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Television antennas

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Fogg~Dogg
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Television antennas

Post by Fogg~Dogg »

Does anyone have experiences with KVH or Shakespeare television antennas? I'm considering a satellite antenna...but with the unit and the mast to affix to our 28TE radar arch...it's closing in on $5,000! How well do the Shakespeare nmodels work? I'm cruising from Boston to Booth Bay Harbor...do the antennas bring in the Boston, Portland, and/or Bangor signals? Thanks!

FYI, I posted a problem with vibration in my rudder late last year. The boat was splashed yesterday, and I hope to run it today. We found an undersized connecting pin in an arm on the rudder mechanism...the pin allowed the arm to rotate and vibrate a bit. Hope that's it!
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Mariner
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Post by Mariner »

We have one of the cheap white disc style antennas (not KVH or Shakespeare). It isn't even worth having on board. Even when moored less than a mile from the transmitters, the picture is fuzzy and worthless.

Instead, I preload my laptop with recorded tv shows and movies and watch them on that.
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