In article , 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?


That "does" look flimsy!, perhaps they just glued it in place to look
pretty!.

Neither of those seem to have heard of a multi element FM aerial. I
still reckon the OP might just as well do the job himself with a multi-
element in the Loft, try to keep it as high as possible and as far away
from pipes etc as you can and I still reckon you'll have a better end
result:-))

At least they were honest enough to say that the Halo abortion was for
strong signal areas only!.

Prices for the TV aerials look expensive ish..

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Tony Sayer