Moonraker TV aeriel bracket

[colmac]

Hi, as per the title, I need a U-bracket for fixing my Moonraker TV aerial to a pole. Have looked on-line and can only find one supplier and they are out of stock. Does anyone know of any on-line or other dealers who sell such things ? Thank you.

Edited September 20, 2017 by colmac
spelling error

[Dave Payne]

maplin?

[colmac]

46 minutes ago, Dave Payne said:

maplin?

Hi Dave, yes have tried Maplin and they only sell the whole aerial as a kit.

[Dave Payne]

15 minutes ago, colmac said:

Hi Dave, yes have tried Maplin and they only sell the whole aerial as a kit.

Is it this one?

https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/moonraker-dtv1000-outdoor-digital-aerial-a12kf

[Iain_S]

The mounts with that (does it really come with two?) appear to be suction cups, which wouldn't work attaching to a pole. From the picture, it looks like the mount fits into a tube on the aerial, and is secured with a thumbscrew, so all that's needed is a bit of rod of the right diameter and a couple of [url= 2-X-TV-AERIAL-POLE-V-U-BOLT-CLAMP-MAST-BRACKET-FOR-2-POLE-/162403832260?hash=item25d005d1c4:g:~ukAAOSwa~BYOesi] These, or something similar.[/url]

Edited September 20, 2017 by Iain_S
sort out link! Failed!

[Dr Bob]

6 minutes ago, Iain_S said:

The mounts with that (does it really come with two?) appear to be suction cups, which wouldn't work attaching to a pole. From the picture, it looks like the mount fits into a tube on the aerial, and is secured with a thumbscrew, so all that's needed is a bit of rod of the right diameter and a couple of [url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-TV-AERIAL-POLE-V-U-BOLT-CLAMP-MAST-BRACKET-FOR-2-POLE-/162403832260?hash=item25d005d1c4:g:~ukAAOSwa~BYOesi]  these, or something similar. [/url]

The moonraker I bought last week came with 2 mounts. One with a suction cup and a bendy pipe that slots into the moonraker and another that bolts onto a pipe but is a solid pipe (not bendy) that goes into the moonraker. With the suction cup/bendy pipe you can fix it to a window and have the moonraker vertically upwards - with the fixed mount the moonraker is straight out horizonal. All the u clamps are in the box.

I have found (see other thread) the moonraker sometimes needs to be vertical or horizontal so the bendy bit is needed. I therefore attached the suction cup to a pole with a couple of strong cable ties. The pic on the moonraker box shows the fixed fitting has a bendy bit but it doesnt. Hope that makes sense.

[Jon57]

Hi. The little bracket does bend , just use a little strength it will go back to being straight again.

[Dr Bob]

25 minutes ago, Jon57 said:

Hi. The little bracket does bend , just use a little strength it will go back to being straight again.

Are you sure? The solid one will break if I try to bend it.

[Jon57]

Yes got one in front of me just try it.

[Dave Payne]

ill check in my box of crap, I had one but the suction cup was crap and it fell off into the cut, so I binned the actual Arial, but think I kept all the bits...

[colmac]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I obviously had all the brackets when I bought the thing but they seem to have got lost over the years. Will need to improvise I suppose.