What's Best Digital Antenna Upgrade ?

TC&Z wrote:

rgatijnet1 wrote:
If you have been having signal problems with an antenna that was previously working fine, I would say that your problem is with the coax cable or the connections on either end. Antennas do not wear out but the cable connections do. They let in moisture which eventually causes corrosion. To install a new antenna, without correcting the cable problems, is just a waste of money.

Very interesting information, much appreciated, (I posted this inquiry) perhaps it is not my antenna at all but something else. Here is my symptom, we will have been watching a show fine and then it just dies entirely, goes to black screen "LOST SIGNAL". We wait several minutes and no recovery. Yet when we change channels other channels work ok. Change back still dead. It is not poor signal with pixelated lines. We occasionally have this symptom and I rotate the antenna to tune slightly and it improves, or I determine that is the best it can be. Any ideas what to check?

Has this antenna worked well in this location in the past and is not working properly now or is this a new location? If you can go up on the roof with a multi-meter you want to disconnect the coax from the Batwing head and check the coax. You should find that the center conductor is showing at least 12VDC. If not you will want to verify that you have the power to the antenna turned on inside the coach (wall plate with a tiny (usually green) light. If that's all good you will want to bring in another recent digital TV and connect directly to ensure it's not something having to do with the TV or other cabling issues.