TV reception

Baymare replied on 20/07/2023 16:14

Baymare

Posted on 20/07/2023 16:14

Try as I might I can very rarely get a good tv reception. I have a vision plus aerial but seem to end up on a site with trees.

I thought about a sat dish but I suppose you've as much fiddling about with that as an aerial.

It reminds me of the dats of my youth with fiddling about with the TV aerial in the house.

I have a signal finder app which points you in the tight direction but it ain't any good with trees round about.

Probably require a 100 foot aerial so this aerial can receive a signal.

Oh well you can't have everything just as well the telly is usually all repeats or just plain rubbish.

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DavidKlyne replied on 23/07/2023 12:29

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DavidKlyne

Motorhomer

Posted on 20/07/2023 21:37 by eribaMotters

We have an Avtex TV and the bent wire hanger cheap looking Avtex STH4000? sucker mount aerial. When you use them as a combo the TV powers a built in amplifier in the aerial. In the 5 years we have owned it we have not failed to get TV reception.

Before we go away I look up which transmitter I need to aim for. When we arrive I get a compass out, sucker mount the aerial to the side of the van or a window and press the auto search facility on the TV.

Colin

Posted on 23/07/2023 12:29

We had one of those when we had the roof mounted satellite dish as a back up if we couldn't avoid signal block to the dish. It's a good option if you have an Avtex TV but perhaps not so good if you don't. We liked the ability of being able to stick it virtually anywhere, including on the roof through a vent. One of the advantages is that it is very compact which is an advantage in a motorhome!

David

Amesford replied on 23/07/2023 14:29

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Amesford

Caravanner

Posted on 23/07/2023 09:52 by SteveL

My experience with this model is that it’s fine in strong and average signal areas, certainly much better than an omni. In areas other than strong it’s less successful.

Our experience as well with the Whip aerial on the roof of our Hymer MH. It is also powered by the Avtex tv. In poorer signal areas, although the stations often tune in, the majority are not watchable. How strong the signal has to be, also varies significantly with the atmospheric pressure. A high pressure whilst good news for a dry stay often means poor reception. Having said that I don’t find it any better or worse than the directional / tiltable status we had on our caravan, particularly in vertically polarised areas where it works well.

Posted on 23/07/2023 14:29

Actually high pressure can mean better reception for VHF/UHF signals can you remember before the advent of digital TV we used to get co channel interference from European TV stations during high pressure, as a radio ham this was great as contacts could be made all over Europe on the higher bands which normally pass through the atmosphere