TV signal
Is it true some sites are charging £15 cash for a warden made ariel lead to be able to get a tv signal?
This seems excessive as mine from the £ shop has always worked ok.
Or is this a little warden sideline
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Personally I consider the price to be reasonable for a 25m coaxial cable made up with male and female conectors. The wardens stock their own items and need some return. I don't watch TV except at Christmas for about 6 hours in total over 3 main nights on
a site with decent reception and therefore don't carry one. If buying on site rather than scouting around for a cheaper one it is done for convenience and so a little extra is reasonable to help those who have failed to equip themselves in advance. I buy my
gas on site too. I might save a couple of quid driving off site instead but that means locating a supplier and probably spending the small saving on fuel with added inconvenience and time taken.0 -
Very reasonable, they are providing a service for the forgetful amongst us. Alternative is to go off site and purchase, you have a choice.
Write your comments here...we got our's from Sandringham CC , I can't remember how much we paid , but it's the only one we ever needed at 25 metres
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Its entirely up to wardens whether they decide to make and sell such things. Any member needing one could always make their own but I imagine many members find it rather convenient to buy one ready made and £15 is quite a reasonable cost if you don't want the bother. I get mine from Satcure but they are more expensive because better materials are used.
David
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It all depends on what quality of coaxial you use. However, even the cheapest from Screwfix would work out about £7. So given it has to be put together and the convenience of buying on site, when other suppliers are miles away, I don't think it is a bad
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I bought one on a site some time ago. Can't remember what I paid for it. I have had to remake the connector on one end though. It fell to bits while I was coiling it up and had to grovel around in the grass looking for the pieces.
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Same Subject, But different drift on TV Signal/Reception.
I have a 2014 Coachman, fitted that year with a single "Spike" aerial not unlike a car radio aerial. It is said to be omni directional but I have found that in practice it only works well in very good reception areas. But even then, if my O2 iphone was switched on whilst in the caravan, (Note that I said switched on, - not even in use.) the picture became totally pixellated.
But I have now found a gadget that works! One day I was in B&Q and in the TV aerial area when I saw a small carded gadget that was to be attached between the co-axial cable (from the aerial) and the TV set itself. It was described as a 4G filter. It was only £9.99p and in desperation rather than hope I bought it. To my amazement it seems to work! Not only can I now have my phone switched on, but I can actually use it to receive calls etc.
Nice to find something that works as claimed!
TF
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Actually I wish it were easier to buy shorter cables for in van use! My Van has a built in TV bracket. The power and aerial socket are very close to it and I have the devils own job to get cables that are short enough to avoid having loops or coils of excess
cabling looking unsightly!TF
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The shortest commercially made cable I have here is about 12" long, however a visit to Maplin would furnish you with the appropriate connectors and whatever length of cable you desire. Conectors are now solderless so just a bit of fiddlying under a magnifying
glass to fit.Worth mentioning that any cable causes a loss in the signal passing through it, and in general cheap cable has a greater loss per foot than dear cable. At 25m long I would not consider the pound shop cables as there would be such a big loss.
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Yes, but of course two entirely different applications. The 25 metre ones designed to bring the signal from the nearest EHU bollard to the caravan (i.e. external) and the short internal ones I was referring to for use between the internal aerial socket & the set itself. Those are the ones that I want as short as possible.
TF
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Yes, but of course two entirely different applications. The 25 metre ones designed to bring the signal from the nearest EHU bollard to the caravan (i.e. external) and the short internal ones I was referring to for use between the internal aerial socket
& the set itself. Those are the ones that I want as short as possible.TF
The smallest ready made I have seen are 0.5m ones on ebay.
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When we were at Sandringham site in june this year a M/van was on the pitch the otherside of the hedge ,and he bought Two 10mtre leads from a "cheap store" in Kings Lynn as he thought it would be "cheaper",on the second attempt at trying them even changing
to "our" hook up ,they decided that the £15 pound 25mtr lead of much better quality was much better value
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Just as an aside the 25mtre lead we use was bought from the caravan club site at Clumber Park about 1997 when the club stopped what was then the practice of loaning, for five pound deposit, leads on the few sites that had hookup for TV, it is very thin but
really good quality,I bought two for a pound each,the "spare" is still in the garage
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Actually I wish it were easier to buy shorter cables for in van use! My Van has a built in TV bracket. The power and aerial socket are very close to it and I have the devils own job to get cables that are short enough to avoid having loops or coils of excess
cabling looking unsightly!TF
Buy a Radio Ham a pint and he will make you one up in a few minutes. By the way, the 4g filter is a simple toroid that your new best friend will also make up for about 2p
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Actually I wish it were easier to buy shorter cables for in van use! My Van has a built in TV bracket. The power and aerial socket are very close to it and I have the devils own job to get cables that are short enough to avoid having loops or coils of excess
cabling looking unsightly!TF
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Have a look here http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/cable.htm
David
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I caravanned with my lae wife for 15 years and only had a small TV on our last 7 week holiday together with our youndest daughter (13). We had a small 6'' portable for her which was 12 volt - no mains. When my present partner joined me 4 years later we never
used a TV even though I had installed mains electric. 12 years ago we bought a Swift Charisma together and it came with a TV. At her insistence I bought an extension aerial cable to plug into bollards. Used about 3 times. Now in garage. We carry a TV with
us for 4 months on site every year. Generally used 3 nights at Christmas wher reception is fine.
I have never been a TV fan although I did watch Quatermass from behind the setee as a kid.
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You can see if you need one by checking the site details before going and buy in advance. Not sure what the wardens pay but they need to make a profit to justify stocking them. I suppose if you do not read the site details you risk paying whatever the wardens
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Shortening a coaxial cable and refitting a male or female connector is easy to do, takes about 5 minutes even I can do that, come on chaps why pay for someone else to do it. We carry all kinds of connectors in the van, last year we helped out a German couple
while on site in Spain, very pleased he was to, his wife even happier.0
