TV antenna performance on a boat

[crazy charlie]

No looking to make an investment or installation since it would only be used once or twice a season.Anyone try one of those inexpensive "clear TV" portable antennas on a boat?? I have heard that everyone knows someone that uses it and it works but no 1st hand info.Anyone??

 

[spoilsofwar]

Its going to be totally dependent on where the boat is located.

The antennas designed for houses, like the flat "paper" antennas which have become common, are not ideal on a boat, because a boat moves. If it's in a slip or docked, it may work okay. If it's at anchor, or on a mooring, and shifting with the wind, you're going to get sketchy performance. That's why marine tv antennas are omnidirectional, and generally within a saucer shaped housing. Shakespeare has a relatively small one, I think just 4 inches in diameter, if space is an issue.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Record some movies on a tablet for the twice a reason you get out there.