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Chris and Stelle live full time on their custom-built 65’ narrowboat Belle.

Camos Sat-dome

“Having persevered with digital terrestrial UK Freeview TV for the last couple of years and encountered a great deal of signal loss/interference, we decided to invest in satellite TV in the belief that this would significantly expand our viewing options, both on our own mooring and whilst we were out and about cruising. Our preference was for a compact and easy to use system that would ‘self-seek’ the satellites accessible from within the UK.

We were attracted to various roof mounted self-seeking dish units that fold down when not in use, our thoughts here being focussed on achieving a low roof profile so as to lessen the risk of wiping the unit off the roof in a bridge hole, etc. However, we were concerned that fold down units might not be suitable for all year round use.

What we mean by this is that, having struggled before with items that have occasionally frozen to the roof in winter conditions, we thought that there was a strong possibility that the dish might do the same, possibly resulting in damage and a hefty repair bill. At the very least, the accumulation of ice would probably disrupt our viewing because the dish would not be able to seek/lock onto the chosen satellite. That’s when we came across the CAMOS SAT-DOME. This unit is totally enclosed, thus totally weatherproof and at 300mm high it does not project unacceptably above the roof profile. Read the rest of this entry »