1. 4x4 with screws added for snug fit to bumper. Hole drilled through center. Recessed hole for nut and washer.2. 4x4 (SHORT) to hold antenna base.3. Bolt tightened to secure 3/4" all thread from moving.4. Dish base added (I am lacking one nut to secure it tight--Hdwr store monday.)When tight and in place and PLUMB I will secure level.Now I can adjust left and right with the antenna base and Fore and Aft with the 3/4" end nut. That will tighten the short 4x4 against the 4x4 inserted in either side of the rear bumper.Red neck engineering to the rescue.I just can't be headed straight into the satellite and I can't be where trees will interfere with line of site.

That is a great design. I think however you may find the limited mobility to be troublesome when aiming the satellite. Can you easily move the dish to a tripod if needed?

I just use one of these with a couple of 100-foot RG cables and move it to where it works best...I usually sit it on my hard folding truck bed panel covers so that I remember to stow it away inside if I leave the camp site...With the two long RG TV cables I run one to the front SAT RCVR and the other one to the Bedroom SAt TV Rcvr... The four high standoff pieces around the base lets me wrap the two 100-foot RG cables around the unit when stowed away... I have the SAT FINDER unit attached to the base Did this for several years until the NATL BROADCAST Network came out with Digital TV a few years back. Now we just use our BATWING antenna to pick up the HDTV signals from the local towns... They work great for us now... Don't have to bring along our SAT TV items anymore...Roy Ken

Red Neck style? It can't be, there's no duct tape or empty beer cans involved. :)

gbopp wrote:Red Neck style? It can't be, there's no duct tape or empty beer cans involved. :)That is certainly the way all of my projects get done...Roy Ken

Sounds like a great plan as long as the rear of the RV is point in a generally Southern direction. If the rear is pointed North there is no possibility of finding a satellite located in the Southern sky.Don't get me wrong, I actually like the setup. It's just not a setup that will work anywhere or anytime.

DYI Antenna Mount--Red Neck style | Good Sam Community

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Horizon170
Explorer
Nov 06, 2016
DutchmenSport wrote:
Quick! Call the "weight police!" Adding that weight will cause the bumper to fall off! Did you re-inforce the bumper before attaching that disk? Oh ... you didn't use a "professional" welder? Good grief! You're in trouble now! I certainly hope you remove it when driving down the road!

Well, now that we have all that over with...

That's a pretty clever idea there! Nice job! Ain't life great to belong to the "red neck association!"

That is where I will use the Duct Tape and Bailing Wire. Who needs a welder?
Marvin
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Nov 06, 2016
Quick! Call the "weight police!" Adding that weight will cause the bumper to fall off! Did you re-inforce the bumper before attaching that disk? Oh ... you didn't use a "professional" welder? Good grief! You're in trouble now! I certainly hope you remove it when driving down the road!

Well, now that we have all that over with...

That's a pretty clever idea there! Nice job! Ain't life great to belong to the "red neck association!"
YC_1
Nomad
Nov 06, 2016
Horizon170 wrote:
Does anyone know an easy (or hard) way to de-compress this type? I have a few that I compressed and they didn't hold.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-6mCayWuuV72g3SigvWRis9h4GhVleAoQf5rAI3FJIwPf4A3C

Cut them off and put a new one on. They are not designed to decompress and you can buy them by the handful at Lowes.
Lantley
Nomad
Nov 06, 2016
RoyB wrote:
I just use one of these with a couple of 100-foot RG cables and move it to where it works best...

Did this for several years until the NATL BROADCAST Network came out with Digital TV a few years back. Now we just use our BATWING antenna to pick up the HDTV signals from the local towns... They work great for us now... Don't have to bring along our SAT TV items anymore...

Roy Ken

I have wondered about this myself. I can generally find something to watch OTA. Not my favorite show or tonites sporting event., but something entertaining. Some shows worse or older than others but always something. I stopped carrying my Satellite as well.

But for those of you that still carry a manual satellite dish. Do yourself a favor and go automatic! It's just more hassle free.
For me the manual satellite was too much hit or miss. Generally I was always able to get it done but sometimes it took lots of effort.
Skip the effort paet go automatic
Horizon170
Explorer
Nov 06, 2016
Does anyone know an easy (or hard) way to de-compress this type? I have a few that I compressed and they didn't hold.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-6mCayWuuV72g3SigvWRis9h4GhVleAoQf5rAI3FJIwPf4A3C
downtheroad
Explorer
Nov 06, 2016
How about this for a redneck antennae. You can move it around and teach it to stay....:B
YC_1
Nomad
Nov 05, 2016
Great idea.
Horizon170
Explorer
Nov 05, 2016
BillSattelite. I can attach to either side and get 270* plus on each side----I just can't be headed directly towards the Satellite.
Marvin

PS, I will glue 100 Grit paper to bot ends of the 4x4s where they meet. ThaT WILL HOLD IN PLACE BETTER WITHOUT HAVING TO REALLY TORQUE THE LOCK NUT. sorry for the caps.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
Nov 05, 2016
Sounds like a great plan as long as the rear of the RV is point in a generally Southern direction. If the rear is pointed North there is no possibility of finding a satellite located in the Southern sky.
Don't get me wrong, I actually like the setup. It's just not a setup that will work anywhere or anytime.
RoyB
Explorer II
Nov 05, 2016
gbopp wrote:
Red Neck style? It can't be, there's no duct tape or empty beer cans involved. :)

That is certainly the way all of my projects get done...

Roy Ken

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