TV antenna

[Stompor]

Anyone have any suggestions for a tv antenna for the boat?

Are these any good.

http://a1672.g.akamai.net/7/1672/116/20050701/www.ritzcamera.com/graphics/boatersworld/products/316030295.jpg (http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=358914) http://a1672.g.akamai.net/7/1672/116/20050701/www.ritzcamera.com/graphics/boatersworld/products/316031939.jpg (http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=3079274) http://a1672.g.akamai.net/7/1672/116/20050701/www.ritzcamera.com/graphics/boatersworld/products/316030360.jpg (http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=697460)

Or any other suggestions?

[Tedster]

Scott from what we have found, all of them work about just as good as a good set of rabbit ears do. I was next to a friend that had a remote controled moving type that came in the same as my ears did on my boat.

[SomeSailor]

Very true Ted. Ya can't get what's not there. Rabbit ears are probably the best all-around solution. Some have fancy pre-amps... but they just amplify the noise as well. :)

Those SeaWatch antennas are just folded dipoles.

I did a scientific test ( :lol: ) on our 10 day cruise. The Sea Watch antenna I bought from Seapuppy worked better than the rabbit ears I brought along. This was probably more a function of the Sea Watch being a few feet higher on the radar arch than anything else.

In any case, we usually got 2-3 stations sort of good and 3-4 other pretty bad.

Raul

[bradvo]

Do not waste your money on them. Unless your close to the big city, there crap. Infact the one I had on my Carver could not pick up in Tacoma, unless it was channel 11 at the time.
go satellite.
Brad

Of course it helps to already have service at your home.

[Numbknots]

I have an older rotating antenna and it is nearly worthless! I purchased a portable sat dish and added a receiver $5 a month onto my existing account. In a marina or tied off to shore/anchor or at a state park dock the satelite is the way to go. You can subscribe to local channels if you want to (the trucker package) For on the anchor or while underway the best bet is bring along a handful of DVD's and a good book :P

Tim

PS: I did get streaming video on the Verizon Broadband PC card this last trip to Port Orchard/Gig Harbor and Bell Island.

[LadyDi381]

My husband needs to have TV access especially in the evenings. He has to be able to watch the news. We have had many different antennas and they all work about the same. What has worked best for him is Direct TV dish, 100+ stations.

[Stratocaster]

I have one of the units in Scott's post above. I find that the stations I do get, come in really well. I used to have rabbit ears, what a pain in the ass. Always poking one of us in the face in the confines of the boat.

Up here, CBC comes in as clear as cable, no exaggeration.

[Numbknots]

Fox news nearly always comes in and the rest isn't worth watching anyway! (SORRY COULDN'T RESIST)

I don't have it but I am told that Satelite Radio has lots of News stations for us Talk show junkies??

Tim