What's Best Digital Antenna Upgrade ?

TC&Z wrote:
We have a 2007 MH with the classic batwing Winegard crank up analog antenna on the roof. We bought a digital converter box years ago and works ok. Lately we have been losing signal and DW is after me to improve the reception.

Searching so far I have found 4 options: (have I missed any?)
1) Wingman add-on by Winegard (clips to existing batwing antenna)
2) Sensar by Winegard (batwing replacement)
3) Rayzar by Winegard (flat rectangle replacement)
4) KING Jack replacement head (small sting-ray profile)

Unless mistaken I believe all 4 alternatives are fully compatible with my existing system, all I got to do is get on the roof, swap out the antenna and attach the RF cable. I believe that no changes are needed to our current power supply. Comments are welcome.

I have tried to find performance specs for these 4 alternatives but only find dimensions and vague general advertising claims; better performance, longer range, new and improved, etc. Worse, some posts state claims are just hype and there is no performance improvement over the existing legacy analog antennas.

Anyone have any recommendation or comparison of these 4 antenna upgrade alternatives? Or any other suggestions?

(I know satellite is a possibility but not willing to go there at this time.)

Thanks in advance...

TC&Z
Well Sir, I kind-a went through all of what you're thinking about back a while ago. I was not getting almost any TV channels with our Batwing antenna. Well, really long story short, I purchased the new Jack Antenna based on "some" of the recommendations from folks on here and other RV forums. I put it in place, turned on the TV set, searched and, found almost nothing.

Well, after a tiny bit of investigation, I found out that the 12VDC power to the antenna was dead. That meant that it was dead to the original batwing too. So, I repaired that situation and, did a search again for stations. Well, I found four. So, just for grins, I put my old batwing back on and, found the same four.

So, I took back the Jack and left the Batwing in place. We then went "glamping" (a term many of use for "Glamorous" camping at places where it's a paved parking lot next to a Casino or other prestigious establishment) at Pachanga RV Resort and Casino.

I already had cable at our sight. And, I've got Direct TV via the King Dome on top of our coach. But, just for grins, I popped up the Batwing there at Pachanga and guess what, I picked up a whopping FIFTY FOUR CHANNELS using the Batwing. Wow!! I picked up Hispanic, Chinese, Taiwanese, Religious, Cowboy, and many, many more types of channels. I was amazed that there were that many still broadcast over the air.

But, the point is/was, the Batwing is a great antenna and works quite well.
Scott