Glomex antenna

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I have a glomex antenna on my boat and i have never used it. what is it used for?
 
Do I need to connect to a pay service to use it? Or, does it just pick up satellite service?
 
Is this question a joke?

Mine was terrible too, I say play frisbee with your dog with it!!!

If you're serious about the question, no you don't have to pay for service but, also you do not receive satellite signals. In order to do that you need to make a tinfoil hat, very tall and pointy, and sit facing southeast.

Then you should receive all the signals you will need.

:smt101
 
Actually, I am serious about this. The antenna was broken when I bought the boat and I never got around to fixing it. I'd like to be able to watch tv on the boat and I know my kids would like too also.
If it is worth fixing, then I will fix it. If it is not worth it because reception is bad or non existant then I'd like to find out now before I sink several hundred $$$$$ into it.

So,yes, i am serious..........thanks
 
Ok, so, if the glomex was connected and operating properly, are you sayingnthat it would pull in tv channels? Even though things have changed to digital now?
 
on Long Beach Island in N.J. you can get the Spanish language station, and
that's it. Comprende?

Jay
 
Yes it will receive the new digital broadcasts. You need a TV that will display the new digital signals or a converter box.
 
We have the new Glomex which is Digital & Analog. We installed two new flat screens with built in tuners. The old tv was analog and the old Glomex, we only received 2 channels and the signal was bad. We first got the new Glomex and used a converter box. The pic was great and we also picked up a total of 22 channels. Last year we replaced both analog tv and went with the two flat screens. The pic is great.
 
Check glomex's web site - I think I read/saw/heard that they have lifetime warranties. Not sure so YMMV.
 
jpk33 said:
Check glomex's web site - I think I read/saw/heard that they have lifetime warranties. Not sure so YMMV.
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Yes they do. We got our new one from them two years ago free of charge. We could not get it clean because of the material they used in 1999. Call them and they gave me a RA # so they could test the material they used and they sent us a brand new one.
 
Bridog said:
I've never gotten anything but snow on my Glomex so I'd say use it as a Frisbee.
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If you actually get a snowy picture, then you are talking analog. With a digital signal, it's all or nothing, black screen or a picture for the most part. On our analog set with a converter, we can get around 20 channels locally with that ugly Glomex. Had a friend toss his a couple years back and recently replaced it with the new "digital" model. We get all the same channels.
 
I've got an older ugly Glomax that got very little reception with the original TV - lots of snow and shadows! Replaced the TV with a flat screen digital tuner and now have 6 crystal clear channels - same old ugly Glomax.

My conclusion is that the Glomax guts have not changed at all - just the printing on the outside where it says "Digital".
 
It should be a quick an easy fix where all you'll need is a digital converter box. However, as other folks mentioned it might be pointless exercise due to really poor service provided by Glomex. So, my advice don’t bother. IF you want to watch TV at the dock, install DirecTV dish and if you have it at home add a box for $5 p/m or just take one from home. If you want to watch while you’re away from the dock (anchored somewhere or in transient slip, etc.) you’ll need marine dish like KVH (BIG expense). For everything else it's DVDs my friend.

Good luck.
 
Alex F said:
It should be a quick an easy fix where all you'll need is a digital converter box. However, as other folks mentioned it might be pointless exercise due to really poor service provided by Glomex. So, my advice don’t bother.
Good luck.
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I think anyone not receiving quality Digital signals from the Glomex has another issue than the Glomex. I was picking up about a dozen stations just fine and as I posted in another thread, I found out today the antenna was not even connected (thanks to Sea Ray) so my only antenna so far has been the coax running inside the arch amplified by the Glomex Amp and it got me 12 channels clear as day. Can wait till I get the antenna connected.

If you do have a problem, it is all under lifetime warranty. Another poster reported they replaced his antenna for FREE under warranty on a 1999 model boat because he could not get it CLEAN. That is a level of customer service you don't often see these days.
 
jason78 said:
I think anyone not receiving quality Digital signals from the Glomex has another issue than the Glomex. I was picking up about a dozen stations just fine and as I posted in another thread, I found out today the antenna was not even connected (thanks to Sea Ray) so my only antenna so far has been the coax running inside the arch amplified by the Glomex Amp and it got me 12 channels clear as day. Can wait till I get the antenna connected.

If you do have a problem, it is all under lifetime warranty. Another poster reported they replaced his antenna for FREE under warranty on a 1999 model boat because he could not get it CLEAN. That is a level of customer service you don't often see these days.
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I agree Jason; I am getting about 20 channels just from the Glomex connected to several TV’s on the boat. One of the TV is digital ready, and the other is the stock OEM installed TV with a digital converter box I added. All with great reception. I guess results may vary depending on your location.
 
In this area the over air antennae are not very good, even on homes. I believe that is why we get such poor reception out here on the island! It could be a combo of crappy connections too but, I don't know any other boaters here that get good reception with their Glomex set-up!!
 
jason78 said:
I think anyone not receiving quality Digital signals from the Glomex has another issue than the Glomex. I was picking up about a dozen stations just fine and as I posted in another thread, I found out today the antenna was not even connected (thanks to Sea Ray) so my only antenna so far has been the coax running inside the arch amplified by the Glomex Amp and it got me 12 channels clear as day. Can wait till I get the antenna connected.

If you do have a problem, it is all under lifetime warranty. Another poster reported they replaced his antenna for FREE under warranty on a 1999 model boat because he could not get it CLEAN. That is a level of customer service you don't often see these days.
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I think it all depends on the location. After adding digital converter box I was able to pickup several local stations. The picture was much..much better than with analog. However, the disappointment grew fast as the signal will get lost frequently. As you know with digital it's either shows or it doesn't. The OP is from Long Island, this is the only reason I said it might not be worth the trouble. But, I started with the statement that the task is simple, so it's really not a big deal to get the $20-$30 digital converter and do a quick test.

It's also possible that upgrading to a new Glomax antenna might help, but I haven't seen reports from local boaters that went with the project, spend few humndred and got great improvement over the old antenna.

In any event, there are number of option to have TV working on your baot.
 
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