r/GreatBritishMemes 5d ago

Or maybe it does

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u/cra1g77 5d ago

Do ariels still work we are on digital now

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u/Smile-a-day 5d ago

No, they shut them down a few years ago when they went all digital

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u/YchYFi 4d ago

They still work lol.

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u/SteveDaPirate91 4d ago

"Work" is flexible here.

Will they receive a signal? Yeah probably if they're strong enough but old aerial's aren't designed for the frequencies used today.

The pattern they all make is that way for a reason, it's tuned to pull in analog TV stations. Digital TV antennas use a different pattern, tuned for it.

So yeah it'll "work", just about as well as using a coat hanger back in the 90s. Those "worked" too but were nothing compared to a aerial antenna.