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Periodically someone is looking for a replacement for the flying saucer tv
antennas that
graced some of our wanderlodges. I replaced mine last June with I believe the
original
manufacturers, (many may dispute this), dish. I'm doing taxes and the invoice
came up so
I figured I'd save someone the time it took me to track down the unit.

I got it from;
Antennacraft
PO box 848551
Dallas, Texas, 75284-8551

the assembly information on the invoice is:
5MS750A
ANTENNA/ROTATOR ASSY 5MS750
$85.95

It cost $11.75 to ship to the east coast.

As I recall they had just made a number of these and had a few in stock. It was
an exact
replacement for my other antenna. The old one had rubbed the styrofoam so that
it was
very loose and would not rotate. It also had loose wires and probably the board
was fried
after I tried to solder some connections. The new one works great.

Maybe this will help someone in need of a replacement

Bob Benner
86PT40
flying back to Inverness Fla on Sunday, (it's cold on LI right now)

Bob
That would be new old stock at the time it was purchased that
particular model has not been produced since 2003 The company that
produced these for Antennacraft closed in either 2003-or 2004 they
were located in North Carolina
The replacement model is 5MS9000 and the list price is $184.95 plus
shipping as listed on Antennacraft's site. They can be purchased
elsewhere for less than the oem list price.
Stephen 77fc35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Benner" wrote:
>
> Periodically someone is looking for a replacement for the flying
saucer tv antennas that
> graced some of our wanderlodges. I replaced mine last June with I
believe the original
> manufacturers, (many may dispute this), dish. I'm doing taxes and
the invoice came up so
> I figured I'd save someone the time it took me to track down the unit.
>
> I got it from;
> Antennacraft
> PO box 848551
> Dallas, Texas, 75284-8551
>
> the assembly information on the invoice is:
> 5MS750A
> ANTENNA/ROTATOR ASSY 5MS750
> $85.95
>
> It cost $11.75 to ship to the east coast.
>
> As I recall they had just made a number of these and had a few in
stock. It was an exact
> replacement for my other antenna. The old one had rubbed the
styrofoam so that it was
> very loose and would not rotate. It also had loose wires and
probably the board was fried
> after I tried to solder some connections. The new one works great.
>
> Maybe this will help someone in need of a replacement
>
> Bob Benner
> 86PT40
> flying back to Inverness Fla on Sunday, (it's cold on LI right now)
>

The replacement rotating TV antenna is $119 from
http://www.starkelectronic.com/ac.htm

Jack
'87 FC35 "Traveller"
Franklin, NC


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