Originally Posted by tghe-retford:
“Impressive though I can understand looking at the DX forecasts. Sadly my DAB dipole (which is a distribution one for all the residents who live here) isn't working so its nothing more than a telescopic aerial and aiming it out of a window to pick up multiplexes. DTT here is going to be more of a long shot (and nothing on a scan of the YouView box just now).”
I have a 5 element external, rotatable antenna for Band III (DAB), and a fixed, multi-element UHF antenna, pointing towards Netherlands/Belgium/Germany. Netherlands TV requires vertical polarisation. The UHF antenna is redundant most of the time, just waiting for conditions like this.
Using this antenna, I've managed to retune the YouView box and have now recorded some of the Dutch TV, having lost some of the UK channels!
Shame your DAB antenna is not working today.
Chris. (Lincoln, UK).