Directional TV Aerials
Boatman
considering are:
(1) Vision Image 530/18-2 which is slightly odd looking but can change
between horizontal and vertical configurations to match the tv
transmitter (also does FM)
or
(2) Maxview Digital Tourer High Gain TV Aerial (MXL022).
I will also fit a signal booster. Does anyone have any experience of
these or any other good aerials.
Thanks in advance.
Martin Nicholas
> Can anyone recommend a good directional TV Aerial
Not been intimate with either of these, but one thing's for sure, buy one
with rugged elements - most aerials are made from something like silver
paper these days.
Richard Tanner
"Boatman" <gen...@anra.co.uk> wrote in message
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Our Image aerial works very well, good reception of terrestrial and more
importantly Freeview. There are a number about on the canals and before we
bought ours I asked 6 or 7 people about performance and all but one thought
they were good.
They are reasonably substantial and ours works well with a booster.
Richard Tanner
Tank (WM97).
does it have to be an aerial??? Would you consider Freesat or are you
after freeview (Freeview is better, Freesat is full of shopping
channels but there are all the BBc and ITV channels on there).
Mike Hancox,
MCH Marine Electrics.
krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
You can filter out the channels you don't want of course, but Freeview is
often better beacuse of the lack of clear line-of-sight 'view' of the
satellites when on the canals. We use an Omnimax for terrestial TV, which is
quite discreet and easy to store away. I cannot abide seeing boats going
along with stupid great big TV aerials lying all over the roof because they
cannot be stowed away. Is TV that important? If our little aerial doesn't
get a signal then we get out the books.
Mike
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Tony Haynes
The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
Tone
Bob Adams
<f53688fc-8318-494f...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> writes
>The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
>banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
>
>Tone
The Misses and I totally agree with you. We also ban radios and never
buy newspapers whilst we are cruising. Oblivion and peace have a special
place in our hearts.
I went to the dentist yesterday. What a shock it was to read about the
Titanic sinking.
Bob
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Harry Stottle
news:UAlhk3B6...@ntlworld.com...
> In message
> <f53688fc-8318-494f...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
> Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> writes
>>The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
>>banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
>>
> buy newspapers whilst we are cruising. Oblivion and peace have a special
> place in our hearts.
>
> I went to the dentist yesterday. What a shock it was to read about the
> Titanic sinking.
>
saved you a few bob, Bob ;-)
Tony Haynes
> In message
> <f53688fc-8318-494f-85f8-9a3480d61...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
> Tony Haynes <irishcanaldrif...@googlemail.com> writes
>
> >The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
> >banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
>
> >Tone
>
> The Misses and I totally agree with you. We also ban radios and never
> buy newspapers whilst we are cruising. Oblivion and peace have a special
> place in our hearts.
>
> I went to the dentist yesterday. What a shock it was to read about the
> Titanic sinking.
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Adams
It sunk??
Tone
Nicholas D. Richards
on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 at 22:44:26 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
wrote
I take it that you already knew about the relief of Lady Smith.
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Due to a dose of syrup of figs?
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Nicholas D. Richards
services.co.uk> on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 at 10:51:59 awoke Nicholas from his
slumbers and wrote
>"Nicholas D. Richards" <nich...@salmiron.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:1MEoYLAP...@salmiron.co.uk...
>> In article <UAlhk3B6...@ntlworld.com>, Bob Adams <m...@privacy.net>
>> on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 at 22:44:26 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
>> wrote
>>>In message
>>><f53688fc-8318-494f...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
>>>Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> writes
>>>>The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
>>>>banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
>>>>
>>>>Tone
>>>
>>>The Misses and I totally agree with you. We also ban radios and never
>>>buy newspapers whilst we are cruising. Oblivion and peace have a special
>>>place in our hearts.
>>>
>>>I went to the dentist yesterday. What a shock it was to read about the
>>>Titanic sinking.
>>>
>>
>> I take it that you already knew about the relief of Lady Smith.
>
>
>Due to a dose of syrup of figs?
>
>Guy
>
No, prune juice for an old prune?
Aah
:-)
Tony Haynes
> In message
> <f53688fc-8318-494f-85f8-9a3480d61...@y20g2000vbk.googlegroups.com>,
>
> >The boat is the one place where I can totally escape the telly. It is
> >banned. I do watch the occasional DVD on the laptop though.
>
> >Tone
>
But what about the Archers??
Tone
Richard Tanner
"Tony Haynes" wrote
>But what about the Archers??
>Tone
They would be banned as well, far to dangerous on a canal boat.
Richard Tanner
krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Nicholas D. Richards
s.com>, Tony Haynes <irishcan...@googlemail.com> on Fri, 18 Sep
2009 at 08:10:35 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
Nooo, not the same since the death of Walter Gabriel.
