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Adding Satellite dish - ppotter14950 - 09-11-2008 16:00

Hi there,

I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there are
any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King Dome
9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
they had welded some nuts on.

When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof and
seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under the
diamond roof plate?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Paul Potter
1987 PT38
Hesperia CA

Adding Satellite dish - Stephen Birtles - 09-11-2008 23:10

DO NOT drill through the roof
it is only necessary to drill the tread plate laying on the roof\

you can anchor it there

Stephen 77fc 35


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there are
> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King Dome
> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
> they had welded some nuts on.
>
> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof and
> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under the
> diamond roof plate?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Potter
> 1987 PT38
> Hesperia CA
>

Adding Satellite dish - Curt Sprenger - 09-12-2008 00:40

Clarification. Our satellite dish is mounted to aluminum plates. Those plates are welded to the roof aluminum tread plate.


On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Birtles <"cape0001@hotmail.com"> wrote:



DO NOT drill through the roof

it is only necessary to drill the tread plate laying on the roof\



you can anchor it there



Stephen 77fc 35



--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "ppotter14950"

wrote:


>

> Hi there,

>

> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there are

> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King Dome

> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory

> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was

> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where

> they had welded some nuts on.

>

> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof and

> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under the

> diamond roof plate?

>

> Any help will be greatly appreciated

>

> Thanks

>

> Paul Potter

> 1987 PT38

> Hesperia CA

>






--
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA



Adding Satellite dish - lcondosta - 09-13-2008 01:04

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
wrote:
>
> Hi there, Paul I mounted my Motosat behind the forward vent and
ran the cables in the same hole the tv cables went through the
roof.Lee Condosta 85 PT 40 Holden Beach N.C
> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there
are
> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King Dome
> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
> they had welded some nuts on.
>
> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof
and
> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under
the
> diamond roof plate?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Potter
> 1987 PT38
> Hesperia CA
>

Adding Satellite dish - jim riordan - 09-14-2008 14:57

don't drill through the roof only the diamond plate!

Curt Sprenger wrote:
Clarification. Our satellite dish is mounted to aluminum plates. Those plates are welded to the roof aluminum tread plate.


On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Birtles <"cape0001@hotmail.com"> wrote:
DO NOT drill through the roof
it is only necessary to drill the tread plate laying on the roof\

you can anchor it there

Stephen 77fc 35

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "ppotter14950"
wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there are
> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King Dome
> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
> they had welded some nuts on.
>
> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof and
> seal on top and will that also seal the hole
in the bus roof under the
> diamond roof plate?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Potter
> 1987 PT38
> Hesperia CA
>



--
Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA




Adding Satellite dish - Gregory OConnor - 09-14-2008 15:16

Will you use an in motion? I have a Motosat that I spent over a
grand repairing. the Factory tech said he can sell me their
infalable, top notch unit refurbished for a grand. My question
was "if it was infalable why were they returned to be repaired????
We dont use it much while driving. I wouldnt by inmo to start
because of need . but your need may differ.
GregoryO'Connor
94ptRomolandCa

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there
are
> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King
Dome
> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
> they had welded some nuts on.
>
> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof
and
> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under
the
> diamond roof plate?
>
> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Potter
> 1987 PT38
> Hesperia CA
>

Adding Satellite dish - P & D - 09-14-2008 16:36

I don’t know that we will use it
much, but we enjoy listening to cnn and when we take the grand kids it will be
nice, but we figure for 400 more than a fixed unit it was worth the extra
money.

Paul

87pt38

Hesperia ca


From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gregory OConnor

Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008
8:17 PM

To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re:
Adding Satellite dish



Will you use an in motion? I have a Motosat that I
spent over a

grand repairing. the Factory tech said he can sell me their

infalable, top notch unit refurbished for a grand. My question

was "if it was infalable why were they returned to be repaired????

We dont use it much while driving. I wouldnt by inmo to start

because of need . but your need may differ.

GregoryO'Connor

94ptRomolandCa



--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com",
"ppotter14950"

> wrote:

>

> Hi there,

>

> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there

are

> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King

Dome

> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory

> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was

> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where

> they had welded some nuts on.

>

> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof

and

> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under

the

> diamond roof plate?

>

> Any help will be greatly appreciated

>

> Thanks

>

> Paul Potter

> 1987 PT38

> Hesperia CA

>



Adding Satellite dish - Don Bradner - 09-14-2008 22:03

It is a tough decision. The compromises with an in-motion unit are significant -
they always work less-well than an open-face unit. Why? Because with satellite,
dish size is important, and in-motion have the smallest dishes of them all.
However, if reception while under-way is an important criteria the compromise
may be worth it.

For me, I decided 3 years ago, which was prior to my BB days, that I would not
buy any more TV items for home or coach that was not HD-compatible. For DirecTV
that would have ruled out in-motion as well, although it is at least technically
possible to do in-motion TV with Dish network.

For in-motion listening Sirius or XM does the job nicely.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Motosat SL-5 HD and Sirius radio
Posting today by satellite from Lexington, VA


On 9/14/2008 at 9:36 PM P & D wrote:

>I don't know that we will use it much, but we enjoy listening to cnn and
>when we take the grand kids it will be nice, but we figure for 400 more
>than
>a fixed unit it was worth the extra money.
>
>
>
>Paul
>
>87pt38
>
>Hesperia ca
>
>
>
> _____
>
>From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gregory OConnor
>Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:17 PM
>To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Adding Satellite dish
>
>
>
>Will you use an in motion? I have a Motosat that I spent over a
>grand repairing. the Factory tech said he can sell me their
>infalable, top notch unit refurbished for a grand. My question
>was "if it was infalable why were they returned to be repaired????
>We dont use it much while driving. I wouldnt by inmo to start
>because of need . but your need may differ.
>GregoryO'Connor
>94ptRomolandCa
>
>--- In WanderlodgeForum@
>yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there
>are
>> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King
>Dome
>> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
>> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
>> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof where
>> they had welded some nuts on.
>>
>> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus roof
>and
>> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof under
>the
>> diamond roof plate?
>>
>> Any help will be greatly appreciated
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul Potter
>> 1987 PT38
>> Hesperia CA
>>

Adding Satellite dish - Richard Gideon - 09-14-2008 22:54

Install XM radio...can also 'watch' 150 stations along with CNN.

