TV Antenna Installation & Repair in St Leonards, VIC 3223
Over-water signal paths and a local UHF repeater mean St Leonards antennas are often pointed at the wrong site. We check with a meter and fix it.
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St Leonards: across the bay or the local repeater?
Hills to the west and north of St Leonards can shadow some streets from one site but not the other. Two houses a block apart may need antennas pointed in different directions.
Signal path from St Leonards
- Main transmitter
- Mt Dandenong
- Distance & direction
- 67 km, bearing 57° (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 high-gain VHF/UHF combination antenna on a mast that clears the ridge
Distances and bearings are calculated from the centre of St Leonards; your roof may differ by a few degrees. Repeaters are low-power and directional, so we always confirm with a meter on site.
The signal's route to St Leonards
Draw a line from St Leonards toward Mt Dandenong at 57° and it crosses Mentone, Mulgrave, Knoxfield and Boronia before reaching the transmitter 67 km away.
Practical tip: stand where your antenna is and face east-north-east. If you can see a big tree, a new two-storey house or a hill within a few hundred metres, that is the first suspect.
St Leonards installs we do most
Two-storey infill around St Leonards is blocking older single-storey homes' views toward east-north-east. A taller mast or a move to the other end of the roof usually restores the path.
Common St Leonards call-outs
- Antenna aimed at the weaker of the two sites
- Builder antennas mounted low on new estates
- Over-water path fading in certain weather
How St Leonards compares with its neighbours
- Indented Head — 3.2 km to the north, 1.2 km closer to Mt Dandenong.
- Portarlington — 8.1 km to the north-west, 2.2 km further from Mt Dandenong.
- Drysdale — 10 km to the west, 9.6 km further from Mt Dandenong.
- Clifton Springs — 13 km to the west, 9.9 km further from Mt Dandenong.
Postcode 3223 also covers Bellarine, Indented Head and Portarlington.
St Leonards prices, upfront
Repairs in St Leonards start from $98, with a fixed price agreed after we test and before we touch anything. The call-out is $0 when you go ahead. New antennas are quoted on the day — you save $120 on the install and get a 25-year warranty. Pensioner, seniors and DVA card holders get a discount on every job.
St Leonards: quick answers
Should my St Leonards antenna point across the bay or to the local repeater?
Mt Dandenong is 67 km away (VHF, horizontal). The better choice varies by street. We meter both and fit an antenna built for the winner.
My antenna points the opposite way to my neighbour's — is one wrong?
Not necessarily. You may be on different sites. What matters is that the antenna type matches the site it points at.
Can you set up a business with several TVs?
Yes — distribution systems for cafés, clubs and offices, quoted at a fixed price.