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rogngab


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hi my wife and i will be heading off on our adventure in a couple of years time can anyone tell us if you can have a satelite dish on your van to pick up foxtel and if so can you pick it up anywhere cheers rog and gab


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The country side beats the hell out of tv any day.

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It always amazes me when I see the "happy campers" set up camp in the van park, and spend the rest of their day finding signal for the dish.
The next day, or the day after they pack up camp and move on.
I "listen" to a lot of TV, but hardly sit and watch it. I just don't get the dish TV thing.
But to each his/her own I suppose.
Satellite dishes are everywhere. I have no idea what they watch on the service it provides, but to me it seems to defeat the purpose of getting out there among nature and the wildlife.

Oh, by the way, allow me to welcome you to Nomads Rog and Gab.
I hope you have safe and happy travels, with or without that dish thingy. Cheers Chris


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I'm with you Granny.

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Spot on Granny, hours chasing the little gap in the trees for a signal ,then the wind comes up & yep,NO MORE GAP for the signal.so they do it all again.

Dont need that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Hope somebody can help you soon , dont be put off all grey nomad do things their way if you want foxtel go for it

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brickies wrote:

Hope somebody can help you soon , dont be put off all grey nomad do things their way if you want foxtel go for it




You're flying in the face of reason there, brickies.

The prevailing attitude in all things caravanning/camping/motorhoming etc. is:

"Be reasonable, do it my way."

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I suppose one could always set up Foxtel and watch the National Geographics and Discovery channels. Good way to learn about nature whilst sitting in the shade of the van. LOL

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Whats Foxtel??????????????????????

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It's a place where you can watch moving pictures Smokey...................they even have sound now. But you have to pay to watch. You know how the bloke down your street has television?.............well it's a bit like that but in colour :)

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Talkin about those dishes  Iwas asked to put my awnning down as it was troubling her reception, in a nice way i said ummmm  get an antenna like most have and get a signal , but we still spent happy hour with them .
Ya gotta laugh

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you can put up your sat dish and with the foxtel card and a suitable decoder box (one that accepts two cards) you can view it anywhere, it will be on a different satelite to the one that is described in your sat dish setup (optus d9) so check with your foxtel supplier which sat they use

to get other signals from other states you will have to go through the television broadcasting rightsd of each individual state and fax them the request to view their telly as you travel through, this will be on a different sat again to foxtel

I carry all equipment necesary to recieve sat telly but I dont ever use it, why I hear you ask because at the time it was "shiny" and I am highly attracted to gadgets"

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Ohhhhhhh bugga.....this new technology..its too advanced for Me.....I'll just have to stick to my blue tick.mobile phone that works everywhere...pfffffffffttttt..crap...hell it cant even work 5 klm from home....I even bought a laptop to take away camping to watch DVDs..now they tell me.......I have a choice....do I want normal.or blue ray???..Whattha??? LOL

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evileyeevileyeevileye  We have travelled the outback for months without tv.

Every night we watched the SKY channel , we called the night show the milky bar kid ,
he never failed to deliver.
Throw in some satelites &  for a bit more colour add space junk burning up on the way down .

Doesn't get much better.smilesmilesmile


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how do digital set top boxes go while out roaming? do u always need the antenna up?

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yep internal or external, hills or valleys will kill your signal though so it's in the "unreliable" basket

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I'm with you JustCruisin. There is NO better show than the one out there at night. Why watch a show with one or two stars when you can see one with millions??

It is particularly good for me because I don't have to try to follow the plot and can get on with other things. Not that I have lost the plot................I'm just not too interested in looking for it.

It certainly is up to the individual and I guess if I spent lots of time in caravan parks I would probably consider having some sort of TV but out in the bush................. NOWAY for me!!

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Disco Duck wrote:

I'm with you JustCruisin. There is NO better show than the one out there at night. Why watch a show with one or two stars when you can see one with millions??

It is particularly good for me because I don't have to try to follow the plot and can get on with other things. Not that I have lost the plot................I'm just not too interested in looking for it.

It certainly is up to the individual and I guess if I spent lots of time in caravan parks I would probably consider having some sort of TV but out in the bush................. NOWAY for me!!





Love your theroy  disco ,

added bonus ,, NO ADDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The biggest Telly screen I ever seen and no commercials.

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Sorry Rogngab look like we havnt been any help on this one i know it is possible just have look further into it maybe Foxtel maybe able to help, if this is what you want go for it after all it is going to be your home on the road

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You are right boys............... I forgot about the "No commercials"

Too true!!

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Gotta Think Outside the Square!

Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.

If at First You Don't Succeed.......Redefine Success !!
rogngab


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Thanks everyone some funny comments each to there own i guess  prob wont end up watching it much any way see you all on the road sooner than later cheers rog and gab

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Gee we all digressed a bit, didn't we?
To give a sort of answer - many carry the dish on the front or back of the van when they're travelling.
Most then fit it to the tripod and spend a lot of time looking for that elusive signal.
Believe me, they're everywhere, and I'm sure you will get advice from where you buy it, and lots of other travellers about the most practical place to carry it while on the road, and the best way to set it up when you park.
Some motorhomes have a small dish fitted on the roof and works similarly to the wyngard TV antenna.
Once again there are many configurations, and reception will always depend on where you are in relation to the satellites etc.
I personally have enough trouble with the free to air telly.
Safe and happy travelling. Chris

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