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06-27-2011, 07:45 PM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 4
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Need cb help
Hey guys n gals,
My name is Joe and I just registered after an extensive GOOGLE search about the Wire Prep feature on some Winnie models.
I have an '07 Sightseer 35J and I have two questions.
1) Is the rubber antenna at the middle/front of the coach for CB or the AM/FM radio???
2) WHERE is that dang wire??????
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06-28-2011, 06:45 AM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: ...hopefully on the road!
Posts: 1,653
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The rubber ducky antenna on the front is the dash radio. Early CB preps had a sorry metal antenna, later ones left the antenna off. A good one to use would be a Firesrick NGP (no ground plane).
The wires normally are in a plastic bag to the left of the driver's left foot.
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'03 Winnebago UA 40e TRADED OFF JUL 2023 / '17 Jeep Grand Cherokee toad
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06-28-2011, 07:27 AM
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Winnebago Camper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 16
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I have an 09 Sightseer, and the wire you mentioned is for the CB power, not for an antenna.
As Paul said, the wires are labeled and located underneath the dash to the left of your left foot.
Duane
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Apex, NC
2009 Winnebago Sightseer 37L, Ford F-53 Chassis
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06-28-2011, 07:39 AM
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Winnebago Master
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,662
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Some, not all, models did not have a CB Prep. My MH is one year newer than yours. All I have are two rubber duckies, one front and one in the rear. Both are for the AM/FM radios. I read the same item that you have about the CB Prep, called Winnebago, and they confirmed that I did not have a CB antenna. Under my das are the power wires for connecting anything, and some RCA Audio plugs for connecting anything. No CB antenna wire
Since I am only interested in communications with those vehicles around me, I purchased a Through-The Glass" mount CB antenna and mounted it on the window above the sliding window. It works fine.
Good luck
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2015 Winnebago Tour 42QD - 2020 Lincoln Nautilus Reserve (TOAD)
(RVM-14) It is what it is, and then it is what you make of it.
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06-28-2011, 07:37 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont, FL
Posts: 73
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You most likely do not have an antenna. Easy to fix. Pull the drivers mirror off. Drill a 1/2" hole in the top of the bracket between the mirror and the coach. Get a 4' stick with a non-groundplane wire. Run the wire through the hole from the mirror and the coach interior. Do not cut the wire, just criss-cross it under the dash. Mine works fine. Good luck.
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06-28-2011, 07:49 PM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
Posts: 68
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I saved a CB from a truck I got from s-i-l. It's a fairly good Cobra unit. He had a fender-mounted antenna with a cylindrical doo-hickey about half-way up. Can I use this, mounted on the driver's side wall just below the roof?
Although I'm an engineer, it's a mechanical degree, so i'm completely clueless when it comes to RF stuff, particularly antenna theory.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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06-29-2011, 09:24 AM
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Winnebago Watcher
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 4
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Thanks all for the help,
Porchdog, when you say a 4' stick, is that a conduit to run the wire down or does that mean something else?
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06-29-2011, 10:55 AM
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Winnebago Owner
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont, FL
Posts: 73
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What I meant by "4' stick" was a Firestick, K40 Superflex or any other fiberglass antenna you like. Keeping it low keeps it out of trees but if you can get the top portion above any metal and the antenna is top loaded you will experience best performance.
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