barracudabus
Free Member
Morning all.
Having had a couple of weeks free over xmas I decided to go on a mini tour in the van. Maybe not the best time of year but at least I now know the heating works fine ;-)
Anyway the long cold nights have meant I've finally used the TV a bit and have noticed that signal is patchy at best even when moving only short distances.
Sometimes I get just BBC, sometimes ITV and C4 as well, sometimes I need to do a rescan on the TV to get anything.
All this has left me wondering whether we should invest in a new aerial or even put on a sat dish.
We currently have a Status 330 which I think is omni directional and was looking for advice, recommendations or experience.
The status 570/580 looks like an improvement, but is it? Are there better alternatives? Or would a sat dish be better?
I have a 12v Linux based sat box at home so can add this into van if necessary. But as we don't have a satellite subscription is there any benefit just for freeview channels. I.e. signal strength is better, it gives the only opportunity for English channels whilst abroad?
Thanks all and Happy New Year
Having had a couple of weeks free over xmas I decided to go on a mini tour in the van. Maybe not the best time of year but at least I now know the heating works fine ;-)
Anyway the long cold nights have meant I've finally used the TV a bit and have noticed that signal is patchy at best even when moving only short distances.
Sometimes I get just BBC, sometimes ITV and C4 as well, sometimes I need to do a rescan on the TV to get anything.
All this has left me wondering whether we should invest in a new aerial or even put on a sat dish.
We currently have a Status 330 which I think is omni directional and was looking for advice, recommendations or experience.
The status 570/580 looks like an improvement, but is it? Are there better alternatives? Or would a sat dish be better?
I have a 12v Linux based sat box at home so can add this into van if necessary. But as we don't have a satellite subscription is there any benefit just for freeview channels. I.e. signal strength is better, it gives the only opportunity for English channels whilst abroad?
Thanks all and Happy New Year