Last night I removed the Concord motorized antenna that I had been fighting with for the past couple of years and been very unhappy with. I replaced it with a Winegard MA1000 motorized antenna. The installation would have gone a lot smoother had Monaco not tied all the wires together prior to installing the roof. The Winegard uses two more wires in the loom than the Concord. I thought at first no big deal just tie a string on to the old and pull it out and pull the new wire loom through. The wires wouldn't move more than about an inch.
After about an hour of screwing around with different ideas and the boroscope looking into the roof structure I decided to just cut the original loom and solder the plug from the old on to each end and use two other wires that were there for the original antenna stored sensor. This actually worked out quite well.
Another thing I was very disappointed in the Concord antenna was the fact that they had to have two holes drilled into the roof because the motor and the electrical connector hung below the mounting surface of the antenna. I don't know why they couldn't keep the mounting surface flat like the Winegard. The Winegard in my opinion is a much better design where everything is contained in the unit above the roof line and other than the wiring there was no need to have any addition holes in the roof.
I was able to cover two holes from the Concord with the base of the new Winegard and then had to fabricate a cover to put over the wire penetration from the original Concord antenna. I used butyl tape under the antenna and the cover plate and then after installation I covered the edges and the mounting screws with Dicor and the roof part was done. I still just have to mount the new controller in the cabine tonight and fabricate a small plate to cover the existing hole from the Concord controller and then it is completely done. Mike.
2003 Monaco Dynasty/ 26' Haulmark Edge trailer
2011 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
