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.)
--
Nic

mine aerial was 11.95 like that
"Nicolas Hodges" wrote in message
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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.)
--
Nic


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In article , Nicolas Hodges
writes
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 writes
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.

I have done just that - thanks for the tip.
--
Nic

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.

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).

There is a company in Brize Norton village called A's who I think do aerial
installation. Also phone Audio T 19 Old High Street, Headington,01865
765961: they should be able to supply a name.

I live in Oxford, off the Iffley road, and am quite happy with my £14-15 (7
years old) 3 element VHF aerial . It picks Virgin FM no sweat.

Hope this helps.

Paul


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In article , 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.

No sorry, that price quoted to the OP is outrageous for one of those
Halo things unless there was other work involved which was not
mentioned...

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.

Yes it does, but that All rounder or Halo thing has a negative gain
figure its not much better than a bit of wire in the back of your tuner.
I wouldn't expect a hi-fi mag to know didley squat about aerials
either...or some of the writers or "insultants" they employ...

In this piece, they listed: www.cai.co.uk - trade body for installing
aerials

Almost as bad as some of their members...

, www.maplin.co.uk and www.maxview.co.uk (links not tested).

Wouldn't give a Maxview aerial house room

Stick with Antiference or Triax, at least they make some effort to match
the balanced di-pole to the unbalanced feeder cable and four elements or
greater!....

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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/

Yell also offered these people (also CAI accredited):

http://www.pro-tecaerials.co.uk/

I don't know if CAI accreditation means anything, but I feel a bit more
confident going to them than picking someone at random from the
phonebook.

Thanks for the tips.
--
Nic

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

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