Signal finder

Ron-D · Guru

Signal finder

Dougwe · Chief one feather

After I am set up I then use an App called "Antenna Finder". That tells you which way to point your TV antenna. I the tune the TV in and so far have always had a good signal.

I had a 'Happy Wanderer' a few years ago but I still had to find which way to point the actual antenna. The HW can then improve if needed.

Hope that is of some help Ron.

Gundog · Guru

I have a very expensive high tech signal finder for local tv............................................................................I walk outside and see where everyone else is pointing theirs.

I actually don't worry about local tv very much, we use Vast/Foxtel, even with that I use the most basic signal meter to tune the dish in, it only takes a couple of minutes when you know the angle, LNB twist and where north is, its not rocket science.

Ron-D · Guru

Thanks Doug I will dowload that app.(or my daughter will )

yeah Gundog we don't seem to have any trouble getting tv reception but if it becomes a problem we might invest in a dish.

Fiery · Veteran Member

I use an app called "mySwitch",(one word) it gives you the direction of the nearest transmitter and also the direction for your satellite dish if you have one. Free app!

Joe50 · Guru

If you're a Google Earth user, ACMA has a page on its website from where you can download a .KMZ file with the locations of all TV transmitters. Go go http://www.acma.gov.au/Citizen/Consumer-info/Broadcasting-in-my-area/Lists-of-broadcasters/list-of-licensed-broadcasting-transmitters#broadcast_tx and scroll down to the section titled Broadcast Transmitter Data. Look for 3. Broadcast Transmitter Data for Google Earth: and click on the Digital TV link - you will be asked if you want to open or save the file dtv kmz.kmz (the default should be Open with Google Earth). When this is selected click on OK and Google Earth should open, with little purple TV transmitter icons scattered around the country. When you close Google Earth, you will be asked if you want to save the file (can't remember the exact wording) - click on OK. Next time you open Google Earth the transmitter icons will be displayed, but in the left-hand panel under Places there will be an entry in blue titled Broadcast Transmitters - Digital TV by area served. In front of it will be a box with a tick in it - to remove the purple icons just click in the box to remove the tick (and click again to put the tick back and display the icons).

I've been using it to see how close transmitters are to upcoming stopovers (particularly on weekends - don't want to miss any Formula One or MotoGP races), and using the Ruler function in the Tools menu to draw a line from the nearest transmitter to where I might be camping to show distance and bearing. Gives me an indication of how likely I'll get a good signal or whether to go straight for the satellite dish. Clicking on the transmitter icon will display details including channel frequencies, power and polarisation.

Joe

Ron-D · Guru

Thanks Joe that sounds easy biggrin