How do you all secure your carry out sat antennas

Strange as it may seem,,, I do not often hear of those goign walkabout without their owner's attached.

That said.... I keep thinking of that scene in,,, I think Goldfinger,, where James and the Young lady are in the forest and the bad guys are trying to break into James' car which has a "Burglar Protected" sign on the door window.


There is a loud explosion (off screen) and James says to the young lady, "Do you have a car?, Mine is out of commission." or some such line (I only remember he ask about here car with a comment).

Of course, that kind of security,, though effective at stopping their NEXT attempt, is both illegal and tends to damage your tailgater.

I bought heavy 5/8 security cable from Home Depot. I think cable is harder to cut than chain with bolt cutter. With some good padlocks

I use a tree, picknic table stabilizer jack or what ever I can wrap the cable around. Even with all that, I don't leave the Tailgater out when I leave the campsite..

http://www.homedepot.com/s/security%2520cable?NCNI-5

Heavy duty chain and padlock on my Pathway X2. I attach it to the nearest solid object such as a tree.

rv2go wrote:
I have never gone to 50', but I use a 25' dog tie-out cable with locks.
Pet store or maybe Walmart.

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Tennessee_Nomad wrote:
How do you all secure your carry out satellite antennas? I use a Tailgater with a 50ft cable, currently unsecured. I'm afraid my luck will run out one day and someone will take a liking to it and carry it off. Any suggestions? We watch TV at night and it would'nt take much for someone to unhook it and be gone before we could catch them.

As others have mentioned it is difficult and mostly you can only slow down someone determined to steal it by attaching a cable. Maybe set-up a camera like hunters use so at least you might have some video evidence if it walks off. These game camera's are also pretty good for monitoring your campsite as long as you do a good job in hiding them or they may grow legs as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Spypoint-Tiny-Plus-Wireless-Camera/dp/B00K0LIMOU/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1425529285&sr=8-16&keywords=wireless+trail+camera

Could you tie a couple of Dobermans to it?

We don't but have marked the bottom with significant ID.

rv2go wrote:
I have never gone to 50', but I use a 25' dog tie-out cable with locks.
Pet store or maybe Walmart.

Most of the time I do not secure mine. But when I do I use a plastic coated steel cable similar to the above, without the swivels, bought at Home Depot.

I have never gone to 50', but I use a 25' dog tie-out cable with locks.
Pet store or maybe Walmart.

I asked the same question about a year ago. I got a variety of responses, some no doubt will repeat here. For me, it's a matter of where we are camped. I have a 50 foot wire also. So far, it's never been tampered with. I carry a bicycle cable with pad lock and wrap it through the handle whenever I can secure it to something. But that is not always possible. I know, anyone can snap the cable with a bolt cutter, but at least it will keep honest people honest.

I had problems getting a signal when the Tailgater was set too close to the camper. Maybe the metal in the camper affected the signal somehow? I don't know. But it quit doing that. So, whenever possible, I now bicycle cable it around the trailer tongue jack. I'm going to experiment with putting it on the roof, but still leery a heavy wind could blow it off.


Another option is to drive a stake in the ground and bicycle cable it to that. At least it will take an extra second and will keep a "snatch and run" from happening by some kids or something.

Really, there is no good answer, I've not found a good solution myself. It still is a matter of trusting your fellow campers. But... times are changing too! (unfortunately).... :(