The aerial which Possum3 has put a link to, is a very good one, and possibly the best of them
I did read a few years ago, about a mob in South Australia, who claim that they make the best aerial, but can not find that link
Just remember that any aerial, is not much good, away from the towns, (if you plan on free camping)
Hope that when you get everything sorted, there are plenty of good road trips, ahead of you
WAssa41 said
08:30 AM Dec 24, 2019
I have found that the best system is via a sat dish. You can get any sate in Aus with just a phone call to vast and you can also take your Foxtel box from home with you. Takes me about 10 minutes to set up and you will always get tv.
wassa
ConsumerMan said
12:02 PM Dec 24, 2019
WWAssa41 wrote:
I have found that the best system is via a sat dish. You can get any sate in Aus with just a phone call to vast and you can also take your Foxtel box from home with you. Takes me about 10 minutes to set up and you will always get tv.
wassa
Hey Wassa, with Foxtel instead of taking dish and box could you just use the Foxtel Go app on a tablet with a lightning to HDMI cable to TV. Providing you have internet of course and sufficient data. Just wondering. Or just watch Foxtel Go on your tablet which is what I usually do. Apologies to OP for highjacking thread.
Galivanters said
12:18 PM Dec 24, 2019
Thanks
bgt said
12:40 PM Dec 24, 2019
IMHO the best thing about hitting the road is not having TV!!!!
Jaahn said
01:14 PM Dec 24, 2019
Galivanters wrote:
Hi everyone, newbies here (Brian n Jude). We've got the motorhome and are wondering what's the best TV Aerial to have?
Hi Brian
We have a flat style gate type aerial with a booster and a mast to get it up a bit. Just one that you buy for houses in a difficult area. It works OK most places near towns. In fact if you can see the transmitter I just sit it against the van or a fence on the ground. I look at the aerials on the houses as we get close to stopping to know the polarity and direction to help setting up.
But a satellite system is more certain if you need to watch it every night. Also with the ordinary aerial, if you are out back well away from towns or in the forest, or down near a creek there may be no signal to pick up. So listen to the birds ! or go to bed. But most towns have a repeater these days.
Jaahn
Galivanters said
06:57 PM Dec 24, 2019
Thankyou J n B Gallivanters
Dick0 said
06:29 PM Dec 25, 2019
Hi and welcome,
If you go for the Winegard sensar pro amp and freevision HV antenna, the cost of buying the entire kit will be close on the cost of the VAST satellite system.
The Wineguard kit is fitted to most caravans by manufacturers these days. I have this setup and it performs very well receiving both vertical and horizontal transmission...important if near outback towns. If you are starting from scratch, VAST may be a better investment and way to go...IMO
2trout said
08:49 PM Dec 25, 2019
There are many places in Australia where you cannot get free to air TV. As others have said, VAST is the only way to go. A good set up will set you back some thousands of dollars if you put it on the roof, but you will be able to get free TV almost anywhere and you can also hook up your Foxtel for the footy. The good quality units will automatically locate the satellites for you and they sit flat on the caravan roof, needing no storage and not getting in the way when parking your van in the shed. If you get interested, check out Autosat; German technology and really good service.
WAssa41 said
09:58 AM Dec 26, 2019
You can connect your iPad to your tv but the problem is your down load speed and your down load capacity. Roof sat dishes are expensive but simple to use but you still have the problems of trees buildings other vans blocking your sat access, with a free standing dish you can set the dish anywhere to get sat accesS. I have two leads to connect the van to the dish. One is a std length which I can use most times and the second is twice that length for when there are a lot of obstructions and in the worst case I can join the two together. We have been travelling for around 15 years and have never ever not had Tv. An auto roof top system is around $4000 and the manual around $500. You can get a lot of cold beers for $3,500.
Wassa
WAssa41 said
10:00 AM Dec 26, 2019
i live at Mt Tamborine 4272 happy to help if you are close.
We find that the tv rarely gets unpacked but it's nice to have if the weather is rubbish and we get stuck inside for a day or two.
