TV Antenna Installation & Repair in Moorabbin, VIC 3189
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Moorabbin's signal path
Solar installations are a common trigger in Moorabbin. Installers walk the roof, nudge the antenna or reroute the cable, and channels start dropping out a week later. If your reception changed after solar went in, that is the first thing we check.
The numbers for Moorabbin
- Main transmitter
- Mt Dandenong
- Distance & direction
- 28 km, bearing 65° (east-north-east)
- Band & polarisation
- VHF, horizontal
- Channels
- VHF 6, 7, 8, 11 and 12 (plus UHF 32 for C31)
- What we usually fit
- A compact VHF/UHF combination antenna
Calculated from Moorabbin'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 Moorabbin and Mt Dandenong
Between Moorabbin and Mt Dandenong lie Oakleigh South, Clayton, Wantirna South and The Basin. Any tall building, ridge or tree line along that 28 km line affects what your antenna receives.
When we aim a Moorabbin antenna we start at 65° and then peak it on the meter, because reflections can make the best direction a few degrees off the map bearing.
Typical Moorabbin homes and what fails
Around Moorabbin the housing is mostly brick veneer and weatherboard family homes, with a growing number of units and townhouses on subdivided blocks. The original antennas are often still up. They hold together for years, then the balun corrodes or a dipole cracks and the picture starts breaking up on one network first.
What usually goes wrong in Moorabbin
- Original antenna with a corroded balun or cracked elements
- New double-storey neighbours blocking the path
- Too many TV points on unpowered splitters
Moorabbin and the suburbs next door
- Highett — 1.7 km to the west-south-west, 1.7 km further from Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of coastal salt belt reception, so faults there tend to differ.
- Hampton East — 2.3 km to the west, 2.1 km further from Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of coastal salt belt reception, so faults there tend to differ.
- Bentleigh — 2.5 km to the north-west, 0.6 km further from Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of heritage roof corridor reception, so faults there tend to differ.
- Bentleigh East — 2.6 km to the north-north-east, 1.6 km closer to Mt Dandenong. Its homes are more typical of heritage roof corridor reception, so faults there tend to differ.
Moorabbin shares the 3189 postcode with Moorabbin East and Wishart.
What it costs in Moorabbin
Fixed pricing in Moorabbin: we test, you approve the price, we do the work. Repairs start from $98, there is no call-out charge if you proceed, new antenna installs are $120 off, and concession card holders save more.
Moorabbin antenna questions
Why do I lose channels in Moorabbin when it rains?
Almost always water: in an unsealed cable join, a cracked balun or a split cable jacket. Rain changes the cable's properties and the weakest link fails first. We find the wet point with a meter and replace it with sealed fittings.
Which way should my Moorabbin antenna point?
Toward Mt Dandenong, about 65° (east-north-east) and 28 km away, horizontally polarised on VHF. We aim with a meter, not by copying the neighbours.
My neighbour built a second storey and now my TV pixelates — can that be fixed?
Usually, yes. Raising the antenna on a taller mast, or moving it to a corner of the roof with a clear view, restores the path. We meter a few positions before committing.