Sky & Freeview on the same tv?

[Isitme]

Last question - Are all TV aerials wideband?

[Proppinupthebar]

Last question - Are all TV aerials wideband?

No Tom, most people had group aerials A/B, C/D and some had to use wideband even for their analogue reception. The grouping just changed the small range of frequencies they were good at picking up.

[Isitme]

I got most of my info from here - Find out how to receive Freeview | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 when I got my new "digital" aerial, it advised an E/W, which I assume is a wideband. I just went to the shop and looked for one with E or W on the label and bought it. Works perfect, self-fitted to my chimney

[Woodster]

I got most of my info from here - Find out how to receive Freeview | ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002 when I got my new "digital" aerial, it advised an E/W, which I assume is a wideband. I just went to the shop and looked for one with E or W on the label and bought it. Works perfect, self-fitted to my chimney

Group E replaces the old group B, but works from channel 34 instead of 39. You should have made sure it was a wide band.

[Isitme]

I got a W with a brown label, which I understand covers the lot from 21 to 68. I didn't even see an E, just lucky I guess

[Woodster]

Brown? Should be Black for wideband!
If any body else is intrested, the UK colour coding for aerials is as follows-

RED = Group A Channels 21-37 (Old group A 21-34)
BLACK = Wideband Channels 21-69
GREEN = Group C/D Channels 48-68
YELLOW = Group BK Channels 21-53 (Old group B 35-53)
BROWN = Group E Channels 35-48 (no longer in use, has been superceded by group BK)
GREY = Group K Channels 21-48 (no longer in use, has been superceded by group BK)

[Isitme]

Sorry, it's black, I just had a look, for some reason I thought it was brown, probably an age thing.