Analogue to Digital TV

One of the jobs today ended with a happy customer who originally asked for Signal Specialists to install a new Digital Aerial as hers was removed due to new loft conversion next door. We went to the job with the usual types of kit such as chimney braces, bracket, Mast, Log Periodic Grade A aerial and WF100 Coaxial cable.

For this job to be done we had quoted her 180.00 pounds. However after some proper searching we found she actually already had an aerial way over on her next door neighbours property. As there were no problems with access due to them both being flat roofs we simply re-aligned the aerial and tested all the points again with our spectrum analysers and were getting 65 DBuV which was excellent. We then simply attached some Set Top Boxes which then allowed her to have all her other TV's fully digital.

The customer was happy because we made her existing equipment work, hence saving her money and leaving her knowing that she had a professional job done by a accredited firm, i.e RDI-LB:

Eutelsat 16 Degrees Problem solved

Yesterday was a good day because we finally fixed the Eutelsat satellite probelm. The customer had brought a Total Reciever from his own country which recieves all the premium channels. Orginally we installed a 80cm Satellite Dish on a 3 Degree Devide Monobloc as they wanted Italian (13 Degrees)and Serbian (16 Degrees) TV. At the best of times these Monoblocs are not easy install and can take a great deal of patience.

After much trail and effort we changed the Monobloc LNB to a single as the Italian was not relevent. As soon as we did this we got 90% Signal and 92% Quality plus E-05on the Bit Error.

A very happy and excited customer and new techniques for us.

Problems with Eutelsat Satellite reception - 16 Degrees

Later on today, we have a job that is an ongoing challenge. The brief was to install a 80cm satellite dish with a log periodic aerial on a chimney on top of a pitched roof to receive Serbian and free-to-air TV.

We were successful installing the aerial on the roof but had to to give up on installing the satellite dish as we could not get a firm fix. The challenge is that the only place we can install the satellite dish is on the front of the house. This location does not give the best reception for the TV channels the customer requires - such as Pink TV (Eutelsat W2 16E Degrees) - due to the flats above and a tree in front of the property. Additionally, the customer is using a reciever brought from Serbia.

We are using a Satcatcher Digipro Spectrum Analyer http://www.satcatcher.com/ and a Annie 204 Spectrum Analyser http://www.swires.com/ and are recieving many channels, however not the ones we want. So the saga continues. Updates will come soon.

TV Aerial Installation

This is the first Blog from the team at www.signalspecialists.com The idea of the blog is is to supply information on what work we have done over the week. Where possible we will update each day.

If you would like any more information, then do not hesitate to contact us at either info@signalspecialists.com or tony@signalspecialists.com

To give you a taste of what is to come, today we were called to a block of four flats in SE London. The order was to install a new Digital Aerial and link up with the existing WF100 Coaxial cables that were installed by the builders electrician. The job was not sucessfull due to the cables already installed were done so incorrectly. We confirmed this using a Annie 204 Spectrum Analyser. We think there is a passive splitter somewhere on the ring, the problem is the builing has now been decorated and there is no way we can search around without making a mess.


We will going back soon to install a new WF100 cable to each of the flats using a Mast Head Amplifier and a power supply in one of the flats which will power the amp on the aerial. This is not uncommon, the way to make sure that this does not happen to you, try to employ a certified installer that belongs to a professional organisation such as the RDI-LB http://rdi-lb.tv/