Hi does anyone use a signal booster and do they make much difference in poor signal areas - are they worth it?

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We have a signal booster and directional aerial that came with the caravan. We use it all the time and mostly get a perfectly good picture as long as we make sure we know whether the signal is analogue or digital and what direction it's coming from !

Anyway - I blew a 10 amp fuse the other day (using a bloomin' 12V tyre air compressor that I'm about to send back !) - this meant that the signal booster wasn't on - so when we were in the Isle of Wight last week the signal was a bit disappointing - lots of dots every where ! So I replaced the 10 amp fuse, the light on the signal booster came on - and and lo and behold a perfectly clear picture !

So...... !?

P.S. I just checked on the CC site and the signal at Southlands (IoW) is good apparently - so perhaps caravan aerials need boosters !

We live almost under a TV Transmitter Mast and need a Booster for our home TV because otherwise we lose the signal because it passes over our head.

We used to use one in the van until we bought the Maplins TV Signal Finder and now we get the best TV we have ever had.

Quote: Originally posted by Meee on 23/9/2010

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used one all the time until i went to free sat :)
went for a cheap one from Argos £8.00 and it worked a trreat

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poor and seemed to come and go (probably due to us being in a quarry!!) and I wondered if a booster may have helped.

possibly not but a sky disk may have worked if it had a clear view.even with high trees a dish sometimes does not work,like york CClub site.

Quote: Originally posted by FionaW1971 on 24/9/2010... at Rivendale the signal was there but poor and seemed to come and go (probably due to us being in a quarry!!) and I wondered if a booster may have helped.

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