I mistakenly left my crank-up antenna up on a 2007 Everest 344I and it broke off. Trust me that won't happen again! Now the problem is, that the cable broke off just a few inches under the mount and I can't fish out of the hole to reconnect. Does anyone know what the best way is to get to the cables and how they are routed? Do they go directly to the Winegard box or to the TV? I have the new antenna parts and would like to fix it myself.
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If the handle inside is off the ceiling, you should be able to fish it back up and crimp a new end onto the cable.
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Can you see and touch the cable? If you can touch it enough to screw on a repair splice then that mite do the trick. Then just make another short piece of cable to connect to your new antenna. You'll need a few TV cable fittings from some place like Radio Shack.
If you can't get to the broken cable end you mite need to pull a new wire thru the roof down to the cabinet were it connects in the trailer, now that could be a challenge. Hopefully not the case. If you can get to the old cable enough to cut a little bit of wire off and make a new connector.......your good to go.
Good luck.
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Get the cable to look something like this.......
Then screw on one of these.........
Then all you need is to make a short cable and splice it up with a few of these.......
Hope it works out.
By removing the crank and the plate it attaches to you might be able to reach the end of the cable. If you can make a repair from there, fine. Otherwise, try to tape a pull wire (coat hanger or other wire) to the end of the broken cable. Then take the outlet apart in the TV cabinet and disconnect the cable from that end. Attach a second pull wire to that end. Now return to the antenna end and pull the cable through just far enough to attach a new piece to its end. You can then pull the cable back into the TV cabinet and re-attach it to the outlet. The important thing is to make sure you have the cabinet end securely attached to the pull wire before you pull it out of reach.
No, I have never (not yet) forgotten to crank down my antenna. I have nightmares about it, though. ;-)
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John Bridge wrote: By removing the crank and the plate it attaches to you might be able to reach the end of the cable. If you can make a repair from there, fine. Otherwise, try to tape a pull wire (coat hanger or other wire) to the end of the broken cable. Then take the outlet apart in the TV cabinet and disconnect the cable from that end. Attach a second pull wire to that end. Now return to the antenna end and pull the cable through just far enough to attach a new piece to its end. You can then pull the cable back into the TV cabinet and re-attach it to the outlet. The important thing is to make sure you have the cabinet end securely attached to the pull wire before you pull it out of reach.
No, I have never (not yet) forgotten to crank down my antenna. I have nightmares about it, though. ;-)
This should work great, at least I hope so for your sake. I forgot once to lower my antenna but thank God some woman came running up as I pulled up to the dump station and told me about it so I was able to put it down before I caught a tree going out of the park.
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I don't think that any two trailers are wired the same. If your antenna is close to a roof vent you can remove the inside trim to access the base of the antenna. (usually four screws and the handle)
Hopefully any extra wire was not pulled out while the antenna broke off. Most times there is plenty of slack to push back up through the grommet on the base plate and replace the F-connector. Caulk the grommet to prevent leaks. If you have to snake a new cable be sure to use RG6/U cable, it is much better for digital signals.
Hope this helps, Hank
I didn't break my antenna but my 75 ohm coax cable corroded badly where the 5’ external antenna cable connected to the inside coax cable. I didn’t know what my original problem was until I removed the entire roof portion of the antenna and the inside crank handle fixture. At this point I could see just a small section of the inside 75 ohm cable. My antenna is an Antenna-Tek antenna that looks very similar to the Winegard antenna. Anyway, I decided to replace the 75 ohm section from my amplifier to the antenna (about 8’) as well as the external 5’ antenna cable section. My antenna is over my bedroom and the crank handle is about 15 inches from a wall between the bedroom and closet. The amplifier is on this wall on the bedroom side. I removed an interior panel of the closet wall to see the cabling. Cable ties and screws were used to secure the 75 ohm inside cable. I had to cut the cable ties and remove a screw clamp to free the 8’ inside cable. Using a coat hanger and some patience, I was finally able to pull the new cable into place and get it to the hole in the roof. To make a long story short, be prepared to do some dismantling if you want to pull any new cable and expect to find cables tied together or clamped in place.
The point at which it broke may have been at an inline coupler which would be the weakest link under your circumstances. That is the way ours was installed and the center wire at this coupling corroded from condensation and disappeared.
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