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Aerial installer Essex
Wednesday and it’s a fairly long drive to my 1st call of the day, a
n aerial install Essex. When I arrived I looked at the low chimney stack and wondered if I would get a signal as the bungalow was surrounded by trees. I rang my customer’s door bell and chatted to them, my customers were aware they were in a poor signal area and understood the problem with the trees. I asked if I could make up a test aerial and go on their roof for some signal readings which would enable me to know what signal strengths were and which aerial and mast to choose for the best signal for my customers, this also enabled me to give an accurate price on the new aerial installation
Aerial installer Essex
After taking signal readings I quoted my customer for an Antiference XG10 ultra high gain w/b aerial on a 12ft 2” mast with a good masthead pre-amp. My customer accepted my price so I went to the van to assemble the XG10; the XG10 in my opinion is an outstanding aerial extremely well-constructed and a fantastic performer. I need to achieve some height to give the XG10 a chance of getting a good signal so I mounted it on a 12ft 2” alloy mast, tall but not silly tall and with a 2” diameter extremely strong. I lashed the chimney stack using a 13” heavy duty chimney cradle knowing it would comfortably support the aerial and 12ft mast. I climbed back up the roof with the aerial and dropped it into the chimney cradle and attached my spectrum analyser to electronically align the aerial having chosen the best corner of the chimney stack for line of sight of the aerial. I was pleasantly surprized with the incoming signal, just one digital mux being awkward, I balanced the other 5 digital mux’s for the best results of the 6th awkward one, once I was happy with the signal I locked down the aerial and went back to my van to choose a suitable masthead pre-amp with the signal readings from the aerial. I chose a low noise masthead with not too much of a kick and went back up to aerial to connect it to the aerial and have a look at the signal again with my spectrum analyser. Perfect I was completely happy with the signal so I disconnected my meter and connected the new cable, which was to be run to the TV point.
Aerial installer Essex
I secured the masthead with double cable ties and as always taped the masthead to the mast ensuring it can’t come loose, turn upside down and let in water. I neatly run the new cable down the roof and tacked towards my customer’s sitting room, once I was outside where their TV was situated I went inside and drilled a 10mm hole for the aerial coax cable to enter, if ensured I had a good rain loop in my cable and sealed the hole into the house using brown silicon sealer. Once inside I fitted the 12v 100m/a remote power supply and made a new fly lead from the power unit to the TV. I re-tuned my customers TV and checked my signal again just to be 100% everything was perfect for them, which it was. I made my bill and my customers were oven the moon with my work and delighted with their perfect pictures.
