Does wind affect freeview reception?
I live on the East Yorkshire coast and it's really windy today.This morning all the channels on my telly are playing up, stop/starting, pixelating and generally crap.
The aerial looks to be in place OK, so is it just the wind. Does weather affect reception?
The aerial looks to be in place OK, so is it just the wind. Does weather affect reception?
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Even though the aerial "looks" OK, it doesn't mean that it is OK. For example, it would only need the slightest looseness in one of the connections inside the connection box on the aerial boom (something which you could not possibly see) for the signal to be disrupted by the aerial moving about in the gusts.
My Pioneer TV is showing SQ in the 40-60 range for channels 22, 23 ,25 , 26 and 28 but is not pixelating yet. The bedroom Samsung TV is very poor however. Been like this for two/three weeks now; during the summer everything was fine. I seem to remember that signal quality is affected by atmospheric conditions (but not wind), especially at this time of year.
Presumably the relative performance of the televisions is down to the relative quality of their tuners, assuming that the aerial leads are both properly installed - which they are.
Then again if I use the internet it does as well.
I don't understand how the weather at your locaiton can affect singals through your phone line ( internet ). Or is your internet connection made via radio somehow?
Water in the cable perhaps
Mine indoors so should be Ok here.
During yesterday's storm Freeview from Whitehawk (Brighton) went blank for some time but the Rowridge signal was OK.
All back to normal today. In Brighton there are a few
Band I old TV antennas which have withstood several great storms since their installation in the 60s or 70s! The owners have not bothered to remove them!
True, but if I can be bothered for upstairs I would have a Freesat dish put up. Lazyness on my part.
Braking up or breaking down?