TV Aerial for the van.
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Instead of a terrestrial TV Arial a satellite dish could be considered? Free Sat or SKY, I guess now that there may be others. Would require a Dish, size would depend on how far afield one wanted to travel away from its intended beam. A mounting either on the vehicle or on a collapsible tripod. Suitable cable length and connectors and a Decoder as many as you would like depending on what services are required. Some of the larger dishes will pick up good signals way outside of the projected satellite beams.
Just like terrestrial aerials which need a line of sight to a transmitter, SAT Dishes need a line of sight to a Satellite. Obviously one need to transport any of these things. I had a mate with a LR Defender who carried a large dish on his vehicle roof he set up by hand and he went all over Europe and Russia. His main interest was languages. He could speak fluently nearly every Europian Language including Weslsh and Russian and many others . All self taught. He used to watch TV from host countries and when back in UK would continue watching East European TV to develop his language skills further.
Just like terrestrial aerials which need a line of sight to a transmitter, SAT Dishes need a line of sight to a Satellite. Obviously one need to transport any of these things. I had a mate with a LR Defender who carried a large dish on his vehicle roof he set up by hand and he went all over Europe and Russia. His main interest was languages. He could speak fluently nearly every Europian Language including Weslsh and Russian and many others . All self taught. He used to watch TV from host countries and when back in UK would continue watching East European TV to develop his language skills further.
Love it! It like one of our “cell on wheels”!
Something like that but smaller, his was the width of a Defender on a home made clamp that allowed elevation and swivel. He was so adept at it he never bothered with any location equipment other than a compass for approximation that any walker might posses.
What is the best TV Ariel for a campervan I have a free view TV .but the Ariel I have never picks up a signal
I have this one it works well....
Can you post a link please?
I have that one as well cant get a signal from it
We also have the August DTA240 - works really well as long as you stick it on the roof of the van and bring the cable in through the window.
Pete
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Pete
Interesting - thanks for feeding back
I meant to ask, are you placing it outside?
Buggeration....that was my thinking too!
