TV Antenna Installation & Repair in Moe, VIC 3825
Moe (3825) is 36 km from Mt Tassie, bearing 134°. We meter the signal at your roof, quote a fixed price and fix the fault — usually the same day.
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From our job notes
Moe and Newborough
Moe and Newborough have their own repeater on UHF with horizontal polarisation, in addition to Mt Tassie. Which one works best depends on where in town you are and what the hills between you and Mt Tassie block. We meter both before installing.
Older Moe homes often still carry Melbourne-style antennas from decades ago that are poorly suited to either site.
Signal sources for Moe
Town centres in Moe 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.
Moe reception data
- Main transmitter
- Mt Tassie (Latrobe Valley)
- Distance & direction
- 36 km, bearing 134° (south-east)
- Band & polarisation
- UHF, horizontal
- Channels
- UHF 28, 29, 30, 31, 33
- Local repeater in reach
- Moe repeater (Newborough): 5.0 km at 106° (east-south-east), UHF horizontal, 100 W
- What we usually fit
- A mid-gain UHF antenna mounted horizontally on a short mast above the roofline — or, where the Moe repeater meters cleaner, a UHF antenna mounted horizontally and aimed at it
Calculated from Moe'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 Moe and Mt Tassie
Between Moe and Mt Tassie lie Hazelwood South. Any tall building, ridge or tree line along that 36 km line affects what your antenna receives.
The shorter path to the Moe repeater (5.0 km at 106°) runs over Newborough.
When we aim a Moe antenna we start at 134° and then peak it on the meter, because reflections can make the best direction a few degrees off the map bearing.
Typical Moe jobs
Local sports clubs, pubs and businesses around Moe 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 Moe
- Builder antennas mounted low on new estates
- Wrong polarisation after a like-for-like replacement
- Mobile-network interference near towers
Moe and the suburbs next door
- Newborough — 2.7 km to the east, 2.2 km closer to Mt Tassie.
- Trafalgar East — 6.8 km to the west-north-west, 6.1 km further from Mt Tassie.
- Yallourn North — 8.3 km to the east, 4.2 km closer to Mt Tassie.
- Narracan — 11 km to the south-south-west, 3.9 km closer to Mt Tassie. Its homes are more typical of rural acreage fringe reception, so faults there tend to differ.
Moe shares the 3825 postcode with Aberfeldy, Amor, Boola, Caringal, Coalville, Coopers Creek, Erica and Fumina.
What it costs in Moe
Pricing in Moe 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.
Moe 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.