Something like this any use?mooblie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:41 pmSome good ideas for alternatives there. Thanks!
For a neat solution (acceptable to SHMBO) I was thinking of mounting a Pi+TVhat in an old set-top Freeview tuner box (available at all good car-boots for a quid or two). But the Belling-Lee sockets on those are usually either PCB-mounted or fixed to a UHF tuner module - not much use.
Don't know what they've done but, from having only break-up, I'm now seeing over 100 DVB-T and over 30 radio channels when I did an auto-tune on my TV, all with 'good signal level'. Not bad for an aerial which is hanging over the eves and pointing at the ground. I have an old USB tuner working with tvheadend but as nothing I have supports HD I might be back in the market for the Pi TV Tuner.
Sir, I was wondering how well an antenna with longer then a wave length would fare? For example an antenna at 408mm which 1 and 1/2PeterO wrote: ↑Sun Oct 21, 2018 5:08 pmTo get 1 quarter wave (68mm) you will have to cut it.pimoroni web site wrote: This new dongle comes with an extendable antenna (120-350mm) with a 1 metre cable and MCX connector that plugs into the side of the USB dongle. The antenna works best when its length is a multiple of a quarter of the ADS-B transmission wavelength, which is 69mm. Experiment with different antenna lengths to find the optimum.
2 quarter waves (136mm) is unlikely to work well as it will present a high impedance at the bottom.
3 quarter waves (204) will probably work best.
PeterO
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