Portable digital TV roof aerial, any good?

It would help to know the aerial you are referring to, probably no better than the one on your caravan unless its a very old van.A magnetic base will be useless on a caravan as the roof will be either plastic or alloy.

A lot of club sites provide an aerial outlet on the pitch bollard.

I assume you don't also have a roof mounted aerial? I don't know the portable one you are referring to but being magnetic might not be any good as most caravans have either alloy or fibreglass roofs? One I am happen to suggest is the Avtex STH 3000 which has a suction base so can be stuck on the side of the van. They are easier if you have an Avtex TV as its powered through the aerial connection. With a non Avtex TV it requires a 12v supply. We got it as a back up to our then automatic satellite dish.

David

If it works in a similar manner to the whip aerial on our MH it should provide reasonable reception. If it’s sold specifically for caravans it’s more likely to be a suction mount. The one on our van is boosted by an electrical charge fed along the aerial cable by the TV. So it does require a TV such as an Avtex that is capable of this. So worth checking it has this feature and your TV can supply the current. If it’s not boosted in anyway, then I would doubt it would be very good in all but very strong signal areas. We find ours provides a similar quality signal to the directional status aerial we had on our last van. Based on using it on the same sites.

Its on amazon, its called portable digital roof aerial magnetic mount for caravan, motorhome, boat, car, freeview and dab antenna. Its priced at 24.99 and has good reviews.  I have a satellite system but thought this might be easier ?? Getting back into all this after a few years away, its changed so much.

Will be going to CL sites

Thanks all

Is this the one?

Aerial

If so, you need to check if your caravan roof is definitely magnetic, and I doubt it. It is an omni directional aerial while uni directional are generally more successful at picking up signals.

Yes thats the one. Has good reviews, I just wondered if anyone had one, or similar. Its a pain setting up the satellite and would like something easier.

Thanks

If it won’t rotate and point directly to the broadcasting mast or won’t change polarity don’t bother! As much good as a coat hanger! 

Tbh, I doubt you'd find it a success even if you could put it on the caravan roof and that's your first potential obstacle to overcome. 

Don’t be swayed by reviews as they’re rarely what they seem.

But if you are in a particularly strong signal area it will give excellent performance but so will that coat hanger.  If not, like many of us wanting to get away to remote places, it will fail miserably. Look at directional options which can switch polarity along with a booster unit. Other options are free standing sat dish systems or possibly internet tv if the signal coverage is okay but that’s iffy too! 

Oh, and by the way, the coat hanger will have some directional capability!

Thanks all, I'll continue with the satellite system for now. For future reference,  are the vision image digital aerials good?