Best person to contact about the "ins and outs" of this would be our resident Roadhaus guy, Larry Chase (roadguy@roadhaus.com). He has a setup on his 90 Westfalia Syncro that works really nice. I'm trying to duplicate it on my 84 Westy http://www.roadhaus.com/ -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" oldvolkshome@gmail.com http://www.oldvolkshome.com *********************************** On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Arkady Mirvis <arkmirvis@gmail.com> wrote: > Fellow listees, > > I do see recenly many motorhomes, trailers equipped with satellite TV > antennaes-dish. But some owners simply have tripods with dish on top. The > tripod with a vertical pipe about 3 -4 feet just rests on the ground. The > owners , I've seen, did use some kind of device to adjust the dish position > exactly for perfect reception. > I am more inclined to have the dish mounted on my Westy's roof above the > driver and folded down when not in use. > Here are the questions: > Did anyone attempt to install the dish antennae on Westy? What size of the > dish is preferable ? What type, kind, model of a device-instrument is good > for dish adjustment? Will the raised roof affect the reception if the dish > is installed right above the driver? > If somebody did the installation, can I get a description and installation > pictures? > Thanks in advance. > > Ark Mirvis (the heaterman) |
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