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A couple from Australia will be spending many months touring Europe in this brand new Autosleeper Gloucester. Back home they use Skype to keep in touch with friends and relatives and, when they’re touring, they’ll still be able to make calls for free thanks to the IPcopter Internet system which was fitted to the van by Marquis at Golden Cross in Sussex.

The IPcopter system provides full Internet access all across Europe as well as television and, at around half the cost of some TV only Internet systems, it’s fantastic value for money too.

The Camping & Caravanning Club’s Technical Officer visited us recently. Barry wanted a solar power system on his motorhome and was planning to have a conventional cystalline panel. But, when he saw our ApolloFLEX 100W panel, he realised that, at 3.6Kgs, it weighed less than half than the panel he’d been thinking of. What’s more, performance is a lot better, especially in overcast conditions and when the sun isn’t directly overhead. Another feature of the ApolloFLEX is, because of its very low profile, it’s invisible from ground level and doesn’t affect the aerodynamic qualities of the vehicle.

So, an ApolloFLEX it was, along with the following items:

• Banner 115Ah battery

• NASA battery monitor

• CTEK Dual battery to battery charger

Barry should now be able to go away without needing 230V for days on end and club members will be able to read Barry’s report in the club’s magazine sometime later this year.

As leading lights in the Hymer International Club since the club was founded in 1990, Denise & Vic Avery are particularly proud of their Hymermobil B544. As President of the club, Vic has to make sure that their motorhome is a good example to club members.

Already equipped with a sat-dome from RoadPro, they came to us today to have some more work done on the van. It was a full day’s work but, when they drove off, the Hymer was equipped with a 150W solar panel installation, a Camos tilt rear-view camera and an in-dash Snooper navigation system.

Now, Vic & Denise can not only watch satellite TV with the greatest of ease, they can also see where they’re going, see where they’ve been and they don’t have to worry about finding themselves with flat batteries. Result!

Mike & Val Hooper entered a competition in MMM magazine and won themselves a RoadPro sat-dome. Mike says that they had considered buying a sat-dome but thought they’d be better off if they could get one for nothing – which is precisely what they did.

The unit is now perched discreetly on top of their Autosleeper motorhome and, even though the ‘van isn’t very big, it really doesn’t look out of place at all.

Congratulations Mike and Val!

Trevor and Pauline’s Rapido 799F came to us this morning to have an 85 watt solar panel fitted. Apparently, friends had recommended RoadPro having been impressed by our friendly and professional manner!!! (They must have been thinking of some other company).  Trevor wanted to use the solar panel to charge  both the leisure battery and the engine battery and so we also fitted a Votronic Dual Regulator which, unlike most solar regulators, will do just that.
The cabling already installed in the Rapido meant that the panel was fitted to the roof and connected to both batteries in a couple of hours.

The Camos Dome was fitted to the ‘van when they bought it from Brownhills and it enabled Trevor and Pauline to watch the Eurovision Song Contest Final in Rheims, on their way home from a recent trip to northern Italy. Maybe we should have done them a favour and removed the dome so that they don’t have to go through that experience again next year.

Mr & Mrs Roads brought their brand-new Burstner Argos 747 to us to have a Crystop Internet / TV system installed along with one of our new InovTech 18.5” TVs. Unlike Les Oliver (see following story) they are not using it to run a business but the Crystop dish combined with an IPcopter service package will allow the Roads’ to watch TV and access the Internet (including VOIP services such as Skype) just about anywhere in Europe.

Julian and Valerie are planning to travel as far afield as Morocco and chose to have a Kathrein CAP 910 fitted to their Autotrail Cheyenne 840SE. Although the choice is limited that far south, other CAP 910 owners have reported back to us that they could still pick up some British TV and radio channels.

We looked forward to getting work on John and Melanie Griffin’s brand new Niesmann-Bischoff Arto. As well as running a narrowboat hire company, Wyvern Shipping, John is also treasurer of the Motor Caravanners’ Club so we expect that he knows how to spend his money wisely.

It was a full day’s work but we got it all finished in time for the John and Melanie to have a quick tour in France before nipping up to Scotland for the Motor Caravanner’s Club annual get-together.

The job involved fitting a fair few bits:

130 watts of solar power can make a real difference

• Camos tilt camera & 5.6” monitor

• Camos 40cm sat-dome

• Zehnder satellite receiver

• PWR 130W solar panel

• Votronic solar power monitor

• Votronic Dual regulator

• Sterling 1800W inverter

• Banner 110ah AGM battery

From the outside, this motorhome looks pretty much like any other apart from the extra-wide door on the off-side.  On the inside though, it’s plain to see that this is no ordinary camper. The open living area, the massive shower and the space for a mobility chair where the passenger seat would normally be are all designed to make life in this motorhome as easy and as comfortable as possible for a severly disabled person.

Based on a Fiat chassis, the conversion has been done by a company called Nirvana in Kent. When we saw it, we were very impressed by the way the conversion had been carried out and here are some pictures which show why.

The extra-wide door and electric lift can cope with a large mobility chair.

Shower / toilet area is big enough to accommodate a wheelchair

Mobility chair can be secured when travelling

RoadPro Sat-domes are for Caravans too!

Most of the sat-domes that we supply are fitted to motorhomes but we’ve noticed more and more caravanners are having them installed. The reason is partly because, like the Bailey Unicorn shown here, caravan manufacturers are fitting their vehicles with much stronger roofs. Even so, weight is always an issue with both caravans and motorhomes and RoadPro’s sat-domes are up to half the weight of folding satellite systems and lighter than any other equivalent sat-dome system.

RoadPro sat-domes will pick up all British TV and radio channels all over the U.K. and France and will pick up news stations such as Sky News and all BBC radio stations as far south as Morocco.

Derek Redmond became an Olympic legend in 1992 when he completed the 400 metres semi-final in Barcelona despite tearing his hamstring 250 metres from the finish and being helped to the line by his father. After successful stints at basketball and rugby football, Derek now has his own motorcycle racing team which competes in the Hottrax endurance series.

Derek carries his motorcycle in the back of this custom-built transporter which was fitted with just about everything needed apart from a good TV reception system. Now, it’s got that too in the form of a Camos crank-up dish. Good luck Derek and do be careful!!

Richard arrived at RoadPro HQ on Wednesday to have a Camos sat-dome fitted to his Autocruise Starlet – a Marquis special edition. We provide mains hook-up for all our visitors as well as water and, although his dome installation was straightforward, he liked our N.C.L. so much that he stayed for another night.

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