Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:21:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Satellite TV dish
Comments: To: Arkady Mirvis <arkmirvis@gmail.com>
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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
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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)