ABSTRACT

If all the tenants in a block of flats had their own TV aerial on the roof of the building, the result would be very unsightly. In the case of a 24 storey tower block having four flats on each floor, the roof would probably not be large enough to accommodate 96 separate aerials. Even a low rise development looks ugly if every house has its own aerial; sometimes a four storey development consists of two flats and a maisonette above each other so that each ‘house’ would need three aerials. In fringe reception areas, one needs large aerials mounted very high up. This makes it difficult to equip each dwelling with its own aerial. In built up areas, large buildings shield smaller ones, so that if an estate consists of a number of small blocks and one or two towers, occupants of the small blocks left to provide their own aerials might find it desirable to put them on masts rising as high as the top of the tower block.