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Old 11-01-2017, 03:02 PM   #1
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Wineguard Antenna -Fix, Replace or Upgrade?

I was looking out the window and thought my antenna looked odd and out of position. Found out it had been completely shattered from the support bracket at the top of the extension arms and tossed around the support arms. Plastic Bracket is integrated to the antenna so whole unit appears to be toast unless I jerryrig a new support bracket.

Wondering if the basic wineguard antenna is worth replacing in kind, to upgrade to a new type of antenna -either for the hd broadcasts. Or try for wifi/cellular.

We occasionally put up antenna for local tv on trips but it's not as critical as getting solid wifi for us.

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However if I choose to upgrade -coax appears to be going.
The attached coax cable looks like the cover has rotted in several places and this cable runs thru the support arms and into the roof and likely over to the entertainment center. Not sure how easy this is to replace completely or to try to cut and splice.
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I updated to a Winegard flat antenna that mounted on the existing mast, where the old antenna was. I can rotate my antenna and lower it for travel. And my coax looked bad, but I taped it up and wrapped it w/ loom and it still works. The tricky thing about over the air HD TV is position can make a lot of difference in reception. This summer I was parked between 2 rigs using similar antennas. Both of them were getting several stations and I was not getting any. At my next stop my system worked well.
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