The status gizmo we have on the van roof sometimes works sometimes not. So, im looking at a digital aerial of the sort you have on a pole. Im looking to attach it to the bike carrier, and feed the co-ax up underneath.
Im not interested in going down the sat-dish route, so i just want pointers as to which aerial i should be thinking of?
Personally I have always found that if I am looking for an aerial to use when I am camping/caravanning, I am better off with one that is specifically made for those who are camping/caravanning!!!!!
We have been using this aerial for 4 years now and it has worked for us every time.
For storage, I split the aerial into component parts. The wire backing bit comes off and it lies flat in a locker, taking up no room at all. The cable then gets wrapped around the diagonal bit and is stowed away like that.
Touring mostly in the west coast of Scotland, we do occasionally come across tv transmitters that are on the vertical plane rather than the more usual horizontal one.
Thos aerial copes with them both with no need for sperate adjustment.
Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 10/9/2010
ok. i may need further instruction re setting it up once i get one.
It mounts on a standard TV Aerial Mast and the only thing we have added since getting ours was that for this year we invested in a Maplins TV Signal Meter.
THIS one in fact. Now the setting up time is negligible.
Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 11/9/2010
does this go between the aerial and the telly? what about the booster thing i already have, is this still needed?
If your aerial is a permanently wired in set up, then yes, you can have the signal finder wired into the circuit, but as we dismantle everything each time we move, then no.
I set up the aerial on the mast and then plug the lead into the signal finder and turn the aerial until I get the strongest signal. Only once that has been established do I then unplug the signal finder and pack it away and then set up my TV and Freeview Box.
We have used a signal booster in the past but we have not needed it since we bought the signal finder.
The signal finder has an "In/Out" so that it can be part of a permenant circuit, but it can also be used as a stand alone unit as I use it. In this case I only use the "In" socket.
I went for the Maplin Signal Finder after reading reviews on this and other ones. I am getting a bit long in the tooth for new fangle fancy bits of kit and I wanted something that I did not have to pour over a manual in the wind and rain as I struggled to understand dials and knobs. We tend not to bother about the TV unless weather conditions force us to be inside and therefore whatever set up we use, has to be able to get a top quality picture with the minimum of faffing about outside in the rain.
Oh, and being a Stingy Jock, it has to be cheap!!!!
The Status 530 Directional Antenna i use one on my custom camper and it always works. It also has a integralelectronic booster . You can even changethe antenna's direction and polarity from horizontal to verticalfrom inside your van. No messing about in the rain!
Cheers delta, but there is no way on gods earth that im boring a hole to mount one of those in my van roof. Plus, like the stingy jock, im a stingy yorkshreman, and couldnt justify the cost (and worry that it may leak)!
Lobby, what powers the signal finder? Ill likely just use it to get direction then take it out of the loop. Less gubbins in circuit, the better the picture?
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Topic: Digital aerial
I use a normal house aerial
