Hawksbury Blackspots

[adzzy]

Hi All

Just wanted to know what the TV reception is like along the Hawksbury (Houseboat) i guess it would be the same as mobile reception but have no idea what this is like either any help would be great

Do i need a rediculous antenna?

Cheers

Adzzy

Edited May 12, 2010 by adzzy

[fishingrod]

What part ? The Hawkesbury is a very long river !

Are you on a boat or waterfront property ? (have a look at what your neighbours run)

There is a translator in the Buddi (spelling?) National Park thats near Cape 3 Points/East Reef. It covers Gosford and may give coverage on the Hawkesbury closer towards Broken Bay.

You may even get signals from Newcastle transmitters which I thik are at Mt Sugarloaf, just west of the F3 freeway.

I was lead to believe that at one stage there was some kind of passive repeater system installed for the people around Spencer. (unconfirmed)

Try running non-digital if you cant get digital pictures. A slightly snowy or noisy analogue picture might be better than a digital signal that keeps cutting out.

You can also get multi-pathing and reflections. EG: if you face your antenna towards a mountain north of you, you can get reflections from transmitters in Sydney from the south. There could be some ghoasting though.

Most of the Sydney (Artarmon/GoreHill) transmitters run a horizontal polarization. Some of the regional sites may run different or mixed polarizations.

You can get free to air satellite receivers that use a small dish and cover most city channels + a couple more. They are not that dear for a system. (under $1K ?)

I have very little first hand experience with TV in the Hawkesbury and can only comment on the technicallities.

Good luck with it !

Rod

Edited May 12, 2010 by fishingrod

[adzzy]

Hi Rod

Thanks for the reply sounds like you have a lot of knowledge and sorry i should of been a little clearer on the topic

i am talking about being on a house boat so basically it would be the entire Hawkesbury i am currently at the fit out stage of a project boat and am about to start running the electrics

Thanks

Adam

[a boat]

Hi Adam, after living and boating on the Hawkesbury all my life there are many places where you will not get reception on anything and that is what appeals to me-getting away from it all. Growing up and now with kids, myself and friends have had many great weekends where you were the only people around and had the whole river to yourself. Up river from Spencer you will struggle, Berowra Creek is a black zone as is parts where the banks/cliffs are steep.

My suggestion is get the biggest / best TV antenna you can fit and/or afford and go from there.

Cheers,

Huey.

[dunc333]

the new digital tv has a stronger signal than anoulge (spelling?)so i think it would be worth looking into a digital tv and anntenna.

[TheCount]

Try to keep pointing towards Gosford and Newcastle. Repeaters follow the F3 and TV reception definitely follows the old rule that "size matters".

TC