FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

Posted by in Blog | January 31, 2013

FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

Fm Omnidirectional Aerial Installation Www.andysaerials.comThis afternoon I went to Hornchurch Essex for a FM aerial installation, I arrived early as m y customer had a dental appointment.  I thought I could use the time to catch up on some paperwork but my customer turned up early too.  After introducing myself I walked to the rear of the property to obtain a better view of my customer’s chimney stack with a broken Antiference directional FM aerial.  We agreed a price and went to my van for my ladders, although my customer’s roof were biscuit tiles (small tiles which break like biscuits if you tread on them) there was a protruding dormer with a flat roof so I was able to get me ladders onto the dormer walk along the flat roof and then shimmy up the roof’s hip.

FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

I made my way to the chimney stack and loosened the U bolts allowing the 10ft 2” alloy mast down so I could remove the broken Antiference directional FM aerial.  From the ground the aerial installation looked heavy duty and well done but once I was up there the first thing I noticed was the top U bolt had been done up far too tight and making a crease in the 2” alloy pole reducing its life expectancy by years.  I slid the mast down low so I was able to remove the Antiference FM aerial and took it down with me, on closer inspection the dipole had been fitted upside down which would allow water through the drain hole at the top which should have been at the bottom.

FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

I returned to my van and assembled a FM Omnidirectional aerial (the FM omnidirectional aerial comes in two half’s and needs to be assembled) which is good for storage on the van but time consuming to assemble.  I returned to the rear garden with the FM Omnidirectional aerial to be met by my customer with chocolate biscuits and a lovely cup of tea.  I went back on the roof and fitted the FM Omnidirectional aerial to the aerial mast.  When I cut into the FM Omnidirectional aerial coax cable I saw that it was corroded and kept cutting back until it was good, about 2 ½ ft. and it was good RG6 cable shiny and no sign of decay.  I fitted a F plug to the FM Omnidirectional aerial  coax and then fitted it to the FM Omnidirectional aerial which was now lower on the pole than before, but as the property was in Hornchurch I did not worry too much as signal was in abundance.

FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

I taped both the TV aerial coax and the FM Omnidirectional aerial coax together down the pole and then got myself down off of the roof and asked my customer to test their new aerial which he did and was delighted.  I took payment and head home.

One comment on “FM aerial installation www.andysaerials.com

  1. Great blog Andy. I hope the rest of the world can see what a hard working, trustworthy, careful, fair and genuine guy you are. In my book you are the number one in the aerial business.

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