TV Antenna

Charm · Member

TV Antenna

patrol03 · Senior Member

It is my belief after 40 odd years of vanning that directional antennae are preferable. A phased array or yagi type together with an amplifier would be the way to go,but you will need an exterior pole for mounting.Omni directional antennae look good,and don't need moving to detect a signal and fit neatly on the roof.Over the years I have tried a couple..one in fact well over $300..OK in good signal areas but in marginal areas not good.Go and have a talk to the people at your local Jaycar dealer before you spend the hard earned stuff on a dud.

Bruce and Bev · Guru

I agree with patrol - also have a chat with a couple of service staff at caravan retailers - the older ones have a wealth of knowledge about all thing to do with 'vans

PeterD · Guru

patrol03 wrote:
It is my belief after 40 odd years of vanning that directional antennae are preferable.

Yes, my experience is that omni directional aerials are equally poor in all directions.

macka17 · Guru

Yep.
And after 50 odd yrs.
My opinion of any tv reception.(apart from 98% of it all being rubbish)
Is that if you want it regularly. and ALL over Aust.
Buy a Vast box and sat dish.

NO tv arial will give any reception, once out of range of the towers.
Regardless.

SAT. apart from in forest and heavy cloud will give it everywhere.

When you look at what they charge for these "modern" super antenna's you chuckle.
NONE work everywhere.
Why bother.

Oh And when we did use antenna's the best I found were the ones that were just a straight shaft with booster at rear.
and reducing in length cross bars from rear to the front.

Nowadays. we take Blueray. and 2 terra hdd with Movies. and that old ant for when near metro areas.

News/weather.

I have HF Reciever (2 to 30 meg marine) gives accurate weather all over Aust at that time.

String out the wire and away you go.

-- Edited by macka17 on Monday 15th of August 2016 12:12:31 PM

adreamer · Senior Member

Antennas??, we used a coathanger, although it was my job to get up and move it around, then my siblings would all yell at at once, YES, NO, GO BACK A BIT, STAY WHERE YOU ARE, HIGHER, LOWER etc. etc

The good 'ole days!!

Helen

woofta and precious · Senior Member

Yep, we have an Omni directional antenna (NCE) on our new van, and I must say it is next to USELESS!

macka17 · Guru

Forget TV. Just have radio for news/weather.
and lotsa movies.TV shows etc on a coupla chips. HDD's.

Todays Teev. Is 31_7\8ths channels of pure garbage.

I get my movies and Tv shows from States off net then copy to chip and play on teev.
Simple and free.

I watched 8 movies in last month All but one before they released in Aust.
Just watching one now comes out later this month. Ben Hur. (DVDrip)

aussie_paul · Guru

macka17 wrote:
Forget TV. Just have radio for news/weather.
and lotsa movies.TV shows etc on a coupla chips. HDD's.

Todays Teev. Is 31_7\8ths channels of pure garbage.

I get my movies and Tv shows from States off net then copy to chip and play on teev.
Simple and free.

I watched 8 movies in last month All but one before they released in Aust.
Just watching one now comes out later this month. Ben Hur. (DVDrip)

Yes, some of it is BUT there are many great docos etc

and as I am quite disabled I enjoy the good tv stuff.

Don't put everyone on the same basket as yourself Macka,

you are only a spec in the grand scheme of things, and NOT the only expert on here!!

Do I assume you pay copyright royalties on those movies, or do you steal them?

Aussie Paul. smile

macka17 · Guru

Agree mate.
Docco's on SBS mainly are good. that's pretty much what we watch when we do.
and the Rugby.
But all this soapy and watch us at home now prog's. from here and the States.
Jeez.

Those movies.
I pay acess to streaming per month. In American $$'s To American account.
and get from America. So in my eyes consider it legal.
I'm paying for them and getting use of them from another country..

Nothing done in Aust at all apart from using my carrier.
They stream from open service to anywhere.

Just have a coupla Players to suit different formats
from different streamers/Downloaders and you away.

It's a good system. and if you just "stream" (Watch them on air.)
you not copying anything, so breaking NO laws as I know of.
Just watch. turn off and do another one.
No hard copy. no passing on to others. Just yourself.

Basically NO record of anything kept on your hard. so basically no Pirating.

You CAN record if you want.
But If I was to do that to good ones worth watching again.
I'd keep on a throwaway 2 terra Hard. (That'd be "slightly" naughty)

Yep.
So If I admitted to doing something like that. I would be stealing,
as would millions of others.
BUT.... Would we??. Admit that is.

This is all just Cyberspace.
anybody saying anything to anybody.
with no way of proving/disproving any words said or implied.

Mainly all fantasy hey.

Hope you feeling better mate.
I've been on heavy doping, Patches and Opiates for near 26 yrs now.
Going through Nerve Blocking at present. (That's interesting if it works)

ps/.
I'm NOT even a speck in the way of things, here or elsewhere.

Just a person who's enjoying the bit he's got left. and loves to stir..
Keeps the brains active hey.

kezngaz · Senior Member

No tv in our van allowed.
If she wants to watch them soaps n stuff then its just me and the dogs...