 |
12-30-2016, 11:08 AM
|
#1
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 8
|
Help with radio antenna
I have a 2001 Flagstaff 21FB superlite travel trailer. It's fairly new to me, I've got most things figured out but one little thing I haven't figured out is how to get the radio antenna to stand up straight. The TV antenna cranks up from inside the trailer, but there is another basic car-type metal antenna over where the radio is installed that lays flat on top of the trailer. I can get on a ladder and physically move the antenna around as it is on a swivel, but I can't get it to stay standing straight up. I have looked all underneath it and can't find a crank or anything. Just trying to get a little better FM/AM radio reception back in the woods. How do I get this antenna to stand up?
Thanks in advance
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 11:40 AM
|
#2
|
|
Pickin', Campin', Mason
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: South Western PA
Posts: 19,143
|
Can you post a photo of it.
Most of those, whether on a spring loaded mount or ball type have an adjustment screw that you tighten to keep it in position.
__________________
2022 Cedar Creek 345IK 5th Wheel•Solar & Inverter•2024 Ford F-Series SCREW•7.3L•4x4•Factory Puck•B&W Companion•TST Tire Monitor w/Repeater•Sinemate 3500w Gen.
F&AM Lodge 358 Somerset, PA - JAFFA Shrine - Altoona, PA
Days Camped ☼ '19=118 ☼ '20=116 ☼ '21=123 ☼ '22=134 ☼ '23=118☼ '24=90
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 12:16 PM
|
#3
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 8
|
I do not have a picture of it, but yes I would say it is on a ball so it can be moved around. Where is the screw? Do I have to manually go to the top of the trailer and adjust a screw on the ball itself?
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 12:44 PM
|
#4
|
|
Pickin', Campin', Mason
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: South Western PA
Posts: 19,143
|
Yes, usually the screw in in the center of the ball.
It is designed to be put up (once you buy the trailer) and then stay in the upright position.
It should look something similar to this...
__________________
2022 Cedar Creek 345IK 5th Wheel•Solar & Inverter•2024 Ford F-Series SCREW•7.3L•4x4•Factory Puck•B&W Companion•TST Tire Monitor w/Repeater•Sinemate 3500w Gen.
F&AM Lodge 358 Somerset, PA - JAFFA Shrine - Altoona, PA
Days Camped ☼ '19=118 ☼ '20=116 ☼ '21=123 ☼ '22=134 ☼ '23=118☼ '24=90
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 12:57 PM
|
#5
|
|
Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
Posts: 15,649
|
Best FM reception is with a horizontal antenna, while am likes vertical.....look at the cars that had the antennas made into the windshield glass in past years...
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 01:22 PM
|
#6
|
|
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 8
|
That looks like it. Thank you
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2016, 02:19 PM
|
#7
|
|
Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Posts: 33,788
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Landomontana
Do I have to manually go to the top of the trailer and adjust a screw on the ball itself?
|
YES
__________________
Dan-Retired California Firefighter/EMT
Shawn-Musician/Entrepreneur/Wine Expert
and Zoe the Wonder Dog(R.I.P.) 
2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
|
|
|
|
|
12-31-2016, 03:59 PM
|
#8
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 182
|
Also please notice that the in-glass antennas are no more. This was because of relatively poor reception on the two L shaped elements, and the popularity of FM in car radios. Today, most if not all FM stations use vertically polarized antennas, as AM stations always have.
|
|
|
|
|
12-31-2016, 10:13 PM
|
#9
|
|
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Cheney, Washington
Posts: 254
|
Before we cover our RV, I go up on the roof and loosen the screw in the middle of the base, so I can lower it. In the spring, when the cover comes off, I raise the antenna back up and tighten the screw.
__________________
2020 Rockwood 2608BS
2017 Wildcat Maxx 26BHS
2016 Rockwood MiniLite 2503S (2015-2016)
2012 Ford F-150 Eco-Boost
2021 Ford F-250 Super Duty
|
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
