TV Antenna Installation & Repair in Longwarry, VIC 3816
Longwarry (3816) is 48 km from Mt Dandenong, bearing 310°. We meter the signal at your roof, quote a fixed price and fix the fault — usually the same day.
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Signal sources for Longwarry
Town centres in Longwarry have more two-storey shops and offices than the surrounding streets. Homes just behind them can find their path partly blocked, and the fix is usually a taller mast rather than a bigger antenna.
Longwarry reception data
- Main transmitter
- Mt Dandenong
- Distance & direction
- 48 km, bearing 310° (north-west)
- Band & polarisation
- VHF, horizontal
- Channels
- VHF 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 (plus UHF 32 for C31)
- Second option
- Mt Tassie (Latrobe Valley): 77 km at 115° (east-south-east), UHF horizontal
- What we usually fit
- A mid-gain VHF/UHF combination antenna on a short mast above the roofline
Calculated from Longwarry's centre point using ACMA transmitter locations. On the day we confirm the best source with a calibrated meter at your roofline.
What lies between Longwarry and Mt Dandenong
Between Longwarry and Mt Dandenong lie Garfield North, Cockatoo, Avonsleigh and Olinda. Any tall building, ridge or tree line along that 48 km line affects what your antenna receives.
The alternative, Mt Tassie, is 77 km away at 115° (east-south-east) — almost a different direction entirely, so the antenna can only favour one.
When we aim a Longwarry antenna we start at 310° and then peak it on the meter, because reflections can make the best direction a few degrees off the map bearing.
Typical Longwarry jobs
Local sports clubs, pubs and businesses around Longwarry often run several TVs from one antenna. We design distribution systems that keep every screen locked, and add LTE filters near mobile towers.
What usually goes wrong in Longwarry
- Builder antennas mounted low on new estates
- Wrong polarisation after a like-for-like replacement
- Mobile-network interference near towers
Longwarry and the suburbs next door
- Longwarry North — 3.9 km to the north, 2.6 km closer to Mt Dandenong.
- Bunyip — 4.3 km to the west-north-west, 3.9 km closer to Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of rural acreage fringe reception, so faults there tend to differ.
- Bunyip North — 4.5 km to the north-north-west, 3.9 km closer to Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of rural acreage fringe reception, so faults there tend to differ.
- Garfield — 7.6 km to the west, 6.4 km closer to Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of rural acreage fringe reception, so faults there tend to differ.
Longwarry shares the 3816 postcode with Labertouche, Longwarry North and Modella.
What it costs in Longwarry
Pricing in Longwarry is simple. Repairs start from $98 and you approve a fixed price first. Go ahead and the call-out costs nothing. Need a new antenna? You save $120 on the install, and seniors, pensioners and DVA card holders get a discount.
Our services in Longwarry
Fixed price before we start, same-day where possible, 25-year warranty on new antennas.
Longwarry antenna questions
Why does my TV work some days and not others?
Usually because the antenna is pointed at a marginal site, or water is getting into a connector. Weather changes the signal path and the cable loss. We find which one it is with a meter.
Why is my picture worse on foggy mornings?
Wet antennas and cable lose a little signal. If your system has no margin, that is enough to cause dropouts. Better gain or a cable fix restores it.
Has my transmitter changed?
Channel frequencies have changed over the years. A rescan helps; if the antenna was aimed for an old arrangement, it may need re-aiming too.