I've a 5g MiFi point that I have an outdoor antenna that can be attached to the outside of the caravan while parked up, to improve the 5G reception. The question is, what's the best way to get the cable into the van without drilling any holes? BEaring in mind that the antenna is probably going on the roof.
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Feeding cable into caravan for 5G antenna while parked up only
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Through a window., assuming the wire isnt too thick it will slip past the seal easy enough.
Why do you need 5g?
I thought the idea of getting away in the van was to switch off and leave all that behind.
Surely 5 or 4 G uses identical cables, as I though the units auto switched to the most viable signal at the time/location as mobile broadband routers, eg Three's and EE's do?
Is it just nothing other than a USB or DC power line which would readily be accommodated in the compliance of the window seals?
It is easy but wrong to assume we go away in our vans to switch off from normal life. Some of us don't just use a van for breaks, but as a part of "living", living a normal life with normal needs, just not with also being stuck at home.
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Well in my book it's wrong, van is for leisure purposes.
There can be many uses of a caravan.
People may well use caravans at home as an office and never travel with them.
We met a couple in the Dordogne who spent the whole summer touring in the caravan, but working from it as well. I really do not see what the problem is with combining both.
Each to their own.
Im old school, when away in van everything else is forgot about, im on holiday.
My godfather would take his caravan to Yorkshire and combine buying sheep and cattle with some time just enjoying the area. He had a Land Rover Series 1 followed by a Land Crab.
So I think he would predate your definition of “Old School”.
So I think he would predate your definition of “Old School”.
It's good to have choices - we aren't all the same.
Agree Roger, wouldnt it be boring if we were all the same.
Very "fortunate" there then, we are 24 years into retirement and so our "holidays" are now nearly a quarter of a century back memories.
Now its "living", fortunately something we can do at different places from home but bringing the massive benefit of culturing friendships, both old and new. Living with all that brings, shopping, cooking, unwinding, doing the "chores" paperwork or more physical, replicating our life in our house. Long past is being on the tourist treadmill, we will leave that for others.
Taking too prescriptive a view of what caravanning & motorhoming should involve, misses much that others find the positives.
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Everyone is entitled to their own choices about how they use their caravans, and as long as it's not an illegal activity or one that's interfering or harming others then it's not civil or reasonable to criticise their choices.
i wasnt criticizing their choices, it was just my 2d worth.
My job took me all over the U.K. Fortunately I could name the day for the meeting. Usually a Friday early morning. My MD was more than happy for me to use the caravan in lieu of a hotel. Thus for my last ten years working we had long weekends all paid for including fuel. Obviously I did some work for an hour or so after the meeting writing up the notes .
Sorry to say I was and still am in the camp that says work and play do go together in the caravan.
Sorry to say I was and still am in the camp that says work and play do go together in the caravan.
So we were wrong to live permanently in our caravan for 2 1/2 years although manufacturers build caravans that are only supposed to last for one annual holiday of 4 weeks?
I knew you had sold your caravan, but did not realise you had two caravans?
At least Billy you align with the stance the industry reportedly takes as a "get out of jail card" when their products fail, if used for anything much more than a two-week stint per year.😉
"Penning" that work related email, is abuse too far!
OMG,, this thread has been side swiped, everyone onto me instead of answering the main question.
Who said i had two caravans but in the past we use one because like you we moved home and lived in a caravan and my wife was travelling from Shropshire to South Yorkshire for work and i was stopping there with our two dogs but i loved the fishing pond the site had .
It was you that started the deviation away from the OP.
True, but have you never ignored anyone?
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