Height Control & TV Antennas

[Curt Sprenger]

I believe Stephen Birtles sold me the same unit a couple years ago. Check with Stephen if you are in the market for one.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"

Anaheim Hills, CA

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM, freewill2008 <"sundance101@comcast.net"> wrote:

 

I took the non-functional Mini-Mate saucer antenna down years ago and waited to see what the best option would be for digital TV. Well, DT is here now and my best option was . . . a new Mini-Mate. It is directional and self-contained; the remote is now wireless and I was able to use the existing cables.



http://www.antennacraft.net/HDView360.html

http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display....d=HDMS9100

http://www.starkelectronic.com/5ms750.htm



Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA



--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", Page Britt wrote:

>

> Greetings One & All,

>

> Yesterday I installed a new left rear height control valve. Note - as

> I'm sure some of you know, It's lots of getting the nuts started on

> the valve mounting bolts on the rear of a PT! ;-) Adjusted the ride

> height to spec (& my satisfaction) today. Another good job done, on

> to the next... which is the TV antenna. It's decided to remain

> firmly in the down position, when you attempt to raise it the actuator

> makes the proverbial ratatattat noise which is normally made by the

> actuator clutch at the end of travel. A search of the forum archives

> revealed that the actuator is available from Danaher for the princely

> some of $400 or so. Tomorrow weather permitting I plan to take a look

> at it. Has anybody had any luck repairing or freeing up a stuck

> actuator (liner drive) in their OEM TV antenna? I'm not in a great

> hurry to spend $400 or so on an actuator knowing that the rotor

> mechanism inside the "flying saucer" antenna head either needs to be

> repaired or the entire antenna head replaced also. If the actuator is

> non repairable I'm mentally leaning toward the whole thing going over

> the side and replacing it with something newer. Thoughts?

>

> Pushing to get a short list of DMI's (Deferred Maintenance Items) done

> in time for a Friday departure to spend several days at the

> Thomasville, GA Fly-In. Great little event for any that may be

> interested and in the area.

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Page & Lynda

> 1984 PT-40 "Lady Bird"

> Tallahassee, FL

>