I'm amazed that so many who see the ABC as some sort of Socialist Propaganda machine are complaining about not getting acceptable access to its broadcasts.

Surely their argument should really be to close it down for the rest of us.

Hasbeen, about the only solution I can suggest at this distance is to
get a new TV mast at least twice as long, check what sort of co-ax you
have, and if it is a cheaper type, buy a length of better quality coax
and try your existing antenna on it.
If that does not do the trick, then buy an antenna with higher gain.
You may find the coax type printed on the cable.

You did not answer my question about the neighbours' antennas and did
the signal improve when you installed the amplifier ?

Does the amplifier have its own power supply ?
Or does your TV set supply the 5Volts ?
See the TV menu.

I liken the ABC to Telstra, excellent application but very poor mentality.
Some camera crew even hand out hash resin/oil which proves too much for some location villagers.
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We all get it wrong, every one of us.
The hard bit is admitting it.
Bazz will know, we share a hobby, it is a science radio and TV communication/reception.
One neighbor gets no ABC or any TV, young, stubborn, not bright, he refuses to listen.
His Ariel is the wrong one, pointing in the wrong direction, and the wrong way up!
He thinks it is weak signals!
The next one too has the wrong aerial.
Wrong polarization[way up] and pointing in to the ground.
A third? informs me his Ariel box?[booster has a wire of.
All want to get an expert to fix them, do not want my help.
Free as offered and fixed in minutes for one.
My reception all channels is top rate my hobby ham radio.
One with the wire? watch my TV some times

Thanks to japanese & chinese equipment manufacturing, both ABC & Telstra are at the top of the game technologically..

You should direct your complaint to the correct place Hasbeen.

The ABC hasn't and doesn't operate its own transmitters. The national transmission authority was responsible for the broadcast signals of government broadcasters. It was privatised by the Howard government in 1997 and had become Broadcast Australia by 1999.

Broadcast Australia is owned by McQuarrie Bank and is contracted by the Australian government.