Hi Viv..
Sorry can't help as to a "aerial fitter" but just to say/ask,as you've got an aerial socket,is there any coax cable coiled up or tucked behind a cupboard panel somewhere?..and could you not just fit an external socket and use a "clamp-on" type aerial?
Our first van had one of the round Status Omni directional ("flyin' saucer")type and it of little/no use on digital..
Our second van only had an external socket,so we used one of these and it workd well enough for us:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nikkai-Outdoor-Digital-Aerial/dp/B0023BGNBY?tag=ukcampsite00
The reason we chose it was because it was easy to cart about and store(..although if I recall,it did require an addition power source at the tv end..)..we just clipped it to a pole,which fastened to the bike rack,although there are loads of different mounting brackets available.
Our current van came with one of the directional "through the roof" type:
http://www.gradeuk.co.uk/shop/status-550.html
..which works very well...however,if it hadn't have come already fitted,I'm not sure if I'd have had the guts to have a 50mm hole shoved through the roof?!?...
(..or indeed pay the high asking price...!)
I have actually threaded a seperate coax down down to an additional socket which I fitted just under the side skirt of the van(and covered by a rubber flap).This is so that we can connect to a site's aerial system if need be..)
If I had to fit an aerial "from scratch" again,I'd probably just look at fitting a proper external socket..and then look at just using an aerial that's easy to cart about/install...
Hope some of these ramblings help....
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Topic: fitting tv aerial
