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On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define. I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of comfort from a tent and sleeping bags. |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:07:44 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:49:28 -0400, Poquito Loco wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:56:15 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote: On 6/12/2014 8:13 AM, Poquito Loco wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:16:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/11/2014 12:43 PM, Poquito Loco wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:10:29 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/10/2014 8:25 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: If you are withing 20-25 miles of the transmitting tower, this super duper antenna works splendidly for capturing HD broadcasts: http://flowtv.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ill12.png I just tried an experiment for kicks. I have a small, single pole antenna that I use on my receiver for FM reception. It's half of an old rabbit ear antenna. I hooked it up to my TV and did an autoscan. My house is probably 35-40 miles from the nearest transmitting antenna in Boston and the single pole antenna is just sitting beside the TV. Autoscan found 7 digital channels. Here's the antenna: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/antenna.jpg Here's channel 7 in Boston using the single pole antenna: http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/Channel7.jpg Here's channel 2 (PBS) in Boston (blur is due to slow camera shutter speed. HD picture on TV is perfect): http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy303/Eisboch/Channel2-2.jpg Only goes to show that there's nothing magic about the revised and modernized rabbit ears that are being marketed as "HD Antennas". What do you use on the Sprinter? The Sprinter had an antenna that you cranked up but I never used it. As described in a previous post I had a portable Direct TV dish that we took with us along with the Direct TV receiver from the house. We didn't use it often but it was nice if there was something special I wanted to see or I just got bored silly camping. :-) I see campers all the time with Direct TV dishes, but we don't use it at home and I wouldn't get it just for the camper. I've found a place that will put a new Winegard http://tinyurl.com/k87xzo5 on the trailer for $400, installed. I can live with that. I hit a frozen tree branch in Baltimore with one of those once. Wasn't pretty. I'm assuming you'd not lowered it? I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most are hand-crank. Your idea would be one more thing to break. Besides, if I'm staying at a 'Flying J' for the night, I wouldn't want to put the feet down on the off chance I was going to watch TV. (Which I can't do anyway 'cause Luddite won't give me a good deal on his Honda Generator. |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:09:52 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, Mine cost me $39K, including the hitch and installation. We use it quite a bit, so I don't feel like it's been a big waste of money. Of course, I had to have a pickup to move it, but I already had a pickup. I agree that the big, diesel motorhomes are made for those who have a bunch of extra money. |
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On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define. I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of comfort from a tent and sleeping bags. Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is nothing more than a towable or driveable motel room. -- If right-wing assholes could fly, rec.boats would be an airport! |
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On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:16:35 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: The Sprinter had an antenna that you cranked up but I never used it. As described in a previous post I had a portable Direct TV dish that we took with us along with the Direct TV receiver from the house. We didn't use it often but it was nice if there was something special I wanted to see or I just got bored silly camping. :-) Old satellite dishes are solid waste. I have one in my shed and there are 2 on the house next door you can have if you come get them (Dish and DTV) When I dumped Dish, they took the amp part of the antenna, and we scrapped the rest. |
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On 6/12/2014 1:20 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define. I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of comfort from a tent and sleeping bags. Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is nothing more than a towable or driveable motel room. We campers don't need an asshole like you to define for us what we enjoy doing. |
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On 6/12/2014 1:13 PM, Poquito Loco wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:09:52 -0400, wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, Mine cost me $39K, including the hitch and installation. We use it quite a bit, so I don't feel like it's been a big waste of money. Of course, I had to have a pickup to move it, but I already had a pickup. I agree that the big, diesel motorhomes are made for those who have a bunch of extra money. Sounds like we are trying to quantify how much our "fun" is worth. I'm happy doing what I do and that's all that matters to me. |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:18:45 -0400, H*a*r*r*o*l*d wrote:
On 6/12/2014 1:20 PM, F*O*A*D wrote: On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define. I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of comfort from a tent and sleeping bags. Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is nothing more than a towable or driveable motel room. We campers don't need an asshole like you to define for us what we enjoy doing. I strongly doubt if the boy has ever gone camping in any style. |
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F*O*A*D wrote:
On 6/12/14, 12:16 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 6/12/2014 12:09 PM, wrote: On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:38:06 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 6/12/2014 11:07 AM, wrote: I am surprised they don't have the antenna connected to the leveling foot circuit. Pick up the feet and the antenna goes down. Most of them are manual ... hand cranked. It sounds like the opportunity to sell another $300 accessory to the RV crowd. (a motor on that crank) One broken antenna would pay for it. I still wonder how many trips a year you would have to take to amortize the costs of an RV.. My neighbor figured out it would be cheaper to fly 1st class, rent a nice car and stay in a good hotel for the 3-4 weeks he actually used it in a year. (based on what he paid to buy, store, maintain and drive his diesel pusher). I think he paid close to $180k for it and had to work hard to find a buyer at $90k 5-6 years later. That alone amortizes out at over $500 a day if he used it 4 weeks a year. It seemed to be a black hole he threw money in when he had it. He said it was worse than his boat, I don't think people who are into the RV thing try to justify it from a financial point of view. They simply enjoy traveling around, seeing new places, meeting people, all at a pace that they can define. I never got into the "camping" thing but I'll admit that the few times we tried it, we had some fun. An RV is a giant step up in terms of comfort from a tent and sleeping bags. Ahh, but a tent and a sleeping bag is "camping." A big RV is nothing more than a towable or driveable motel room. Actually for long tours is much better than tents and motel rooms. In the late 1980's I had a sabbatical and took 7 weeks to tour the US with two teenagers and the wife. Did not have to worry about finding a motel room where we wanted to stop, ate healthier, and when traveling, the kids could do hobbies, etc at a table. Cost was probably comparable to motels. I have a truck camper, but tow my boat to some remote lakes and rivers. I think a 40' diesel pusher, unless you are living in it full time is pretty worthless. Lots of Federal and State campgrounds limit out at about 28'. |
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