kdk, Not to be lazy and sluff you off, but, if you search SCVJeff, or variations like SCV Jeff, you'll find tons of stuff from him. Some(a lot) is really technical but it is good info. He feels that Winegard batwings are great and IIRC he had great things to say about all current versions of the batwing. Search the archives as well as the current posts.
Just a simple test of your antenna booster, take a piece of Coax and jumper around the factory cable. Sometimes there are multiple pieces used to connect from the power supply/splitter to the antenna. It's getting fuzzy now but as I remember my Bounder had three pieces to travel a little over 7 feet.