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Re: Exterior detailing

Reply #25 –
FWIW, sell it.  I think it will become worthless like so many other electronics.  No, I i'm not in market. LOL
Best of Travels

Re: Exterior detailing

Reply #26 –
Quote from: drcscruggs –
FWIW, sell it.  I think it will become worthless like so many other electronics.  No, I i'm not in market. LOL
        Aww come on, I will make you a great deal if you remove it and patch the roof. ^.^d
Dean & Deirdre

2012 Arctic Fox 22GQ
Was 2003 U270

Re: Exterior detailing

Reply #27 –
Quote from: Dean & Dee –
We have an in-motion satellite antenna we are not planning on activating. I was going to leave it because I thought it might have some future value if selling or trading. The other thought is that it increases the height of the coach about 5". What do you guys think, do these things have any value or will it just end up obsolete?
Dean, we also have an 2003 36' (build #6228).  We used the TracStar for a short while after we purchased the coach back in 11/09... but it was problematic (easily fixed, though); however, it didn't bring in an HD signal, and we had no need for the in-motion feature.

A year ago, we removed it and replaced it with a Winegard Trav'ler (open dish, HD) and we have been most pleased with the resulting set up (see George's post and photos about this modification:  Winegard HD dish conversion).  We "parted out" the old TracStar to another ForeForums member and it lives on.... recycling at its best!

I believe the TracStar antenna is more like 10-12" in height, and the Trav'ler is roughly equivalent.  Both of these items were/are similar in height to the A/C shrouds (see photo below).

Since your TracStar does not provide an HD signal and technology continues to improve, there is probably no added value to its presence in a future sale.  That being said, if it is removed (and NOT replaced with another satellite dish of some sort), the fact that there is ONLY a batwing OTA antenna present might detract a bit from the viewpoint of a future buyer.  If you're not planning to replace it, I would suggest leaving it.

Just my $0.01 (discounted from $0.02 due to lack of technical knowledge!)....
The selected media item is not currently available.Pat Hatfield
2000 U295 3600 #5666 WTFE (sold 1/7/20)
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
previously: 2003 U295 3610 #6228 (sold 5/29/14)
previously:  2009 Honda CRV (sold 6/9/14)

Re: Exterior detailing

Reply #28 –
         All good points Patricia. We probably will leave it for now anyway because it would involve a roof repair etc. I know it does work because it was in use up until we bought the coach.
        We are good with OTA and cable at the parks when available. We turned our cable off at home about 2 years ago and put up an over the air antenna just because we got tired of paying ridiculous money for 200 channels that we didn't watch. Better picture and free!
Dean & Deirdre

2012 Arctic Fox 22GQ
Was 2003 U270

Re: Exterior detailing

Reply #29 –
Dean, the satellite antenna that we inheirited was a Datron or such, parts no longer available.  It was not in-motion.  We simply removed it to make way for a newer system.  It would have had no value due to age versus present technology, lack of parts, etc.  I hope that helps.  One other thing, it is no taller than the other things on the coach roof, i.e. we are at 11-6 or so.  This is not an inexpensive decision but we think it will pay dividends in one place we like to visit.  There is not cable there and the roof antenna can get only five stations, three in a language I do not speak.    Mike
Mike
2001 U320 4010 Build 5878 (Gus)
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