Brian on Harnser
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Neil Arlidge
We stopped buying them at the time we bought our first teletext tv.
Talk of analogue teletext (RIP), here is my sad mates site :-)
http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/
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krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
Likewise :->
Mike - although Krystyna does when she can.....
Richard Tanner
Further to my post praising the Image 530 aerial I have to report that a
problem has occurred. Every time it rained and the aerial was in the
horizontal position water got in and we lost some of the digital channels.
Although the thing was almost two years old I contacted the supplier,
Towsure, and when given the details they said that it was out of warranty
and what did I want them to do. I said that I thought that it was an
inherent fault rather than wear and tear but I would settle for the name of
the manufacturer. The gave me the name, GradeUK, and a phone number.
When I contacted GradeUK the nice man said "Oh, you've got one of them.
Email me with your name and address and I will send a replacement. We don't
get many faults but we know it happens".
Two days later the replacement arrived.
I found the service to be amazing, they didn't even want the old one back as
it would put me to some inconvenience. The new one is fitted and we await
rain but I have the feeling that all will be well. I would certainly
recommend them in the future.
Richard Tanner
Zeke
HEALTH WARNING
If you are not interested in watching TV on your boat, please move on
to the next topic and please refrain from clogging up the thread with
replies that are irrelevant and unhelpful to the OP.
Just to be a little more constructive than most replies, I have two
suggestions.
One is to go for Freesat, and in my experience, the £90 kit (or
thereabouts price-wise) from Maplin, will give you a superb reception
for most of the common channels, plus regional ones like BBC 1 Wales,
BBC 2 Wales for Heineken Cup Rugby if you are interested - and
others. If the direction of the Astra 28 satellite - which is 28
degrees east of south - is blocked by trees or buildings, then forget
it, you just wont get a satellite signal. If you can 'see' 28 degrees
east of south, you will get reception, but with one reservation - use
a decent satellite finder - I use one with a row of lights and a
bleeper and it never fails - cost me £10 in (I think) Currys. In the
past I have used a dial/needle type and have been tempted to throw it
into the cut because it was so hard to zero in on the direction of the
satellite.
If those pesky trees or buildings are in the way,forget your satellite
dish, and in my experience, this is the most consistently reliable
aerial for terrestial TV:
With this aerial, in 75% of locations, you will pick up Freeview,
(armed with a freeview box, obviously) which is as good as Freesat -
just take a note of the direction of the aerials on housses close to
where you moor up.. Arm yourself with these two means of getting
Freesat or Freeview, and you will very, very rarely be without telly.
Personally, this only matters for me when it comes to tv news, some
drama, and some sport. Those who choose to live without telly need
not add to this thread - yes I do read books, and yes I can live
without telly, but like many people I do choose to keep in touch with
national and international events.
DISCLAIMER: THE AUTHOR FULLY SYMPATHISES WITH ANYONE WHO HAS NO DESIRE
TO WATCH TELEVISION.
(Sits back and waits for the usual crap to emerge in the thread)
krystyna@googlemail.com Mike & Krystyna Wooding
> On Sep 15, 9:03 am, Boatman <genm...@anra.co.uk> wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a good directional TV Aerial - the two I am
>> considering are:
>>
>> (1) Vision Image 530/18-2 which is slightly odd looking but can
>> change between horizontal and vertical configurations to match the tv
>> transmitter (also does FM)
>> or
>> (2) Maxview Digital Tourer High Gain TV Aerial (MXL022).
>>
>> I will also fit a signal booster. Does anyone have any experience of
>> these or any other good aerials.
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> HEALTH WARNING
>
> If you are not interested in watching TV on your boat, please move on
> to the next topic and please refrain from clogging up the thread with
> replies that are irrelevant and unhelpful to the OP.
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, a self-appointed moderator
Mike
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Zeke
Congratulations on making the first contribution to the thread that is
of no use whatsoever to the OP - following mine, which was intended to
be entirely constructive.
Zeke
Just to add to my earlier reply, in my experience, the Maxview
birdcage aerial, even with their booster, has been entirely
unsatisfactory on two of the three boats that I have owned
Tony Haynes
We had a birdcage once. It got knocked off the cabin top by a low
branch. Locky, the budgie was most displeased.
Tone
Chris N Deuchar
@p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, gen...@anra.co.uk says...
>
> Can anyone recommend a good directional TV Aerial - the two I am
> considering are:
>
> (1) Vision Image 530/18-2 which is slightly odd looking but can change
> between horizontal and vertical configurations to match the tv
> transmitter (also does FM)
Brilliant
> (2) Maxview Digital Tourer High Gain TV Aerial (MXL022).
Rubbish
> I will also fit a signal booster. Does anyone have any experience of
> these or any other good aerials.
Good idea
Chris D
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