[quote author=plugwash  link=1099870873/0#14 date=1099944931]btw im in a student resisdence block and it seems i can't get uktv history and several other freeview channels here so no its not all bliss [/quote]

Thats because thay channel along with some others don't come as standard, you have to pay for top up TV which is £7.99 a month + one off £20 connection fee (connected yourself), you then get a viewing card which decodes them channels.

Thats if of course you have a box with a card reader, all boxes between 2002 and late 2004 didnt have slots, they now have around 8 boxes with slots, the big seller is the Thomson DTI2300 which sells for around £80, It's not a match on my sony, but it really isnt too bad, main things that are not as good to the sony are the channels take longer to load.

I beg ur pardon mate, ur right  

Just checked it out, it's the other UKTV channel im thinking off (Gold) - also UKStyle is not free, UKTV History is free and is available here, are you missing any others  ???

Never beleive anyone when they say size doesn't matter

Yep for DAB the dipole length will aim to be about 1/4 of the wavelength of the centre frequency. In a domestic situation like this, size of cable matters only in so far as the the fatter it is the more signal hits the bu66er in the first place. But if you go for a loop at the end so it keeps the upper and lower cables approximately 3 inches apart, in old money, then you'll be in the right ball park. This is slightly larger than you'd have on a horizontally mounted dipole, but it allows for the fact that it'll be on a loft batten which will slope with the angle of the roof. If you're just putting it on a horizontal timber then reduce it slightly to about 2.5 inches. The total width of the wire dipole should come up at about a couple of feet (use some nice 4mm solid if you can get it). I reckon you'll find this will give you much inproved FM as well as spot on DAB if you stick it into a combiner or the FM i/p of your loft amp.

Happy Blue Petering