The best way to receive TV signal?

[mandlmaunder]

Will this help?

I don't know if this system would work in the UK, but there is probably a similar set up available.

http://kvh.com/Press/pr.asp?id=789&category=SATELLITE

Mark

 

[TrueBlue]

This thread has wandered about a bit, so here's some more input...

The number of satellite dishes in your marina must say something, so don't waste any more money on terrestrial kit. OK it may be less susceptible to vessel movement that a dish, but will suffer from multiple reflections from all the yacht masts nearby. In any even you'll have to stick a conventional; type tv aerial up the mast to get good reception, which may not be practical.

Seems to me that a better solution is to "go satellite". Fitting a dish to a pontoon - particularly if it's fixed horizontally. A dish is not hugely upset by horizontal movement across its smaller diameter, but will drop out if the movement is in the vertical plane. If it's fixed to a pontoon the rise and fall wont affect it.

My suggestion would be to get a s/h sky receiver off eBay (ONLY buy a Pace box) - they can be had for £10 - £20 and a sky dish from wherever you can cheaply. There's a large supplier in S.Wales who's quite cheap.

You don't need a Sky subscription to receive all the major channels, and the advantage is that their EPG ("Radio Times") is better than Freesat, which is better tan the Maplin (or similar guide).

 

[Sans Bateau]

(muttering under his breath, fearful of being put on an ignore list, why the hell do you want TV on a boat anyway?!!)

 

[dunedin]

We are getting about 10 stations in total, BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, Gay Rabbit (?), BBC Radio 1 & a few other radio stations.

It is worth being aware that digital terrestial signal comes in blocks of channels - aka MUX.
Hence it looks like you are getting a reasonable signal on the main BBC group, but not the rest of them
If need more Google Freeview Channels MUX

 

[oldharry]

(muttering under his breath, fearful of being put on an ignore list, why the hell do you want TV on a boat anyway?!!)

Feel that way a bit myself. Whats the use of a Sat dish on a swinging mooring or at anchor? Come to that whats the use on a marina pontoon? Unless you have several miles of cable to go with it....

Same with a yaegi aerial. yes it may be able to get a much stronger signal than an Omni Loop - but only if it is pointing the right way. Omni loops are rubbish anyway, so personally I gave up onboard TV years ago, because if I am aboard I am off down the channel somewhere enjoying the peace and quiet. Maybe that because everyone else is tied up in the Marina fiddling with their aerials.

Who gives a tinkers cuss what happened on Corrie or Eastenders? and the TV weather forecast is so dumbed down nowadays as to be worse than useless. I can get up to the minute accurate weather information over my mobile phone Internet Link when I need it. So whats the use of onboard Tv?