propose to pay for it, that should remove the biggest usual
show-stopper :o)

Nico



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