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Old July 28th 04, 08:15 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
Don Pearce
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Default FM aerials and riggers

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:56:09 +0100, Nicolas Hodges
wrote:

Paul Hopkins writes
Seven years ago I paid £40 to install an aerial; I supplied the aerial,
fixing kit and co-ax cable. He had the ladders. So perhaps the quoted
price is not too bad.


I've since seen the same thing listed including aerial and full
installation for £65...

Last August, Hi-world did a piece on aerials, a copy may be available from
their subscriptions department. They suggested a Antiferance 3 element VHF
aerial and an All-rounder dipole ( the round element) it all depends on
transmitters.

In this piece, they listed: www.cai.co.uk - trade body for installing
aerials , www.maplin.co.uk and www.maxview.co.uk (links not tested).


www.cai.org.uk

They led me to Banbury Aerials:

http://www.banburyaerials.co.uk/


I looked at their web site, and the first picture on the gallery page
looks like a mechanically unsound installation. I may be maligning
them, but I would have thought that simple leverage would have that
antenna ripped off the building in the first high wind.

Any real installer here care to comment?

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com