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Fitting an external TV antenna socket

MANY CAMPSITES now offer guests a boosted TV signal for caravans and motorhomes.

You simply plug one end of the coaxial cable into the socket on the site's hook-up bollard and the other into… the back of the TV set.

That's all very well in warmer weather, but in winter, when we perhaps watch a bit more TV, it means leaving a window open so the lead can be fed through, or missing out on later shows so you can unplug the lead and close the window.

It also means you might have coaxial cable trailing through the whole caravan before it reaches the TV. And these days, many tourers, especially those with

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