Name that antenna

[stephens013]

can anyone tell me what this antenna goes to?
I'm thinking it's original or at least equipment added by a SeaRay vendor. It's mounted on the port side of the radar arch of 2001 510DA.

 

[Fill Ess]

My guess would be a TV antenna (I have a Glomex) but I've seen Digital Antenna brand VHF and cellular antennas too ... so hard to say for sure unless you can trace the wiring.

They make an XM antenna that looks very similar:

https://www.marine.com/products/11-28090/digital-xm-antenna

 

[ocgrant]

Could be anything, time to chase the wire to the home run and find out what it is connected too.

 

[stephens013]

My guess would be a TV antenna (I have a Glomex) but I've seen Digital Antenna brand VHF and cellular antennas too ... so hard to say for sure unless you can trace the wiring.

They make an XM antenna that looks very similar:

https://www.marine.com/products/11-28090/digital-xm-antenna

That sure looks like it. Makes since. Must be wired to my Garmin gdl30a data box. Meaning a bunch of black boxes I'm itching to tossing over the side; that or leting them float away on the ebay tide.

I'll be installing a Garmin gxb51 data antenna which is suppose to provide both weather and music feed direct to my GPSMAP 4212 chart plotter via the NMEA 2000 back bone. Least that's what Garmin is telling me. The new; improved XM weather format requires new hard wear but I'm stuck retro fitting hardwear that's no longer supported by Garmin. It all works great just that systems come and go and these older units don't process the new signal/data format. My 4212 is a robust system that dose everything I need doing and I'm comfortable with it's procedures. I ain't redoing and buying a whole new system just for the wow factor.

Thanks again for the heads up. Unfortunately it's now wire chasing time.

 

[stephens013]

Could be anything, time to chase the wire to the home run and find out what it is connected too.

My all time, most favorite thing to do.




Well, maybe second to getting a boil lanced.

 

[Havana Shamrock]

I’m betting on a gps antenna

 

[hughespat57]

It is certain that it is for XM radio.

Cellular, TV, WiFi, etc antennas by Digital are all much larger as the bands get lower the physical size gets larger.
Digital never made a GPS, nor an external GPS antenna nor TV antennas.
They look identical to GPS because they are both satellite receive antennas with a 180 degree vertical and 360 horizontal sky view.

https://www.digitalantenna.com

 

[stephens013]

It is certain that it is for XM radio.

Cellular, TV, WiFi, etc antennas by Digital are all much larger as the bands get lower the physical size gets larger.
Digital never made a GPS, nor an external GPS antenna nor TV antennas.
They look identical to GPS because they are both satellite receive antennas with a 180 degree vertical and 360 horizontal sky view.

https://www.digitalantenna.com

I'm pretty well certain it works with the 30a unit as well.

 

[stephens013]

Good folks at SeaRay sent me this drawing of the original wiring for the antenna feeds. They tell me the vhf and stereo share the whip antenna via a slipper some where. That seems to be working just fine. current plan is to replace the cell phone antenna with new vhf whip hooked to new primary vhf. The new garmin GXB51 data antenna will replace the two older satalite antennas.

Ain't it great; a boat owner with new parts and a plan? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[stephens013]

It is certain that it is for XM radio.

Cellular, TV, WiFi, etc antennas by Digital are all much larger as the bands get lower the physical size gets larger.
Digital never made a GPS, nor an external GPS antenna nor TV antennas.
They look identical to GPS because they are both satellite receive antennas with a 180 degree vertical and 360 horizontal sky view.

https://www.digitalantenna.com

Just watched your launching procedure; that's quite the set up. Like the red tag process.
Well done.

 

[370Dancer]

My guess is a WAAS receiver. That enhanced the GPS accuracy waaaay back in the day before we gave China all the technology from our military.

So, keeping with the spirit of the thread, what is this one? all the way to the right.

 

[hughespat57]

My guess is a WAAS receiver. That enhanced the GPS accuracy waaaay back in the day before we gave China all the technology from our military.

So, keeping with the spirit of the thread, what is this one? all the way to the right.

Com'on get tougher WiFi bridge/long range WiFi only going to work at the dock...

Ubiquiti airMAX LiteBeam

 

[hughespat57]

Guesses?

 

[370Dancer]

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Guesses?

Yours? the next best thing to a folding radar arch (sweet idea!). How do you want it? Left to right or right to left? BTW, you are pretty close on mine, but not UBNT. TP-Link, and the only place it's used is at home. Matching unit on the balcony tying into my gigabit daily driver. At transient docks, I make up all kinds of stories, depending on who's asking. "Why, this is on a need to know basis, and clearly, you don't." (Use Ron White accent and intent) Jus havin fun. I'm not focused enough to aim and tune for a local wifi. That's what phones and hotspots are for....... if I stay that long.

 

[ttmott]

That sure looks like it. Makes since. Must be wired to my Garmin gdl30a data box. Meaning a bunch of black boxes I'm itching to tossing over the side; that or leting them float away on the ebay tide.

I'll be installing a Garmin gxb51 data antenna which is suppose to provide both weather and music feed direct to my GPSMAP 4212 chart plotter via the NMEA 2000 back bone. Least that's what Garmin is telling me. The new; improved XM weather format requires new hard wear but I'm stuck retro fitting hardwear that's no longer supported by Garmin. It all works great just that systems come and go and these older units don't process the new signal/data format. My 4212 is a robust system that dose everything I need doing and I'm comfortable with it's procedures. I ain't redoing and buying a whole new system just for the wow factor.

Thanks again for the heads up. Unfortunately it's now wire chasing time.

Do you mean Garmin GXM51? If so, do a search on this forum as there are some severe limitations that device has. If you want Sirius Weather then it is fine but for Sirius XM music it is limited.

 

[Havana Shamrock]

No need for a Sirius xm antenna any longer I use the free app on my phone linked to my car Sirius acct. and Bluetooth it wherever, on the boat , home through Sonos etc.