Sat TV and insurance

Tommy180
Just because you don't have a dwelling insured shouldn't go against you getting car and van insurance.
But insuring contents in storage could be a different matter, is it stored at a friends place, or is it in a furniture storage place, if that is the case its not impossible, but the cover would most likely be limited.
Strongly suggest you try going through a Broker.
Hope this helps.
Baz

Hi Ron
I like a tripod, instead of a pole, so if you are in a location with tree cover, you can easily move the tripod around to get clear view of the sky. The tripod is pegged to the ground and is stable. I have three coax lead for use with the sat dish, one about 3 or 4 m, one about 6 or 7 m and one about 12m and use the appropriate length depending on how far the dish has to be from the van to get a clear view of the sky. Occasionally I have had all 3 connected together, to find clear sky.
Cheers
Neil

Agree with the tripod and a couple of pegs holds them down The one on the A frame may end up at the wrong end for reception an it isnt a good idea to travel with it on there as some have actually folded up with the wind.

Either on the rear bumper or as we did Put it in the car against the front of the cargo barrier.

A 700mm dish is best as reception in the far south is harder to get than north due to angle of satellite in the sky.

Be aware that Sat TV is changing to the VAST system shortly and the old boxes wont work.
Neither sadly will my plain white card. LOL

Insurance is hard to get for contents if you dont own a house.

We had trouble but got it through a broker who unfortunately dont do it any more.

You will just have to ask around.

Car and van insurance is OK but they usually only give $2000 of contents in the van. You can get more contents insurance in the van for an exta premium though.
We wanted the stuff covered when in the car and that was the hard part.

Suncorp would insure stuff in a canvas unlockable annex but not the same stuff in my locked and alarmed car.

Our furniture was stored at Fort Knox in Caboolture who sell insurance for a monthly fee.

Try www.accessantennas.com.au for a sat set up.

We got ours off them and has been good. If you get a box with a USB port you can record programs as well.

Tommy 180
My dad had a tripod type dish and quite often had trouble getting a signal.He ended up getting a automatic dish that is fixed to the roof and when activated it opens up and locks onto the satellite automatically in a matter of seconds. The 2 down side are the price( I think $6000) I could be wrong and if you are parked under a tree you are not going to get a signal. If you can afford it might be worth a look if you are moving a lot. Pretty hard to steal aswell being on the roof. Also has his foxtel which he is very happy about(nothing to do with auto system of course).Good luck and have a great trip.
Glen

In regards to insurance, we had no problems getting insurance on our motorhome, the contents had a standard of $2000.00 but we increased this really easily to cover everything that we are going to carry, and the rest of our gear is going to be in fort knox type storage place and they insured that really easily also, this is through RACV, hope this helps,
Cheers Tina