Recommend me a TV aerial.
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maby
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Having tried several options at Chatham - which is renown for poor freeview reception - I tried a One4All active antenna (http://www.oneforall-int.com/produc...350/cat_id/2/type/aerials/sub_id/5/sub_title/) and it works fine. I thought I was going to have to mount it high on the mast, but I tried just zipping it into the sail cover and we get all the channels that are on offer with just the occasional pixelation.
I did try other active aerials and they were not worth having.
I did try other active aerials and they were not worth having.
Deefor
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Thinking about the case satellite kit again, I guess I'm going to have problems with the dish mounted on the boat if it pitches and rolls when moored up. Might just try it and if no good, leave it on the bank to get a steady signal.
Must remember to bring it in at night though
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Must remember to bring it in at night though
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No Regrets
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We're dumping Aerial this year, and will be streaming pre recorded media from an iPhone or iPad.
64Gb of memory stores a lot of high quality stuff!
64Gb of memory stores a lot of high quality stuff!
rafiki_
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Apologies if this is a bit fred drift, as I am on the R Severn, but when the analogue transmission was turned off, and the digital signal boosted, we now get a great picture, using a Status aerial/booster. We can recieve all the Freeview channels, which is not necessarily good news, as the majority are rubbish.
oldgit
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Having tried all of them they are all medioce to say the least.The "preamps" consist of 10 pence worth of components in all models no matter how expensive , the fancy flying saucer ones inside are merely tin foil on plastic to collect the signal..
You will get fed up pointing the sat dish very night and cabling it up from the river bank plus stowing it on the boat.
You will get fed up pointing the sat dish very night and cabling it up from the river bank plus stowing it on the boat.
rr_123
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rosssavage
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With respect to pitch / roll tolerance: I have the kerstan dish and a sagem hd freesat box, and it's quite amazing how much the boat has to move before signal is lost. The dish is permanently installed on top of my radar arch, so we're talking some 16' above the water line which really amplifies any water line wobbles - so far it has never lost signal in pitch or roll (even when robo coaches tear past at 15 kts 3 whole inches from my hull..
) and can take a good 5 degrees either way in yaw. If you're yawing more than 5 degrees in both directions, its time to tighten the mooring lines!
The downside is getting it oriented in the first place, even using the sat finder. Quite often I get a good strong beep on the finder over a sweep of maybe 20 degrees, but it really has to be spot on to acquire the signal. Once locked on though, it's very good.
The iPod / iPad solution is a valid one, however, we often spend three weeks away from base in the summer months, and that really spanks the data usage..
) and can take a good 5 degrees either way in yaw. If you're yawing more than 5 degrees in both directions, its time to tighten the mooring lines!The downside is getting it oriented in the first place, even using the sat finder. Quite often I get a good strong beep on the finder over a sweep of maybe 20 degrees, but it really has to be spot on to acquire the signal. Once locked on though, it's very good.
The iPod / iPad solution is a valid one, however, we often spend three weeks away from base in the summer months, and that really spanks the data usage..