StewG said
02:45 PM Dec 27, 2019
bgt wrote:
IMHO the best thing about hitting the road is not having TV!!!!
+1
FMC said
06:57 AM Dec 29, 2019
"Winegard sensar pro amp and freevision HV antenna" Yes totally agree, great antenna and easily installed to existing wind up systems, a great ap, for your phone is "DTV" which automatically shows the direction of TV stations where ever you are.
Corndoggy said
07:15 PM Jan 1, 2020
2trout, nice fish, where you catch that and what on, hope you let it go.
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Wednesday 1st of January 2020 07:17:07 PM
Hi everyone, newbies here (Brian n Jude). We've got the motorhome and are wondering what's the best TV Aerial to have?
The aerial which Possum3 has put a link to, is a very good one, and possibly the best of them
I did read a few years ago, about a mob in South Australia, who claim that they make the best aerial, but can not find that link
Just remember that any aerial, is not much good, away from the towns, (if you plan on free camping)
Hope that when you get everything sorted, there are plenty of good road trips, ahead of you
I have found that the best system is via a sat dish. You can get any sate in Aus with just a phone call to vast and you can also take your Foxtel box from home with you. Takes me about 10 minutes to set up and you will always get tv.
wassa
Hey Wassa, with Foxtel instead of taking dish and box could you just use the Foxtel Go app on a tablet with a lightning to HDMI cable to TV. Providing you have internet of course and sufficient data. Just wondering. Or just watch Foxtel Go on your tablet which is what I usually do. Apologies to OP for highjacking thread.
Thanks
Hi Brian
We have a flat style gate type aerial with a booster and a mast to get it up a bit. Just one that you buy for houses in a difficult area. It works OK most places near towns. In fact if you can see the transmitter I just sit it against the van or a fence on the ground. I look at the aerials on the houses as we get close to stopping to know the polarity and direction to help setting up.
But a satellite system is more certain if you need to watch it every night. Also with the ordinary aerial, if you are out back well away from towns or in the forest, or down near a creek there may be no signal to pick up. So listen to the birds ! or go to bed.
But most towns have a repeater these days.
Jaahn
Thankyou J n B Gallivanters
Hi and welcome,
If you go for the Winegard sensar pro amp and freevision HV antenna, the cost of buying the entire kit will be close on the cost of the VAST satellite system.
The Wineguard kit is fitted to most caravans by manufacturers these days. I have this setup and it performs very well receiving both vertical and horizontal transmission...important if near outback towns. If you are starting from scratch, VAST may be a better investment and way to go...IMO
You can connect your iPad to your tv but the problem is your down load speed and your down load capacity. Roof sat dishes are expensive but simple to use but you still have the problems of trees buildings other vans blocking your sat access, with a free standing dish you can set the dish anywhere to get sat accesS. I have two leads to connect the van to the dish. One is a std length which I can use most times and the second is twice that length for when there are a lot of obstructions and in the worst case I can join the two together. We have been travelling for around 15 years and have never ever not had Tv. An auto roof top system is around $4000 and the manual around $500. You can get a lot of cold beers for $3,500.
Wassa
i live at Mt Tamborine 4272 happy to help if you are close.
Wassa
We use one of these https://www.jaycar.com.au/outdoor-omni-directional-uhf-vhf-amplified-digital-antenna/p/LT3141 and put it up on a spare annex pole. It's OK where free to air is available. Failing free to air (or if free to air is rubbish) we always have our trusty 2TB Toshiba X10 SSD which we preload with movies, TV series, docos, etc.
We find that the tv rarely gets unpacked but it's nice to have if the weather is rubbish and we get stuck inside for a day or two.
+1
"Winegard sensar pro amp and freevision HV antenna" Yes totally agree, great antenna and easily installed to existing wind up systems, a great ap, for your phone is "DTV" which automatically shows the direction of TV stations where ever you are.
2trout, nice fish, where you catch that and what on, hope you let it go.
-- Edited by Corndoggy on Wednesday 1st of January 2020 07:17:07 PM