Re: [a/s] Cable or Antenna??? NO RED LIGHT

[kribbs4ASNET@xxxxxxxxx]

Don, I cannot believe you do not have the 
antenna connection with the amplification
"redlight" switch.  In everiy A/S I have owned and in every one with
which I have
become familiar, it is on the roadside 
somewhere near the corner where the TV
usually sits -- that shelf that occupies the
corner. (If by chance you do not have that
configuration roadside, you will have, almost surely, a corollary on the
street
side.  The lead from the antenna (in an
older model a flat double-wire) connects to the antenna.  It can be
followed down to the roof and the point at which it enters the A/S.  In
a replacement, it may go down the refrigerator stack, to the space
which houses the burner, etc., and then
be fed through the wall or whatever to the
space almost always occupied by a TV.
It ends at an ivory colored box, about 
3 x 4.5 inches, with a cigarette lighter
style 12 volt outlet.  This box can be anywhere in that vicinity -- on
the wall 
behind the TV, in the cabinet beneath the
TV, in a cabinet toward the front but next
to the one beneath the TV.  It is expected
to be accessible so one can turn on the 
booster with the small flip-switch on the face of the box, thereby
turning on the red
light, or to use the 12 v. outlet (e.g. for an
automobile type 12 volt fan when you do
not have 120).  It has got to be there
somewhere!  Unless, of course, your A/S
is really a far-back vintage when TV's had
not been considered for use in, say, a 50's
model.  It is assumed that you do have an
antenna; so trace the lead wire, or co-ax
cable to the place where the box should
be.  Maybe a previous owner who did not
have a TV took it out -- but the cable has 
to be there somewhere.  Find the cable and no box?  they are available,
made by
Braun, the people who make the antenna
crank assembly, and I believe available at
most RV supply houses.  Not to be unfair,
I believe Winegard makes them also.  And
the box may possibly be brown.

Furthermore, if you really want to boost the reception from your roof
top antenna,
get the booster which is sold by Radio
Shack.  It can be added even if you do have the traditional
amplification box.

Let us know what you find, and what you
finally had to do.  The very best to you.

Donald @ Port O'Call, Melbourne, FL
kribbs4ASNET@webtv.net     #2875