It's only just over three years ago since we last moved. This time we are moving for two reasons.
1. We are struggling to afford to rent the place we are in now.
2. Nobody should have to suffer with neighbours like ours. They have been relentless in their destruction of our property, last week breaking the windows on our car.
Actually, I could add a third reason.
3. There is now so much electrical noise getting into my antennas at the current property that my rooftop antenna has become unusable. This is not a sole reason for moving of course, but it's a problem I will be happy to see the back of.
Our new property does seem a lot quieter, electrically, based on two visits and brief listening sessions yesterday using a modified Degen DE1103, one in session in mid-afternoon, the other mid-evening. In fact, it seems ultra quiet on both medium wave and band 2. I'm sure there will be *some* noise at some point as nobody seems to escape this modern evil anymore, not unless they are very lucky. Time can only tell.
Our neighbours have been something else. Their behaviour has always been erratic. Friendly one minute, aggressive the next. Why they have taken it upon themselves to make our lives a misery we have no idea. We have done nothing to cause this. We even used to be quite good friends at one time and go out socially.
The new location is like an oasis in a sea of urban sprawl. It's a detached property and has gardens all round it. Although it is surrounded by other housing, it is quite enclosed at the end of a footpath and is blocked from view by tall conifers and high fencing. There are fairly long gardens on two sides of the property so there is potential for hiding a few antennas. It's very modern but not as big as our current property. We will miss the open views we have enjoyed across the fields here.
So there are pros and cos, but isn't that always the case?
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