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Old 09-11-2020, 11:36 PM   #1
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TV Antenna replacement question

Hi guys
New member here thank you for allowing me to join. I have a quick question I had my TV antenna replaced because the old one was broken off in a storm. It seems odd that there’s this much extra wire I wanted to know if this is normal?
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Old 09-12-2020, 03:11 AM   #2
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I’m not sure if it’s normal but our A.C.E. has a wad on the roof too.
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Old 09-12-2020, 03:53 AM   #3
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Greetings
Looks about right if you had a Winegard batwing.

and Welcome
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Old 09-12-2020, 04:11 AM   #4
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Thank you. It seem like a lot of extra wire.
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Old 09-12-2020, 06:34 PM   #5
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you need to push that into the roof and reseal, if not it will whip around and beat the roof going down the road.....very annoying
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Old 09-13-2020, 01:30 AM   #6
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you need to push that into the roof and reseal, if not it will whip around and beat the roof going down the road.....very annoying
I was going to suggest securing it with zip ties
then I zoomed in on the roof, the installer glued it down.
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Old 09-13-2020, 02:57 PM   #7
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I'm guessing the old antenna was the Wineguard "bat wing" which was a crank-up antenna. If so, that length of cable was needed to allow the antenna to extend above the roof when it's in use. Extra cable is not needed for this antenna, but really won't harm anything either.
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