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I'm fitting a freeview TV in my van, but need advise on the choice of aerial ?
Any members running decent aerials ?
Recommend units appriciated.
Marc

I use my freeview tv in my camper but only ever watch dvd,s,ive done a bit of searching about ariels and found these small stubby ariels for sale on ebay £19.99 which I have been told are pretty good.Ive just ordered one gonna try it the weekend,

Hi I have just fitted a flat screen in my van , I fitted a status 330 on the roof and the picture is excellent. Only downside it looks like a flying saucer on the roof.

fazzer wrote:I use my freeview tv in my camper but only ever watch dvd,s,ive done a bit of searching about ariels and found these small stubby ariels for sale on ebay £19.99 which I have been told are pretty good.Ive just ordered one gonna try it the weekend,

I've tried one, but it was a bit difficult to get a good signal, let me know how your stubby one performs.

It all depends so much on the signal strength where you happen to be at the time.

The cheapest tiny "twig" style will give you a hundred channels in a good signal strength area, whereas a £150 amplified "flying saucer" might give you zilch in a poor signal area. Having said that, I am intending to maximise my chances of getting a decent signal by purchasing a better one than the dumpy style, amplified mag base one I currently have, but it is annoying to spend out, and properly mount, a decent camping style one, only to find you still get no signal at xyz location.

My current one ("library" pic) =


Note = some of those fancy looking "flying saucer" ones are nothing much more than a wire "halo" encased in plastic with a cheap amp in the base.

i have the same aerial as ghost123 , 7 quid from ebay works very well considerng the price.
rumour has it attach the magnetic base to something metal ( roof ) and it works better

those of you that have a tv/dvd fitted , what have you used to mount it.
i am intending to mount it on the roof just back from the two front seats, so that when the bed is in place its central to your view

update on stubby ariel,i used it this weekend in wales out in the sticks,had to retune tv but ariel worked perfectly without any issues.10/10