Omnidirectional aerials
Our new sprite came with a omnidirectional aerial, I have read on various forums how rubbish these flying saucer type aerials are, but I was gobsmacked to find out what a useless piece of kit these are unless you are in a wide open space pitched up underneath a transmitter.
I have been trying to get a decent signal whilst sitting on my drive to no avail. So I recently purchased a aerial that i was intending to fit in my daughters loft. I assembled the aerial, stuck it on a makeshift pole about 6 feet long quickly joined the coax cable pointed it the same way as the house aerial, and hit the scan button. . . Boom!! 68 digital channels and with a small dorectional tweak, perfect picture on every channel. The aerial I purchased is not an expensive one or a huge sputnik satellite jobby. So I shall make it "mobile" and shall use that from here on. The beauty of this aerial is that just by undoing 3 wingnuts it stores flat.
Now I'm considering removing the space ship from the roof of the van.
What do you think??
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You are quite right that uni-directional aerials work far better than omni. Have you considered swapping your flying saucer for something like the Status 530/570 which we always found worked well? Also, the pole mounted equivalents are more compact for carrying than domestic aerials.
Personally, I wouldn't remove the useless aerial unless it's to replace it with a decent one.
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I have looked at the Status 580 long pole, and impressed by that type of antenna. We had one fitted to our old van. But £150 just so Jules can watch bloody Emmerdale ????????
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What price your OH's happiness?
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Much less than £150!
She's happy as Larry and over the moon to be married to me!
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Several on my watch list fella
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Switched it on????? If you mean the booster, then yes.
When I hastily put the new aerial up, after I'd turned it in I realised that the booster wasn't switched on. It made no difference when it was powered up!
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I had an omni on my first van, it worked near perfectly at home on my drive but once on my chosen sites around Britain often nothing could be picked up. This may help explain and suggest better alternatives.
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Personally I would check all the coaxial cables are connected properly on the Omni directional aerial as in a past caravan i found that the connection behind the tv socket had come so loose it was barely connected at all & once secured it cured the problem.
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That was my first point of call, checked all connections, and continuity of coax.
Believe me people I`ve tried everything possible to get a half decent picture.
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Had a status, excellent performance.
Now have a whip, it is pants, or even worse, never got reception that was watchable.
Now use DM log from www.aerialsandtv.com/touringaerials.html. on a pole. Superb, never misses.
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Tried the new aerial set up bank holiday weekend, well pleased with the performance.
I purchased a Maxview side mount kit (plus an extra bracket). Everything worked superb.
Happy days
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And a happy wife.
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Oh the brownie points are stacking
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