TV Arial for Caravan

Don't know about the digital part but we are very happy with the Wynguard arial and the reception we get in most places.
Central Qld we had good pictures while others with a range of mounted arials were continually shifting and fixing to get a picture at all.

Kevin J

We have a Wynguard and it is O.K. for digital TV, and HDTV where appropriate. Note: one can under some circumstances overload a digital TV signal, so turning the booster (pre-amp) off (if fitted) can sometimes actually make the signal better!
The only drawback we have found with the Wynguard is that it is horizontally polarised only (for both digital and analogue signals). And cannot be adjusted for a vertically polarised signal (transmission). At least some of Central Western Victoria is vertically polarised, which means you may get a poor signal (or no signal) there when you neighbours are watching good TV. An option in these (rare) circumstances is to take a small easily packed standard antenna (e.g. the old rabbits ears or similar) and hang that this way & that way off the external antenna plug (if fitted).
Some pole mounted caravan antennas can be temporarily adjusted at the masthead for either vertical or horizontally polarised signals.

Goooday,
Winegard is about the best of the fixed, able to be adjusted from inside the caravan. As already said a Digital Set Top Box will give you great pictures where the digital signal is available, especially where the other is snowy etc.
We have just spent a month at Lane Cove river C/van park in Sydney, subject to where we are in the park we have huge dfficulty in getting a watchable picture because it seems that as all the stations are close by, the signal is too strong. On this trip we resorted to a set of rabbits ears as all else failed, including set top box.
Satellite is the only way to get best results, can now get portable set up for about $5oo. That has it's own set of problems when changing states & not using it on a regular basis. The Oyster is a great Satellite set up that is atutomatic set up & tuning but expect to part with $5000-00 plus.
Cheers,
Boroma 604.

The Winegard antennae are specifically designed for UHF reception, VHF will always need the amplifier turned on and according to the sheet I have they cope with vertically polarised VHF ( UHF is always horizontally polarised in Australia) with the turned down sides to the slots in the wings. The actual antenna is only an area of around 12mm or so that surrounds those slots the remainder is only supposed to reflect the signal to this area. Please don't ask me how it all works as I don't know.