This Xmas my wife and I bought ourselves a Xmas present, which was a VAST Sat TV kit from Access Electronics for our new caravan.
http://www.accessantennas.com.au/perth-discount/caravan-products/caravan-satellite-kits/
We have yet to use it on a trip, but have set it up and played with it at home a couple of times.
We went a bit over the top and bought the padded carry bag (to store 80cm Dish and bits under the bed when travelling), the fancy sat finder, 12v cable and the external (bent pipe) mount. In all it was just over $850 including delivery to Queanbeyan NSW from WA. The fancy Sat finder (with screen and sound) seems worth the extra money, it is really easy to use to find satellite and set up dish using it.
We are really pleased with the kit and if anyone is thinking of getting into VAST TV, it was very straight forward. All we needed was a 12V TV which we had and a HDMI cable which we also had, the VAST registration process is easy and free. THE VAST card came with the SatKing decoder in the kit.
https://www.mysattv.com.au/travellers.aspx
We have also made two mounts on the caravan for less than $100. I went to a car exhaust pipe place which flared and cut a couple of lengths of car steel (not stainless) exhaust pipe for us. I fitted one length to front of van and the other to the back. Drilled some holes and secured the pipe lengths (including the stainless bent pipe from access) to each other with bolts with wing nuts. Hopefully I will be able to get a sat signal in most places from either the mount at front of van or the one at the rear. If that fails I will just use the tripod that came with the kit.
Have yet to use in the bush on a trip, but when we do I will post some photos of the mounts and general set up.
http://www.accessantennas.com.au/perth-discount/caravan-products/caravan-satellite-kits/
We have yet to use it on a trip, but have set it up and played with it at home a couple of times.
We went a bit over the top and bought the padded carry bag (to store 80cm Dish and bits under the bed when travelling), the fancy sat finder, 12v cable and the external (bent pipe) mount. In all it was just over $850 including delivery to Queanbeyan NSW from WA. The fancy Sat finder (with screen and sound) seems worth the extra money, it is really easy to use to find satellite and set up dish using it.
We are really pleased with the kit and if anyone is thinking of getting into VAST TV, it was very straight forward. All we needed was a 12V TV which we had and a HDMI cable which we also had, the VAST registration process is easy and free. THE VAST card came with the SatKing decoder in the kit.
https://www.mysattv.com.au/travellers.aspx
We have also made two mounts on the caravan for less than $100. I went to a car exhaust pipe place which flared and cut a couple of lengths of car steel (not stainless) exhaust pipe for us. I fitted one length to front of van and the other to the back. Drilled some holes and secured the pipe lengths (including the stainless bent pipe from access) to each other with bolts with wing nuts. Hopefully I will be able to get a sat signal in most places from either the mount at front of van or the one at the rear. If that fails I will just use the tripod that came with the kit.
Have yet to use in the bush on a trip, but when we do I will post some photos of the mounts and general set up.