[mythtv-users] Which antenna is attached to this wire?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sun Jan 1 10:20:34 UTC 2012


On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote:
>
>>However we are moving to a different rental property. It has a sat
>>dish and a terrestrial antenna on the roof, but terminations at
>>different ends of the room. I can accommodate that because my DVB-T
>>tuner is a HDHR. However how do I know which one terminates where,
>>apart from clambering on the roof and doing some sort of continuity
>>test?
>
> If it doesn't have an amplifier, the terrestrial aerial will probably
> show as a short circuit to DC, while the Sat won't.
> But the obvious option is "ask the landlord/letting agent" - as a
> landlord myself, I'd rather a tenant ask than start messing about
> with the services, potentially screwing them up.

Clearly you are not familiar with the great summer shutdown in NZ :)

We got back on the 30th in time to pick up the keys and the agent is
now on holiday...


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