Latest additions

Mast test stress table : 8 Jan 24
CT100 is not pure copper (I didn't know that ! ) : 8 Dec 23
More of lightning risk (with regard to street lights) : 1 Nov 23
Best way to install a Starlink High Performance dish : 2 Oct 23
New Product : 2.25" M6 V Bolt - 11 Sept 23
Emley Moor temporary mast being dismantled - 8 Sept 23
New products : X Long and XX Long Starlink kits - 26 Aug 23
Starlink kits renamed (more logically...) - 26 Aug 23
New product : 2" to 1.5" pole coupler - 26 Aug 23
W5 (right angle crank) Starlink kits now in stock - 28 Jun 23
Starlink installation on wooden cladding - 26 Jun 23
More on size of hole required for Starlink cable - 16 Jun 23
Replacement Bilsdale mast begins transmissions - 22 May 23
Rusting stainless steel ? - 15 Apr 23
Starlink Enhanced / Business dish - 6 Mar 23
New products : Catenary hook, O Bolt, J Bolt - 18 Jan 23
BBC to go Online only "within a decade" - 9 Dec 22
Updated article : Starlink sleeved into a scaffold pole - 23 Nov 22
Clamping Renusol Variosole mounting rails to poles - 12 Oct 22
MUX 7 ceases transmission - 30 Jun 22
6ft x 1.5in alloy crank supersedes steel version - 10 Jun 22
Length surcharge reduced to £11.00 - 6 May 22
Pole wind loading considerations - 22 March 22
Carriage charge increase (the 1st in well over 10 years ! ) - 7 Mar 22
MKII / 2nd Generation Starlink dish installation info - 16 Feb 22
New product : Starlink chimney install kit - 26 Jan 22
New product : 4ft x 1.5" cranked pole - 20 Jan 22
FM transmissions safe "to 2032" - 20 Dec 21
Newer smaller Starlink rectangular dish - 15 Nov 21
Installing brackets on metal clad building : new photo - 2 Nov 21
Starlink wall installation kits now available with 12x12 & 12x18 W/B options - 27 Aug 21
Bilsdale transmitter fire - 10 Aug 21
Things to try if your DAB radio stops picking up channels - 7 Jul 21
New product : 6ft x 2.0in x 2.0mm "satellite pole - 15 Jun 21
New product : Starlink wall installation kit (straight pole) - 8 Jun 21
700MHz spectrum sold for £1.3 Billion - 28 Apr 21
Upgraded subject list links - 25 Apr 21
New page : Customers' Starlink installations - 22 Apr 21
New product : Starlink wall installation kit (cranked pole) - 11 Apr 21
Poor durability of pre galvanising & zinc plating - 5 Apr 21
New products : 6ft x 1.5" pole & 2.0m scaffold pole - 26 Mar 21
New product : 1.5" pole coupler (fits Starlink) - 19 Mar 21
New page : Installing a Starlink dish on a longer pole - 19 Mar 21
Freeview predictor has reinstated direct link to detailed view - 15 Mar 21
New Product : F conn coupler with nut & washer - 23 Feb 21
New pictures of Crystal palace transmitter - 17 Feb 21
Opening windows on trains banned now (bottom of that article) - 16 Feb 21
HDMI interference on TV signal problem - 18 Jan 21
How to transport a long pole - 6 Jan 21
Long poles now sent by DX Freight1 Jan 21
Emley Moor's temporary mast for sale ("for collection") mid to late 2021 - 30 Dec 20
Cable route on a centre mount aerial : round the reflector ? - 27 Nov 20
Possible FM switch off (2030 ? ) - 11 Nov 20
ATV Transmitter Map : updated for 700MHz clearance - 9 Oct 20
New page : ATV Privacy Policy - 15 Sept 20
Delayed Winter Hill 700MHz clearance (part 2) - 12 Aug 20
Solar power inverter did not cause a problem with a loft aerial : 10 Aug 20
Not all diplexed wall plates will pass DAB - 26 Jul 20
New page(s) : FAQs - 9 Jul 20
How to fit a cradle on an aerial - 8 Jul 20
Aerial balun tests : Contract 10C/D and Yagi10K (with and without one) - 19 Jun 20
New product : 3 inch extra long stainless V bolt - 15 Jun 20
New products : 8ft and 4ft scaffold poles - 14 Jun 20
MUX 8 to be switched off between 22 and 30 Jun 20 - 13 Jun 20
Anatomy of an awkward install, intermittent pixelation..... - 13 Jun 20
Why we no longer accept PayPal - 26 May 20
Amazon Fire Stick can cause Freeview digital interference - 21 May 20
New Product : Yagi10K - 20 Apr 20
More on Log Periodic aerial water ingress problems - 10 Apr 20
Final 700MHz clearance events (at Winter Hill & Moel) are postponed - 26 Mar 20
Only open for mail order due to Coronavirus (to 14 Jun) - 23 Mar 20
Test of FM3 v Ron Smith Galaxy 5 FM aerials - 9 Mar 20
More on the MUX 7 & 8 switch off date - 15 Feb 20
Pondering.... page completed - 28 Jan 20
New "mobile friendly" version of website online - 18 Dec 19

