This installation covers a new UHF digital TV antenna at a home in Bicheno, on the East Coast, mounted on a mast beside a tiled roof.
UHF reception on the East Coast
Bicheno is served by UHF rather than the VHF services used across most of Southern Tasmania. If an antenna isn’t designed for that band, or if it’s an older model put up before the digital switchover, the picture can pixelate, sound can drop out and some channels may not appear at all.
Tiled roofs bring their own challenge. Fixing a mast into tiles risks cracks and leaks, so the mounting needs to go into solid structure instead.
What we did
We installed a long, high gain UHF antenna on a galvanised mast fixed to the structure at the roof edge, so nothing had to be drilled through the tiles. The antenna was aimed with a signal meter, checking strength and quality on each channel, and locked in once we had the cleanest result.
The coaxial cable was looped and clipped neatly down the mast and run into the house.
Coastal towns like Bicheno also see plenty of salt air, so the connectors and cable joins were all sealed. That stops corrosion slowly eating away at the signal, which is a common cause of reception faults on the coast.
The result
Clear, reliable free-to-air TV on every channel, from a UHF antenna set up properly for Bicheno and fixed without disturbing the tiles.
Servicing Bicheno, Coles Bay, Swansea and the East Coast. Every job is backed by a three year warranty. Call 0420 998 592.
Installed by Michael Starling
Owner and senior technician, Antenna Installation Specialists
Michael has installed hundreds of free-to-air antenna systems across Southern Tasmania and holds a Certificate III in Telecommunications Digital Reception Technology. All work backed by a three year warranty. Sorell based. Call 0420 998 592.