The bonus of receiving the Mt Dundas stations in Mt Gambier, apart from being able to watch programs 30 minutes earlier than on the local channels, is that you can get Seven (via Prime7) & Nine in HD.
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I think they have more stations like 9life, 7flix and the horse racing as well
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention them too as being another advantage of receiving Mt Dundas channels in Mt Gambier. 
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Youâd probably need a large antenna like the Hills CA16 for receiving Western Vic in Mt. Gambier
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Pixelation is a digital trait, on analogue, itâs snowy.
And down goes the DAB+ Brisbane coverage.
Ditch Hills and go Matchmaster.
Or ghosting.
WIN uses VHF 10, DAB uses 9A, that shouldnât have any impact?
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EDIT: Bugger, chances of decent tropo got dropped right off again
Chances of tropo looking good tonight - tomorrow morning for parts of S.A, hopefully it holds up this time around. Might get something in Renmark thatâs actually watchable
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I remember riding in the family car as a kid on trips from Shepparton to Melbourne going past motels in Nagambie and Seymour with signs saying âColour TV - Melbourne channelsâ as if it was a big selling point. Anyone know (or remember) in that area in the pre-aggregation days what the quality of the reception in these towns were like. Quite a few people in Nagambie (and elevated parts of Seymour) used to have tall antennas to receive Melbourne channels. Nowadays with a local translator of Shepparton channels people there stick to that instead.
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I wasnât in Shepparton the Pre-aggregation days but I do know of one house in Shepparton that still has 3 attennas on the roof. One to Mt Alexander(BCV-8), GMV-6 and one south towards Mt Dandenong. Signals from Shepparton to Albury was too far and you had too many hills in the way so 4 antenna would be impossible.
I think Just north of Seymour to Nagambie would be marginal for Melbourne( I know you can get Melbourne Signals south of Yarragon in the hills
I remember seeing similar signs around Pakenham and even Cranbourne when travelling down to Gippsland for Holidays.
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A lot of the tall backyard towers in Renmark and surrounding towns have antennas that look like the hills CA-16 pointing towards the Adelaide Hills transmitter, was supposedly a reliable signal back in the analogue days
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The western Victorian town of Beulah appeared on ACA tonight. The Myswitch website says that there is only ABC TV reception from a low power translate. This was evident from the antenna setups seen during the broadcast.
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I imagine thereâd be a few VAST dishes in that town then.
I will have to have a look at Google Street View and see if I can work out where those antennas are pointing.
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Considering the flag in the foreground, towards 1933 perhaps?
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I omitted some other images where the flag was more prominent.
I think they are directed south to the low power 200w Warracknabeal transmitter site. Though there are some older installations that may be directed to Ballarat. Also one set up for Swan Hill noted. But just a guess.
Some impressive structures.
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There have been a handful of tall antenna masts in Shepparton pointed towards Melbourne I have noticed, but reception would be hit and miss, snowy at best, but the picture improves during ducting in the summer months. I remember a hi fi store there had an FM antenna pointed southwards and once when I visited they had one of their radios tuned to 92.3 EON FM, reception was fair to good, but that was presumably during ducting.
The third TV antenna would be towards Albury to receive AMV-4. Lots of people in Shepp used to have these tall Band II antennas. Reception was fair to good but a bit snowy most of the time, just like BCV-8 reception.
And after aggregation SBS did not come to Shepp until 2001, so before then Sheppartonians had to get a 2nd UHF antenna pointed to Mt Alexander to receive SBS. My parents had such a setup when they lived in Shepp a few years ago. Three antennas to receive all five networks.
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This used to be the case to get âlocalâ signals in some areas. Bega and Cooma for example:
Bega; WIN-6 from Mumbulla Mountain (north of Bega)
Bega and Cooma: ABSN-8 from Brown Mountain (west of Bega, east of Cooma
Cooma; CTC-10 from Mt Roberts (north of Cooma).
Plus UHF antennas aimed at Mumbulla or Roberts.
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