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magraret


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hi all we have a jayco which has the boster on the ariel and we also have a saturn ariel and we are at woodgate and cant get any stations other than sbs and have tried it all ways we see that itecworld has a disc that says  we can pick up tv any where, what do others use ( ps i now that a lot may say why do u need tv but due to the work i do it is my r and r and i miss it )other than fishing can any one help and if this topic has been done before i am sorry but i missed it



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Hi,

I'm at Burrum Heads and found that I have to scan for stations every time I move the ariels.You also have the problem at Woodgate that you can pick up both Childers and Hervey Bay and they interfere with each other.

I also have a Saturn and an amplifier fitted.

I was told by a TV tech to face the dome of the Saturn at Hervey Bay's transmitter and to manually scan for the signal.

If you have the net you will have to check and see what the Hervey Bay channels are and scan for those.

From Woodgate the Transmitter at HB is East South East of your position.

The channels are as follows

ABC 2   22  23 and 24

SBS 3  32 33

Seven    7  72 73

Win 8  88

Southern Cross Ten 5   55  50

You will have to try and scan them in manually.

You could also try a transmiitter that is 229 degrees from Woodgate and try that one if the Hervey Bay one does not work.

Other than that it's spend money and go to the Satellite VAST system and get crystal clear TV Australia wide.

 

Hope you get a decent outcome.

 

Safe Travels



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Hi Margaret,
If you follow the link there is a webpage for Satplus who sell the satellite VAST system.On the homepage it shows how simple it is to set up your dish.
You have to get Federal approval as a traveller but satplus help with the forms.You have to basically say you are travelling around the country and will be places where there is no TV reception.
The link is as follows.

http://www.satplus.com.au

This should take you to their webpage and if you scroll down it will show a small video on how easy it is to set up the dish.
It is easy to use once you have done it a few times,same as most things.

Cheers

 


Safe Travels



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We have the Wyngard that Jayco supplied with the caravan... sometimes it works on some channels and sometimes we dont have any. Breaking the tv habit is difficult, and its annoying when you have spent a lot of money for such poor reception. Good luck Magaret!
We used to be campers and are used to spending our evenings reading, on the internet, playing scrabble etc, so we dont miss it too much.

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thank u what would be the best  Satellite  to get



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Depending on how long you are staying , try the vast satelite system. I get all the free to air channels, plus local news clear as a bell, but it can be a hassle setting it up. Also, if you are on Austar, its the same OPTUS c1 satelite.I run the box on a 300 w interter, and the tv is 12v. I hope this helps you. Bill

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we have a happy wanderer tv aerial have used it for many years ,never a prob just go0t home in townsville from a trip down south ,we had tv every place we stopped  we were going to get a new aerial for digital but we are sticking to the one we have ,hope this helps all the best fw



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Fpw may I ask which happy wanderer you have? Is it the t bar type or the other one?
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If you're going to spend a fair bit of time travelling the best bet is a satellite dish. Ours is push button from inside the motorhome & it opens up & scans automatically for the satellite.

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We have been away for over 3 weeks and have only got a reception twice. But our TV has a built-in DVD so if we're desperate we can watch a DVD. We are finding it is actually quite nice not having TV at all. Maybe you will too.

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Regardless of the aerial it's normal to have to rescan for the channels (both digital and analogue) when you change locations. This is because different frequencies are used in different areas despite the digital channels having the same program number. An exception is when the move is not too distant from the previous location and happens to be in the same transmission coverage area.

It's handy to get an idea which direction to point the antenna and often you can use nearby antennas as a guide although the antennas on other caravans can be sometimes misleading.

(these comments apply to normal "terrestrial" TV and not satellite)

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Our campervan came with a built-in Winegard antenna, which is almost useless at any distance from TV transmitters; we view it as a waste of the approx $800 paid for this accessory.

We purchased a "Foldaway" tubular PVC style (about $150) which is a lot better but still depends on being within reasonable reach of regular TV signals.

There's a huge lot of Australia which has no such access. If you're like most of us, hoping to cover big chunks of it, then Satellite is the best way to go for TV coverage.

We purchased our "Vast" system early during our trip around the block last year.. definitely the best accessory purchase made for our van.

A bit over $700 for the system but money well spent!  We considered it at about $3 per day for our seven month trip and nothing more to pay for the equipment which will be with us permanently.

Do it once, do it right ... go with satellite

Safe travels and good viewing

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hi tess the one we have is just a bar type have been all over auss and had no probs with it ,we even use it at home we live in townsville and get great tv coerage better than the other people in our units .

hope this helps all the best fw



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As mentioned in an earlier post we also have a Winegard and sometimes we don't get asny signals or perhaps only a couple of channels. In that case we don't worry, we revert to DVD's for any entertainment when we feel the need. Usually can get the news on the radio so you can stay in touch with the goings on in Canberra etc. So, don't worry too much about the signal just find an alternative.

 

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We have also used a Happy Wanderer for many years and there are very few places where we haven't had some reception. We have the T type with a booster.

We are in the process of ordering a new van and although it has a Wineguard we are still having ordinary aerial points put in, in case we need to use the old one or we get a satellite dish.



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Also use a Happy Wanderer  We have the T type with a booster

We live in adigital only area and works great



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