Maxview Aerial gone awol

As the linked thread suggests the stubby aerial seems to do a better job than the Gazelle at a tiny fraction of the price.

However we don’t seem to use ours much now. I bought a Firestick for the TV on our barge last year since we have been finding that in Continental Europe we often have more chance of getting a phone (I.e. internet) signal than a TV signal, and of course we can pick up U.K. TV (with a U.K. registered phone). We were also finding satellite was getting more difficult as trees are allowed to grow up along the waterways, and more buildings are built in the way.

I then bought another Firestick for the van because we have been finding the same signal issue in the U.K. We are finding that the phone signal (I.e. internet) is better than the TV signal in many rural areas. So long as you have an unlimited or generous data deal on your phone then you can have in effect a smart tv on the move, even if your tv itself is a simple dumb one. We also use a small EE/BT dongle which is slightly more sensitive in some areas, and there are all sorts of more high tech alternatives, but we find that just the phone and Firestick is fine almost all of the time.

Taking the Firestick etc.. out of the equation (and this is the way forward IMO even though I currently use an aerial) this boils down to whether you want a fixed aerial or are happy to mount one on every trip?
Personally I’ve had enough of portable ones over the years and find them a right faff but that’s just me!

I cut a piece of aluminium plate (about 2mm thick as I recall), drilled it using the old Gazelle mounting as a template (to use the existing screw holes) and bedded it down on a 2mm layer of OB1 using the old tile spacer trick.