tomazbodner

Took MRT and BTS today. All Thais masked up. One farang just came from airport, trying to cover face with his jacket - gave him a mask and he seemed happy to wear it. There were however a bunch of westerners walking into train with no masks on. You could see disgust from Thais who started to move away from them, and looking away, trying to "breathe the other way". They must have been noticed as BTS played message that although mask mandate ended, BTS recommends wearing mask within 30 seconds of maskless foreigners coming in the train. Those of course completely ignored everything, some even coughing or showing difficulties breathing, which showed others moving away from them. When in Rome, do as Romans do, right? Except for the ultra überrasse farang visiting Thailand...

You'll need to bring some kind of ID for yourself, passport or Pink ID card, original. Then give your address and name, along with phone number, as well as receiver's name and address + phone number. They'll measure the box and tell you how much it costs. If you ship it in the morning it's same day in Bangkok and next day country-wide, but if you ship it in the afternoon, it's next day BKK and 1-2 days nationwide. You can buy insurance but need to show receipt for the item showing the price of item. They would only insure if you have original invoice. That's about it. FlashExpress has a website where you can punch in the data on size and weight, etc. and they'll issue tracking number, then come and pick it up from your home. Kerry apparently has the same but I've never used it, and prefer to send from Kerry owned shop, not just a drop point... You can just search for nearest proper shop. They are actually very good. And if you don't have a box and packaging material, they sell boxes and wrap it for you at the shop in bubble wrap. Overall a very good service.

I tried tower antenna from 25km away from Baiyoke Sky (that's where Bangkok transmitter is), mounted indoors, and it was perfectly fine. Never tried fishbone from such a distance. The image is from Samart, which makes these, as well as DTV boxes for TV sets that don't support digital signal. It's actually on the last Lazada link for a Samart fishbone.

No, TV set does not have a built-in antenna. But you can buy one from PowerBuy/PowerMall/Shopee/Lazada/,,, for peanuts. What you need will depend on where you are located. If you are near a transmitter, then a small plate or stick type antenna will suffice, else you might need a tower antenna or a fishbone antenna. Some examples from Lazada: Plate type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/hd-50-1080p-hdtv-37-amplified-hd-digital-tv-antenna-i930396204.html Stick type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/digital-tv-antenna-dvb-t2-i2719500685.html Tower type: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/d1a-indoor-antenna-i950924994.html, https://www.lazada.co.th/products/samart-d1a-digital-indoor-antenna-hd-268-i132933339-s144071611.html And then outdoor fishbone type (the higher the number, the more gain it has (gain is amplification of signal, and the number on it states how many db it raises the signal). https://www.lazada.co.th/products/thaisat-antenna-wing-14e-ninety9watch-i108536715.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/family-antenna-digital-tv-sg-607-v2-i142531650.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/beta-digital-tv-antenna-hd-37e-hd-37e-i116005372.html https://www.lazada.co.th/products/samart-5e-10-m-dvb-t2-antenna-outdoor-i120770965.html These are the types of antennas you could use depending on the distance from transmitter. And these are the channels you should be able to receive: I hope this helps.

Not. I can only guess: very few, if any. But I don't know for a fact.