| Re: Electrical gremlins [message #326045 is a reply to message #326037] |
Wed, 15 November 2017 19:59   |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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No, this'n is a GMC upfit - Eleganza II. I think a PO or two back had the Winegard installed, it's the smaller of the two and the cable is routed into the icebox vent and then down to the frame and back up in front of the passenger seat behind the trim panel.. I figure it's crimped someplace along the way. Actually, if you use baluns, 300 Ohm wouldn't hurt anything. It's less lossy than RG, but probably the gain wouldn't overcome the loss from two baluns. The coach is fitted with two TVs, the roof antenna, and a cablevision connection coiled up in the power bay. I've a complete spare Winegard in the box, I suspect the switch/power injector is in there someplace. The switch on the one in the coach is busted. It's fitted to the glovebox door, I'll leave the new one there since there's a large hole in the door for it. I have plenty of RG6 kicking around. Since the amplifier is in the antenna itself, I may us RG-59 instead - it has a tighter bend radius and it's easier to get through tight places. Being that it's an amplified signal, the loss difference at UHF for ten - 12 feet of it isn't going to be an issue. Couple tenths of a dB at best I'd think.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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