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know this is a dodgy subject for some , but, we have just bought a tele for when camping in the tent. Would like a decent outdoor aerial. Any suggestions as to what would be suitable,Wev'e tried the indoor ones but havn't had much success with them. Many thanks.

I've been considering the same thing... we've got a USB Freeview adapter for the laptop which needs an aerial, and the knitting needle on a magnet that it comes with is no better than a chocolate teapot.

I used to go fishing a lot, and my fishing brolly pole is solid aluminium with a threaded point at one end... I'm thinking I could use this as an aerial mast (albeit a tad short!) and make some sort of wing-nutted attachment for any standard TV aerial.

I believe I have too much time on my hands... that or I am becoming a camping addict!

We bought a three section collapsable pole and aerial from a caravan dealer but it cost £49 ish.  Needed to fit an outside aerial connection and attached the pole to the jockey wheel.  Worked well - then sold the caravan and got a van with an indoor aerial an nowhere to fix an outside connection!

Carol

Hi Nessa.

               As the country is having all it's Analogue Terrestrial TV transmissions turned of region by region as we speak, it will be harder than ever before to get a signal, this is due to the Government not spending money on the extra transmitters that are needed, so when Analogue Terrestrial has gone there will many pockets around the country with no Terrestrial signal, especialy Camping sites, the Government say this is not a problem as you can use a Satellite dish to get a signal where there is no Terrestrial signal, even though in some areas the Digital Terrestrial signal will be increased to almost 3 times it's current power output, amazing that the Government won't spend on extra transmitters, as they are set to make billions from the sale of the Analogue Terrestrial Bandwith, if I was you, I would be getting a Dish and Sat Receiver. hope that helps. 

Quote: Originally posted by Surfspud on 03/5/2009

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I assume you keep that inside the tent Sue.

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