eddylives
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From day one I could not get reception of any radio through this unit....not even any decent reception of my sat radio from my truck while using a "whole home broadcaster" that is good to boost the signal to 150-300 feet from the truck. While parked beside the trailer yet.
I removed the unit from the trailer to try and find where/what type of antenna it uses and........
There it was , a ribbon style antenna all tied up into a nice little bundle leaving it totally useless for reception.(looks like a giant "T" when opened up)
Now I have to ask why is this type of antenna used? Totally wrong for these travel trailers.
There is no room in the little cabinet to be able to stretch out this style inside out of sight which meant I had to run it out of the cabinet from in front , up the cabinet , one side pulled over and pinned to the cabinet face as close to the end as possible and the other end streches out onto the ceiling to be pinned there.
Looks like crap but there is no other way to do it without losing signal from terestrial radio stations.
What ever happened to the regular automobile antenna's that would be folded down for travel?
Has anyone put a regular antenna on their trailer since these new ones don't seem to have them?
I was thinking about perhaps putting one on to the crank up TV antenna , I do not use it anyway and it would allow me to raise and lower it easily.
The only problem is I would have to put a hole through the roof to get up there , the awning stops me from going through the wall and out to the roof.
Or is it possible to use the existing place they run the tv wire in? I have not been up there yet to look at the set up yet.
I removed the unit from the trailer to try and find where/what type of antenna it uses and........
There it was , a ribbon style antenna all tied up into a nice little bundle leaving it totally useless for reception.(looks like a giant "T" when opened up)
Now I have to ask why is this type of antenna used? Totally wrong for these travel trailers.
There is no room in the little cabinet to be able to stretch out this style inside out of sight which meant I had to run it out of the cabinet from in front , up the cabinet , one side pulled over and pinned to the cabinet face as close to the end as possible and the other end streches out onto the ceiling to be pinned there.
Looks like crap but there is no other way to do it without losing signal from terestrial radio stations.
What ever happened to the regular automobile antenna's that would be folded down for travel?
Has anyone put a regular antenna on their trailer since these new ones don't seem to have them?
I was thinking about perhaps putting one on to the crank up TV antenna , I do not use it anyway and it would allow me to raise and lower it easily.
The only problem is I would have to put a hole through the roof to get up there , the awning stops me from going through the wall and out to the roof.
Or is it possible to use the existing place they run the tv wire in? I have not been up there yet to look at the set up yet.