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Try Ofcom. All the info you require; locations, frequencies and polarisation.

This site has all the info you need - direction, analogue or digital, Horizontal or vertical. Just type in the post code in Location under My Settings on the RHS. Then click on Received Signal Strength on the LHS.

Transmitter direction

we have had this problem as well but we used an in-door booster aerial and on some sites we got all channels and other sites we got nothing, i just tried this out for we are going in 2 weeks and it says strong, see if this helps

like the others have said follow the other people's near by to the site/on site.

http://www.freeview.co.uk/availability

First off we have been using THIS TV Aerial for the past 3 seasons and get perfect picture everytime. With this type of aerial it does not matter whether the transmission is vertical or horizontal as it picks up both.

This year we have invested in this TV Signal Finder and for less than 20 quid, we are now getting a terrific signal, first time, everytime.

We only want the TV when it is wet in the evenings and so I really do not want toi be faffing around in the rain trying to figure out the best way to site the aerial or which direction to point it in.

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 12/6/2010

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First off we have been using THIS TV Aerial for the past 3 seasons and get perfect picture everytime. With this type of aerial it does not matter whether the transmission is vertical or horizontal as it picks up both.

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Hi Tigermouse, We have ours on a standard TV Mast. I guess if I was in a tent then the mast would have to be guyed like a flagpole. Our mast is 3 sections, each about 3 foot. That is mounted on the A-frame of our caravan.

Hi H1TM4N32, We bought a TV Dongle years ago when they were a lot more expensive. It now resides in its original box on a shelf in the study and has been there since a week after it was bought.

We are only about a mile from a TV Transmitter and even at that, the dongle is bloomin' useless. I do hope you have better luck than we had.

Quote: Originally posted by LobeyDosser on 12/6/2010

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We only want the TV when it is wet in the evenings and so I really do not want toi be faffing around in the rain trying to figure out the best way to site the aerial or which direction to point it in.

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I thought everyone looked through the Heki while balancing on the seat cushions and  stretching to turn the ariel in the locker and at the same time trying to remember where 225 degrees is !   Who needs a signal finder when you've got 3 arms and a neck that's 2 feet long ! !