Need help with antenna ID

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High_order1
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Re: Need help with antenna ID

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you certain those are antennas?
NYTechServices
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High_order1 wrote:you certain those are antennas?
We have a winner. Those are vents. The van probably doesn't have air conditioning. There is a flap on top that pops up and acts as an air scoop.
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Re: Need help with antenna ID

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I came back here to answer that....

I saw two the other day, but couldn't get the camera in time. Just as he says, they are pop open vents. Looks like a flap on top.

...... or, they could be part of the men in black early warning system, but I am putting my money on the vent concept.

I kinda thought that earlier, btw. With that step up, it almost looks like an old prisoner transport van. Vents are usually back there to draw the funk out; you crack the front windows and open those vents and it drafts air through there when you are moving.

-Shawn
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Re: Need help with antenna ID

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There are antennae that are low profile in design, that resemble(not oblong, but circular) for most bands. I believe they are referred to as "radome" style. Manufacturers include Antennex and (maybe) Maxrad.
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i should look for some of those, for my next prisoner transport van.
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