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08-24-2015, 06:00 PM
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What are these? (Antennas on roof)
What are the 3 vertical antenna; one right, one left and one upper right.
What system is using them and can the be used for boosting wifi or cellphones?
This is from the roof of a 2006 Essex.
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08-24-2015, 06:04 PM
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Do you have a picture?
Likely CB, am/fm radio and maybe a WIFI (or satellite radio). I have these 3 on my coach.
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08-24-2015, 06:57 PM
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The picture was dropped from my original post. I don't have a CB. The lower left antenna appears connected to the winegard dish, but I checked the install manuals and didn't see info about any additional antenna.
There are 2 radios, so maybe they are antennas for the pioneer head units.
I would like to find out if these antenna can be repurposed as a wifi antenna.
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08-24-2015, 07:32 PM
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I have two.... one for the Front radio and the second for the outside radio. So a a third could be for a prewire CB or a Bedroom radio.
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08-24-2015, 07:35 PM
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Our '02 DSDP had three, one was a CB and the other two were the surround sound radio and dash radio.
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08-24-2015, 08:55 PM
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Thanks everyone. This makes sense
I now believe The upper right antenna is for the dash radio, the left antenna is mounted right above the galley entertainment center and the lower right antenna is above the outdoor entertainment center (with radio).
The next challenge is to replace that left antenna with a wifi and cell phone antenna. Something like this
Panorama BLACK Multi-Band 4-Cable Antenna for MiMo 3G/4G Cellular, GPS, & WiFi : 3Gstore.com
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08-25-2015, 03:39 PM
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Both antennas are typical of AM/FM radio or CB, they have nothing to do with the Winegard Dish save for they used the same hole for the cables.
Likely you have two AM/FM radios,, one antenna for each.
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08-25-2015, 05:45 PM
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I don't think you will have much luck using any of these antennas for WiFi; the coax on those antennas will have way too much loss to do you any good. I don't think you will have any luck trying to re-pull the coax to a better grade of coax either. I just ran my coax thru the firewall where most of the wires came through and then mounted a high gain antenna on the out side of the fire wall.
Good Luck
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08-25-2015, 08:14 PM
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Question about your Satellite Dish?
In the photo, it appears that the dish is "stowed" facing forward? It seems that you could reduce drag/damage if it were rearward while driving. My Dish stows toward the rear, just curious? I have two antennas on my coach, one for the dash receiver and the other for sat radio.
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08-25-2015, 09:26 PM
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>> In the photo, it appears that the dish is "stowed" facing forward?
The view is from the back to the front. You can see the air horns way up on top
>> Both antennas are typical of AM/FM radio or CB, they have nothing to do with the Winegard Dish save for they used the same hole for the cables.
Yep. That's what I figured out upon a closer inspection. Those cables run next to the antenna, but do not attach. They then drop into the area where the dish receiver is located.
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08-26-2015, 06:08 AM
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Got it. Your sat is far to the rear. Good. Thanks for the clarification.
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