In article , Nicolas Hodges
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I got in touch with the only local rigger I could find, and they quoted
me £110 including installation plus £45 labour. I guess the latter means
per hour for anything beyond putting it on the roof (i.e. cabling).
Turns out it is a 40cm circular thing. Sounds to me horribly expensive
for something so mundane.

Precisely what aerial should I be getting? And can anyone recommend a
rigger in Oxfordshire? (I am 15 miles NW.)

That for an FM halo is an out and out total rip off. That type of aerial
is a heap of cack. To charge that money for just supply and install for
£155 is unbelievable!. Even if they were putting up a TV system as well
and a very good one at that, it would still be in the expensive side.

Avoid!!!

Sorry I don't know of a rigger in that area but you could e-mail bill
Wright at www.wrightsaerials.co.uk and if HE doesn't know then no one
will!. He's based in Yorkshire but travels almost all over the country,
I suggest you mail him for advice.

If you can't or don't want to put one up outside yourself you'd be
better off spending your loot on a Triax or Antiference available from
www.cpc.co.uk look up under radio aerials this link might work!..


http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/produ...CPC+Catalogue&
category%5Fname=Audio+Video+%2D+Aerials+%2D+FM+Rad io+Aerials&product%5Fi
d=253186&MSCSProfile=95385A1F52DEA1A229D5B37542054 46456D54717AFA85404D7E
54605933B24FC6DD869B1294A0932029038AFF4F64E0C6B025 AE9B8C7950AC5F7287B02D
0915CDD4F0C160716BC7776439B63709CF167DD11ABA57B380 14A24F82DFE1B3FE8FFADC
2DD87BDDFB2821C70C67FB551768A5C20292282B67F63F2735 5E2E5F2112EEA0ED3E12EC
BF953

and putting it in the loft. Use a good cable CT100 the satellite stuff
and run it by a direct route don't use the aerials or cables supplied by
the DIY sheds, there not of good quality.

Aim your aerial at Beckley (Oxford) the BBC TX for that area..

http://tx.mb21.co.uk/gallery/oxford/oxford-03.asp
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Tony Sayer