I have recently brought a usb2 pc digital tv card with a view to using it with my carputer. The problem i have is that the supplied aerial with this type of tv card is really small and doesnt pick up anything! I have tried the tv card with my main house aerial and it works fine so its not a pc / driver etc issue.

 

Is there anything I can do to try and boost the signal from within my car? Ive never been a fan of signal boosters anyway, but one of these wouldnt work in my zed anyways!

 

Anyone got any good ideas?

mabey a call to legrath might help

In the days when just analogue signals were available it was very difficult to get a good signal in a car unless you were close to the transmitter (I've tried allsorts of omni-directional and custom made aerials). Digital TV requires an excellent signal to noise ratio to work properly. Without a yagi aerial, like the ones on your house roof, you will struggle to be honest. You may get something when stationary but on the move, you'll be lucky to get anything tbh. A booster won't help because the good ones are designed to boost the signal at the mast and reduce losses down the co-ax to your TV. All other boosters are useless, a masthead amp in a car wouldn't be effective due to the short co-ax run, you would only be boosting noise aswell.

Thanks for the info, think i might try and go the DAB route and just get an analogue tv card for in car use..

 

Anyone seen a DAB usb card?