TV Aerials - Digital TV

John

Active 1. Around about $240 and comes with a built in booster.

Regards

Kim

If you are in an area of good reception the type and size of the aerial is not all that important. I use a 6" high old mobile phone that I have patched into my USB HD Receiver. Works a treat even inside my home (solid brick). You need to understand that with digital you will either get a good signal or nothing. If the signal is below 'par' then you will get crackling and popping and a fragmented picture. Not at all like analogue that you could 'tweak' and get a watchable picture. I would think twice about spending a couple of hundred on an antennae. Check Jaycar they have 8-10" magnetic base designed for PC TV. About $25 or so. Could be your best choice to start with. If you can get a signal with that one (and you should in an appropriate area) then you've saved yourself heaps.

I was sick and tired of playing with TV antennaes: round ones, several normal looking antennae, wynegard (yeah it worked guarding the wine ;-) ). Finished up buying satellite setup. Way to go.

Malcolm

I have the Happy Wanderer DX active Zone

Very Good especially in country towns

Type Happy Wanderer in to Google & away you go

Daz

Hi John
I have a HAPPY WANDERER antenna and have had excellent digital reception all over Oz, including Perth, Geraldton, Broome, Exmouth, all through the SW of WA and all parts of Victoria. Very easy to set up on a caravan with a screw type bracket supplied with it. Available from Dick Smith stores for around $100. Also good for setting up for either horizontal or vertical polarity TV signals (simply rotate the head unit either cross ways or up and down). Hope this helps.
Regards
Rob

John
Got your response via email. Mine shows as a HAPPY WANDERER CARAVAN TV ANTENNA.

It's a T piece construction and the top piece is about 1 metre across with a hinged bracket that slides on to the upright pole which is about 750mm with a screw base provided and a bracket which fits on the side top of my caravan. The hinged bracket at the top enables you to set it either horizontally or vertically (depending on the TV signal where you are). The clue is to check other van antennas where you are.

Comes with about 4 metres of antenna cable and fittings on the end to connect to the caravan TV socket on the side of the van. Got it at Dick Smith store at Highpoint Maribyrnong but would guess that any DS store would have them. From memory it was about $100 for the lot.

Have used it all over Victoria and throughout WA last year. Excellent digital TV reception everywhere. Hope this helps.
Regards
Rob