Dick Gideon
89 35FC
Rolla, MO

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> It is a tough decision. The compromises with an in-motion unit are
significant - they always work less-well than an open-face unit. Why?
Because with satellite, dish size is important, and in-motion have
the smallest dishes of them all. However, if reception while under-
way is an important criteria the compromise may be worth it.
>
> For me, I decided 3 years ago, which was prior to my BB days, that
I would not buy any more TV items for home or coach that was not HD-
compatible. For DirecTV that would have ruled out in-motion as well,
although it is at least technically possible to do in-motion TV with
Dish network.
>
> For in-motion listening Sirius or XM does the job nicely.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Motosat SL-5 HD and Sirius radio
> Posting today by satellite from Lexington, VA
>
>
> On 9/14/2008 at 9:36 PM P & D wrote:
>
> >I don't know that we will use it much, but we enjoy listening to
cnn and
> >when we take the grand kids it will be nice, but we figure for 400
more
> >than
> >a fixed unit it was worth the extra money.
> >
> >
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >87pt38
> >
> >Hesperia ca
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> >From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gregory
OConnor
> >Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:17 PM
> >To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Adding Satellite dish
> >
> >
> >
> >Will you use an in motion? I have a Motosat that I spent over a
> >grand repairing. the Factory tech said he can sell me their
> >infalable, top notch unit refurbished for a grand. My question
> >was "if it was infalable why were they returned to be repaired????
> >We dont use it much while driving. I wouldnt by inmo to start
> >because of need . but your need may differ.
> >GregoryO'Connor
> >94ptRomolandCa
> >
> >--- In WanderlodgeForum@ 40yahoogroups.com>
> >yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there
> >are
> >> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King
> >Dome
> >> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> >> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> >> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof
where
> >> they had welded some nuts on.
> >>
> >> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus
roof
> >and
> >> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof
under
> >the
> >> diamond roof plate?
> >>
> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Paul Potter
> >> 1987 PT38
> >> Hesperia CA
> >>
>

Adding Satellite dish - Kurt Horvath - 09-15-2008 03:39

Don,

I didn't quite understand the part about Direct TV. Was it the part
about Hi-Def. or that it wouldn't work with the in motion unit.
I had Dish Net in the house and when I tried to get it in the coach
they said no way Jose. I asked Direct for in motion service for the
coach and they answered no problem, then gave me a better deal than
Dish for the house, shop, and coach. $98.00 for 180 channels + 50
movie channels, XM and a bunch of other stuff I never watch or listen
to. I can't tell the difference in reception from base station dish,
house and shop or in-motion,coach, they both work great.

Kurt Horvath
95 PT-42
10AC


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> It is a tough decision. The compromises with an in-motion unit are
significant - they always work less-well than an open-face unit. Why?
Because with satellite, dish size is important, and in-motion have
the smallest dishes of them all. However, if reception while under-
way is an important criteria the compromise may be worth it.
>
> For me, I decided 3 years ago, which was prior to my BB days, that
I would not buy any more TV items for home or coach that was not HD-
compatible. For DirecTV that would have ruled out in-motion as well,
although it is at least technically possible to do in-motion TV with
Dish network.
>
> For in-motion listening Sirius or XM does the job nicely.
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Motosat SL-5 HD and Sirius radio
> Posting today by satellite from Lexington, VA
>
>
> On 9/14/2008 at 9:36 PM P & D wrote:
>
> >I don't know that we will use it much, but we enjoy listening to
cnn and
> >when we take the grand kids it will be nice, but we figure for 400
more
> >than
> >a fixed unit it was worth the extra money.
> >
> >
> >
> >Paul
> >
> >87pt38
> >
> >Hesperia ca
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> >From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gregory
OConnor
> >Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:17 PM
> >To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Adding Satellite dish
> >
> >
> >
> >Will you use an in motion? I have a Motosat that I spent over a
> >grand repairing. the Factory tech said he can sell me their
> >infalable, top notch unit refurbished for a grand. My question
> >was "if it was infalable why were they returned to be repaired????
> >We dont use it much while driving. I wouldnt by inmo to start
> >because of need . but your need may differ.
> >GregoryO'Connor
> >94ptRomolandCa
> >
> >--- In WanderlodgeForum@ 40yahoogroups.com>
> >yahoogroups.com, "ppotter14950"
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi there,
> >>
> >> I am going to add a in-motion satellite dish and wonder if there
> >are
> >> any special tricks to make it work well. I am looking at King
> >Dome
> >> 9762-LP from Kingdom2.com for 995.00 which is for a factory
> >> refurbished unit. I talked to Curt and he said that his dome was
> >> mounted to a plate and then the plate was bolted to the roof
where
> >> they had welded some nuts on.
> >>
> >> When mounting, do you just drill thru roof plate and into bus
roof
> >and
> >> seal on top and will that also seal the hole in the bus roof
under
> >the
> >> diamond roof plate?
> >>
> >> Any help will be greatly appreciated
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Paul Potter
> >> 1987 PT38
> >> Hesperia CA
> >>
>