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You`ve Only Got To Look At All The Others........
Even crappy Bacofoil aerials come with instructions, in fact, because they`re aimed at DIYers who, the manufacturers assume, don`t know anything about aerials, they`re actually more likely to come with instructions. It`s that very ignorance that said manufacturers rely on to sell products which are, well, made of Bacofoil. Anyway, the fact instructions are supplied means that some of the chaps who`ve put together some of the aerials below really have no excuse whatsoever, although they don`t actually have any excuse whatsoever anyway, because, well you can guess it from the title of this page.
But all this observing, it takes sooo much effort.
Entrants in this particular competition are marked (out of 5 stars) on :
RV (Rarity Value) & IQ (Idiocy Quotient)
There are bonus marks if the install as a whole is a disaster area, but that`s not really the point of this page, see Cowboys Locker for that, though the odd install may appear in both sections.
All pictures are of genuine installs, we have zero tolerance for fake photos !
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An absolute gem to start us off, I`ve only ever seen one of these, ever.
Ironically, it may well work fine, but one cannot help but marvel that the sheer creativity of the human mind is a truly wondrous thing to behold.......
I assume the chap`s used bits off an old aerial to repair a new aerial.
Memo to the world :
Not all aerial bits are the same.
This aerial was seen on a canal boat, so
the guy gets a bonus IQ star because it`s the wrong type of
aerial for a boat, or a caravan come to that,
get a Log, preferably,
a DM Log.
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Oh dear, what have we here ?
This disaster area actually only gets 4 RV stars because, surprisingly, nay, incredibly, I have actually seen a few installs with the dipole behind the reflector. The fact the dipole is opposite polarity to the directors is also not unique, always remember, you can`t educate pork......
However, the fact the dipole is the same polarity as the reflector should knock quite a bit off the signal.
This install gets bonus IQ stars. Ladies & Gentlemen, may I introduce to you, a FIVE star install no less ! ! ! Why ? Because the chap is so tight. To avoid buying a wall bracket he just screwed the pole straight to the wall ! I`d have thought the side to side strength would be minimal, but worse, the pole almost touches the fascia, no 2” gap for our mate. No way. This guy works in thou*. In fact he may even need some aerial insulation.....
* Thousandth of an inch (for those who don`t know).
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Unfolded directors (i.e. directors which haven`t been unfolded and are as packed in the box) are actually not that uncommon. The “Speedbird” reflector isn`t that uncommon either, though neither errors are sufficiently widespread that simple research, like looking at other aerials around you, wouldn`t educate the errant installer that he may be doing something wrong.......
BUT, unfolded directors plus a Speedbird reflector, well that`s a rarity indeed.
This installation gets bonus IQ stars for the mast. What the hell is that ?
What he saved in not buying a new pole he must have spent in extra clamps,
which aren`t even the right ones for the job, they`re just aerial clamps ! ? !
Who would want that on the front of their house ? That`s the question.
This install is another perfect example of Bodgers being bleedin` lucky, because I reckon there`s a good chance this Bacofoil aerial is probably working OK. The site (Staveley) is actually in a reasonable signal area and “Speedbird “ reflectors don`t actually knock that much off the signal.
Bodgers luck also extends to the fact that an aerial with unfolded directors will also work, to a certain extent anyway. When I tested one it lost between 1dB and 5dB (the loss varied with the frequency).
One last thought, if this aerial was horizontally polarised (as most are) it`d look just like an aeroplane, in fact if the wind were in the right direction it may even fly.
Yes fly.
Fly away from this disaster area, no longer will people laugh at you.
You`re not a duckling, you`re a swan *.
* Albeit, in this particular case, made of Bacofoil.........
