Don Pearce writes
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?

Having just been looking through Bill Wright's Rogue's Gallery - really
frightening some of it - this photo you've pointed out looks rather
familiar... So that is CAI accreditation? No thanks.

I've emailed Bill Wright to see if he has a local recommendation. Having
read through the Rogue's Gallery I can see he will point me in the right
direction if he can.
--
Nic