DUK postcode checker gets dumbed down (shite) - 31 Oct 19
Clarified CHs of Hannington's Reading & Basingstoke local stations - 26 Aug 19
Updated 700MHz clearance info - 25 Aug 19
DM Log clamp plates now spun galvanised - 12 Jun 19
Updated (post 700MHz) French TX frequencies - 17 May 19
New product : Heavy duty flat roof mounting kit - 10 May 19
Spin galvanising - 1 Mar 19
New product : Collinear antenna mounting plate - 27 Feb 19
Finally found some decent quality F conn fly leads ! - 28 Jan 19
New product : Hot dip galv / stainless low profile brackets - 14 Jan 19
Bill Wright’s instructions on installing a chimney lash kit - 7 Jan 19
Installing brackets on metal clad buildings - 26 Nov 18
The awkward “off the wall” stay wire - 13 Nov 18
Sleeving an 8ft x 1.5” pole into a 12ft scaffold pole to make an 18ft pole - 27 Oct 18
Double poles : are they a bodge ? - 26 Oct 18
How strong are scaffold poles ? - 26 Oct 18
New product : 12ft and 20ft extra heavy duty “scaffold” poles - 23 Oct 18
New product : 2 inch to 1.25 inch pole coupler - 16 Oct 18
Mux Magician economy Tri Boom on test - 24 Sept 18
New product : M8 stainless nut & bolt kit - 7 Sept 18
Using a splitter as  a combiner - 17 Aug 18
New product : Sky Q LNB - 10 Aug 18
New product : 12x12 & 12x18 heavy duty wall brackets - 4 Jul 18
Log36 (pre-wired) v Yagi18K - 26 Jun 18
When installing Log Periodic aerials - 25 My 18
How strong is 20mm x 20mm x 2.0mm box section alloy ? - 25 May 18
New product : 20mm x 20mm box section alloy - 25 May 18
Emley Moor temporary mast, first picture - 22 May 18
Low profile wall brackets now available with stainless bolts - 18 May 18
Customer report of lost channels from a daisy chained TV system - 29 Apr 18
Reflectorless aerials on canal boats……. - 16 Apr 18
Article on diplexing a group A & E aerial (written and hosted by a customer) - 3 Apr 18
Crystal Palace page updated for MUX 7 & 8 move - 18 Mar 18
Main digital transmitters updated for 700MHz clearance - 14 Mar 18
New product : Long 2” V bolts (stainless) - 5 Mar 18
Elimination of “touch currents” by earth bonding - 27 Feb 18
Sky supplied I/O links low on output ? - 31 Jan 18
Post 700MHz transmitter channels released - 30 Jan 18
10mm x 80mm wall plugs - 22 Jan 18
How to clamp a 2” pole to a 3x3 post - 13 Jan 18
Postscript on postcode predictors poor performance (alliterative genius…) - 10 Jan 18
Line power and aerial corrosion - 3 Jan 18

Website Online - 17 Nov 2005