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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!!

At RoadPro we were giving away Camos sat-domes this week. Well, just one to be strictly accurate. The lucky people who we gave it to were Terry and Muriel Rickson who won a competition in the Caravan Club magazine.

We installed it for them too on their 1997 Eccles Diamond 2-berth caravan. Terry and Muriel chose from RoadPro’s range of auto satellite systems and decided on the Camos sat-dome because of its light weight, ease of use, performance and the fact that it’s completely unaffected by wind. The only downside they can think of is having to explain to curious folk why they have a white bubble on top of their caravan.

Caravanners since 1984 and VW combi campers before that, Terry and Muriel will be travelling all over France as well as in the U.K. and, although they don’t plan to spend all their time watching TV, they’re now fully prepared for those occasions when the weather keeps them inside or when they want to catch up with what’s happening, no matter where they are.

On a recent trip to Wales their current aerial couldn’t pick up anything at all. That won’t happen again!

Our first delivery of Camos’s “Portable Auto Positioning Satellite Antenna” arrived yesterday and I couldn’t wait to see one in action. Taking advantage of our indoor satellite testing area, it took just 10 minutes to unpack the box, check the contents, connect the dish to the controller, the controller to the receiver and the receiver to a TV. Then: switch on, choose Astra 28.2, select the appropriate elevation angle (25 degrees) and watch the dish rise up, scan the sky just twice and lock on for a perfect picture.

This is the most sophisticated of three PAPSA models, with access to lots of different satellites and, as a result, thousands of channels. It comes with a carrying bag and looks really good too!

I think that this satellite TV system will appeal to all kinds of people who want a completely reliable method of accessing TV just about anywhere in Europe – on tests in Spain, the PAPSA picked up BBC and ITV as far south as Barcelona. Boaters, motorhomers, caravanners and truckers can all have a fully automatic satellite system for less than half the price of most fixed automatic models.

This particular version costs £899.99 but the basic model – which is designed to work with the Astra 2 satellite only – comes in at a touch under £700.00.

The first 3 people to order any of the PAPSA models and mention that they’ve seen this blog will receive a 12V receiver complete with USB recording function and selling on our website for £89.99. It’s our product D2348 and you can see it if you click here.

Camos 40cm sat-dome

It seems as though every portable satellite TV system manufacturer is bringing out new satellite domes. After five years of distributing the Camos range of sat-domes this is very gratifying to me personally. When we first started selling sat-domes we had to put up with accusations which ranged from the “fact” that they wouldn’t work at all to suggestions that, although they might work in Great Britain, they were certainly no good for use in Spain for example.

Now, five years later, Camos sat-domes are one of the best-selling types of portable satellite system in the U.K. and most owners wouldn’t even think of changing back to a conventional folding model.

During those five years, Camos have improved and refined both the hardware and software of their domes, making them more efficient and more reliable than ever. The result is that, when compared side by side with the latest crop of competitors’ domes, the Camos models are still superior in almost every respect.

Here are some checks to make when comparing sat-domes:

• Weight: Camos sat-domes are lighter by several kilos when measured against competitor’s models.
• Height: Camos sat-domes are available in versions which are 40cms and 30cms high
• Efficiency: Camos sat-domes locate and lock on to the desired satellite usually in less than 30 seconds