The TV in the 5ver I am picking up this coming saturday is a Magnavox, and I just bought the converter box for it.  The Hitchhiker II has an antenna, but I don't know enough about them to say what it does or doesn't do.  I don't watch much tv, news & weather once in a while, so I don't want to bother with satellite. 

Does anyone out there get by with just tv & antenna?  Is your viewing limited to local stations in the area you are camped in? 

gypsy

We use a combination of TV antenna, RV Park cable or Satellite depending on what we want to watch or where we are. The rooftop TV antenna works well as long as we are within 100 miles of a larger city, no mountains to block the signal or the local city has some sort of TV repeater. Most RV parks provide TV stations through cable (some charge for it) and you can usually get the network TV stations. Many RV's have a switch or switchbox that allows you to change from rooftop antenna to the cable feed. This allows you to use whichever provides the programming you want to watch.

We use the antena only. Yes you are limited to local programing but most cities have ABC, NBC, Cbs and maybe Fox or an independent. There have been a few places where we couldn't get a thing and a lot of places where you get one channel well but the rest are mostly snow.

gypsy97---your rig may have a signal booster built in to the roof top antenna, most do. If so you should use it, it really helps.  In the area where you hook the TV (maybe on the same plate) to the antenna there should be a small push button. Push this button on and a very small light should illuminate, indicating that the booster is turned on.  This will increase any siginal your roof top antenna gets. However you will still only be able to receive local stations.  Some RV parks have a cable outlet near the hookup's, if this is avalible you should use it. It 's like your cable at home, many more channels and reception is clear. In order to use it you will need 15 foot or so of 75ohm coax cable (standard cable tv wire) connect to the outlet box and your rig should have a cable tv connection curb side that you attatch to, and inside you hook your TV up to the same connection as if you were going to use the the roof top antenna.  With the cable hook up you do not need to use the signal booster. This is in general, your rig may be a little different.
 
 
Flyone