TV Aerial Direction

Joined
Jun 28, 2024
Posts
95
Likes collected
19
Location
Leicestershire
Funster No
104,186
MH
Autotrail Apache 634
Exp
Since 1998
I have a fixed roof aerial that can be manually moved in all directions. How do I know where the nearest TV mast is so I can point it the best way? Is there a decent app maybe?
 
I use UK aerial alignment app. I like that you can switch to a satellite view of where you are parked to check the compass in the phone is working correctly (often doesn't inside a van.)
 
I have a fixed roof aerial that can be manually moved in all directions. How do I know where the nearest TV mast is so I can point it the best way? Is there a decent app maybe?
Our aerial has a little signal strength gizmo inside the van. I just keep turning slowly until the light turns green.
 
Our aerial has a little signal strength gizmo inside the van. I just keep turning slowly until the light turns green.
Ooh I will have a check for one, thank you :)

Subscribers  do not see these advertisements

 
I have an android phone and use an app called DTV Antennas. It's excellent.
 
Ooh I will have a check for one, thank you :)
If yours is like mine, it should be just beside where the pole is located in the wardrobe - follow the cable. There is also a winder to turn the blade from horizontal (traveling mode) to vertical (sometimes required for some signals). It’s best yo raise the pole as high as possible before searching - and remember to retract and flatten it before traveling.
 
Look at any house aerials nearby.
Theyll give you an idea which way.
It was tricky this weekend as the site we were on wasn't near any houses and the other campers were in tents or campervans with no aerials so we had nothing to copy. I've just downloaded what look like a rather nifty little app though for 99p called AntennaFinder :)
 

Join us or log in to post a reply.

To join in you must be a member of MotorhomeFun

Join MotorhomeFun

Join us, it quick and easy!

Log in

Already a member? Log in here.

Latest journal entries

Back
Top