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Does anyone ever try their inbuilt TV aerial before errecting an external aerial?

I had to laugh with amusement at the number of caravaners turning up at a site near Burnham last week, sometimes spending up to an hour errecting a TV aerial or satellite dish onto the van

We had arrived the previous day and got a perfect picture on our inbuilt van aerial (the flying saucer kind) without the need for any boosters or equipment, other than the TV itself

Just thought i'd try and save some people a bit of time :)

Quote: Originally posted by millermicm on 01/9/2011

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I try the status aerial on pretty much every site but find it as useless as a chocolate toothpick I am afraid.

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I have had my status on the caravan for 9 years and have always given it a try, but up till recently it has been about as much use as a chocolate fireguard. However, in places where the analogue signal has been turned off and the digital signal turned up wonder of wonders I am finding that the status does a really good job. I was at New Quay on Cardigan Bay last week and two years ago in exactly the same spot ( to within a couple of yards ) I struggled to get a decent picture from any aerial whilst last week I turned the Status on, tuned the TV in and got a brilliant picture. The difference being that the old analogue signal is now gone.