Aerials on view

Press, 28 September 1988, Page 50

Aerials on view

Mr Brian Smart, the national sales manager of Hills Industries, with examples of the new types of television aerials which may be needed by many New Zealand viewers after the opening of TV3 next year. Mr Smart was preparing a seminar to" demonstrate his company’s new range to people in the television trade, in Christchurch this evening. The realigning of frequencies to make way for TV3 will mean the

need for UHF aerials in some areas, or a change to broad-band VHF aerials for many others. Mr Smart said that many Christchurch viewers would already have suitable broadband aerials, but those with dual-channel aerials, set up to receive only the two present channels, would need a new broad-band aerial to get TV3 as well. Broad-band aerials with an even greater spread would be available for viewers in the

many areas of Banks Peninsula served by translators. Viewers in Redcliffs and Sumner, served by the Southshore translator, will eventually need UHF aerials and receivers, as that will be one of the few areas in New Zealand where all three channels will go into the UHF band. Mr Smart predicted further channels after the deregulation of broadcasting, and they would also go into the UHF band, he said.