"Roy" wrote in message ...
Jim gm4dhj ... said the following on 09/02/2012 10:23:


no you are correct it is just a COMAG sat RX and gets more channels than
freesat...I have a Grundig freesat box with 500gb hard disk at my static
caravan and it gets less channels.......my fav rx is my LIDL SL65 gets
all
the channels going......


Most Freesat boxes have the ability to store and receive all 'free to air'
channels.

Roy

I an sure you are correct but too much fiddling about when all the wife
wants are the normal channels.........thing I like about freesat is the
ability to see programmes from other regions.....

Brian Reay. explained :
I've been looking at the various TV antennas for caravans/motorhomes and I'm
curious to hear (read) peoples' views.

Obviously there is the option of the (essentially) mini domestic version
rigged on a pole once you have parked up. Clearly you can get some height and
have an amplifier, plus more gain if you get a larger antenna. But there is
this fuss of the set up.

Unless your intention is to always stay around very populated areas,
where there is likely to be a good terrestrial signal, then I would
suggest you give serious thought to satellite.

We use a Maplin suitcase satellite kit which we have been delighted
with for the past 5 years. It has worked for us all round the UK, often
where there has been no terrestrial signal to be had at all. The
'suitcase' was disposed of long ago - the receiver is permanently
mounted, leaving just the dish needing to be set up. I adapted the dish
to fit on a pole, which I simply hammer into the ground and that all
fits in a carrier bag. As there is no need to re-tune the receiver at
every location, whilst trying to find a signal, it is much quicker -
you only need to aim the dish. Two to five minutes later, with the help
of combined compass/ elevation gauge type sat finder, we have working
TV.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Jim gm4dhj ... expressed precisely :
"Roy" wrote in message ...
Jim gm4dhj ... said the following on 09/02/2012 10:23:


no you are correct it is just a COMAG sat RX and gets more channels than
freesat...I have a Grundig freesat box with 500gb hard disk at my static
caravan and it gets less channels.......my fav rx is my LIDL SL65 gets all
the channels going......


Most Freesat boxes have the ability to store and receive all 'free to air'
channels.

Roy

I an sure you are correct but too much fiddling about when all the wife wants
are the normal channels.........thing I like about freesat is the ability to
see programmes from other regions.....

No fiddling about - our sat box gets all the available ones, plus all
of the regional ones apart from the Sky scrambled ones. We just choose
the ones we watch regularly (out of the 400 to 500 available) as
favourites.
So as soon as the dish is set up, she has her 'Corry'.

--
Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
Jim gm4dhj ... expressed precisely :
"Roy" wrote in message
...
Jim gm4dhj ... said the following on 09/02/2012 10:23:


no you are correct it is just a COMAG sat RX and gets more channels
than
freesat...I have a Grundig freesat box with 500gb hard disk at my
static
caravan and it gets less channels.......my fav rx is my LIDL SL65 gets
all
the channels going......


Most Freesat boxes have the ability to store and receive all 'free to
air' channels.

Roy

I an sure you are correct but too much fiddling about when all the wife
wants are the normal channels.........thing I like about freesat is the
ability to see programmes from other regions.....

No fiddling about - our sat box gets all the available ones, plus all of
the regional ones apart from the Sky scrambled ones. We just choose the
ones we watch regularly (out of the 400 to 500 available) as favourites.
So as soon as the dish is set up, she has her 'Corry'.

Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)

yes I love digital sat now....gave sats up when they went digital but look
what I was missing...still miss tutty fruty though ........

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
Brian Reay. explained :
I've been looking at the various TV antennas for caravans/motorhomes and
I'm curious to hear (read) peoples' views.

Obviously there is the option of the (essentially) mini domestic version
rigged on a pole once you have parked up. Clearly you can get some height
and have an amplifier, plus more gain if you get a larger antenna. But
there is this fuss of the set up.

Unless your intention is to always stay around very populated areas, where
there is likely to be a good terrestrial signal, then I would suggest you
give serious thought to satellite.

We use a Maplin suitcase satellite kit which we have been delighted with
for the past 5 years. It has worked for us all round the UK, often where
there has been no terrestrial signal to be had at all. The 'suitcase' was
disposed of long ago - the receiver is permanently mounted, leaving just
the dish needing to be set up. I adapted the dish to fit on a pole, which
I simply hammer into the ground and that all fits in a carrier bag. As
there is no need to re-tune the receiver at every location, whilst trying
to find a signal, it is much quicker - you only need to aim the dish. Two
to five minutes later, with the help of combined compass/ elevation gauge
type sat finder, we have working TV.

magic....I ditched the carry box as well as it wouldn't all fit back
in........

Try this link and have a look at

http://www.gradeuk.co.uk/

have a look at an Image 420 @ £24.95

This is the one that I use on our narrowboat in Wales and have found its
fine.

One of its main points is that its robust.

It needs to be as you tend to sling it in the front of the boat every time
you move.

Michael