Digital over the air tv.

SCVJeff wrote:

campermama wrote:
Here ya go.....sorry about that

Antenna

well if you believe those specs it's not a bad antenna. What I do know about them is that I have seen lots of them around Quartzsite and have talked to a few that have them. They all say that they way outperform the Batwing. There are a couple where we are camped and I asked what they see. Both are seeing 21 channels out of Parker. One of those owners also has a Batwing, along with his camping nutty and me nearby. None of the Batwings see anything where we are. Might buy one to try at home since they are so small.. I'll bet it's VHF performance isn't that great tho

I ordered it...once I try it out I will let you know how it does.

Looks like a good UHF antenna and a decent VHF (the long folded element is the VHF, not sure how well it will perform on VHF (just the one element) but 50 miles is good.. Most Digital is UHF and that looks like a very good UHF antenna. Of course I'm going on appearance, and training and antenna design theory all of which goes to trash if the dimensions are off by a small amount.

How to tell if the station you want to watch is VHF lo, VHF hi or UHF

Two ways.. If you have yet to detect it.. ANTENNA HELPER FREE for yoru phone will give you lots and lots of info on television stations "Near" you.. Including the display channel (IE: 7-1) the Carrier hannel (42) and the location (Roughly 10 mile Evergreen, Southfield, MI for the specific station I'm using as an example)

That is a UHF station (42)

Or Display channel 2-1,, Carrier channel 7,, 9 Mile west of Greenfield, Southfield MI This is a VHF-HI (7) station.

2,3,4,5,6 are VHF low (Carrier) 7-12 HI 13 and up UFH, but as you can see the CARRIER is often not the same as the display channel.. NOTE

Channel 12 flint.. really is channel 12

The app also gives you Vector (Distance and direction) from wherever you are standing when you invoke it to the tower site (Very useful)

I mentioned a 2nd way.... On many TV's once you DETECT a station you can ask the TV what the carrier is... Menu, setup channel edit is the most common path Or Signal Strength on some menus.

I use those features in conjunction with my Sensar Pro to peak.

campermama wrote:
Here ya go.....sorry about that

Antenna

well if you believe those specs it's not a bad antenna. What I do know about them is that I have seen lots of them around Quartzsite and have talked to a few that have them. They all say that they way outperform the Batwing. There are a couple where we are camped and I asked what they see. Both are seeing 21 channels out of Parker. One of those owners also has a Batwing, along with his camping nutty and me nearby. None of the Batwings see anything where we are. Might buy one to try at home since they are so small.. I'll bet it's VHF performance isn't that great tho

Here ya go.....sorry about that

Antenna

Agreed.. a link would be nice..
Other than that there is no such thing as an HD antenna of any format. There is also no such thing as an antenna that's rated for some arbitrary distance, like "50 Miles". That's nothing but sales hype to lure in those not knowing any better.

Distance depends 100% on the power at the transmitter, height of the antenna, it's radiation pattern, topography, what else is in the way, like trees, and the sensitivity of your TV. THEN we can talk about this antenna you're looking at. If you have people in the area that can see local channels, talk to them about what they're using.

campermama wrote:
So I am a camp host up on Lake Oroville, Ca for 5 months. Too many trees for my satellite dish. I have small 40 mile antenna that I used last summer and got like 4 or 5 channels with it. For this summer I am looking at getting this one:

HDTV 1080P Outdoor Amplified Antenna Digital HD TV 150 Mile 360 Rotor UHF/VHF/FM
Powerful Receiption! Up to 150Mile! US Stock! 2016

Anybody use one like this? I am thinking I should pull in a bunch of channels with this compared to my other one.

Any other thoughts, ideas, advice?
Thanks!!

A link to the one you're referring to would have been nice. However, if it's the one I think it is I picked one up at a local store to install in my attic at home. I'm about 50 miles from the TV antenna farm and all but one station are UHF. I was pretty impressed with the ability of this small antenna to bring in a lot of stations, sadly it couldn't pull in the one VHF station in my area. I replaced it with an antenna that's about 3 times the size but only advertised about a 70 mile range and it performs a bit better - it does snag the VHF station.

Overall, given the size (and the price at about $30) these little antennas are pretty impressive, although I wouldn't put much stock into the claimed range of 150 miles. For most users I'd say the range is about 1/2 of that and even less if you don't install it high and outside. But for an RVer camped within about 50 miles of the stations it should be a pretty good performer especially given the price and size.

campermama wrote:

HDTV 1080P Outdoor Amplified Antenna Digital HD TV 150 Mile 360 Rotor UHF/VHF/FM
Powerful Receiption! Up to 150Mile! US Stock! 2016

It might....if you don't mind rotating it each time you change channels.

And any antenna will work better the higher up it is.

You need to pay attention to the overall size AND whether or not it can be folded back up once deployed. Many are not designed to "go back in the box" once used.

If there really are THAT many trees around, you might not have a good solution.

So I am a camp host up on Lake Oroville, Ca for 5 months. Too many trees for my satellite dish. I have small 40 mile antenna that I used last summer and got like 4 or 5 channels with it. For this summer I am looking at getting this one:

HDTV 1080P Outdoor Amplified Antenna Digital HD TV 150 Mile 360 Rotor UHF/VHF/FM
Powerful Receiption! Up to 150Mile! US Stock! 2016

Anybody use one like this? I am thinking I should pull in a bunch of channels with this compared to my other one.

Any other thoughts, ideas, advice?
Thanks!!

MrWizard wrote:
the Winegard Rayzar i am aware of is motorized
aka Automatic and searches for channels and can remember where they are at

I am basically lazy.
Mine works better than the "omni" that it replaced.
I am happy with it.

the Winegard Rayzar i am aware of is motorized
aka Automatic and searches for channels and can remember where they are at

it costs approx $350, which is more than the batwing with wingman (which is still the best RV antenna)
but is a better option than an omni directional, if one does not have the space for a batwing

Winegard

Winegard rayzar automatic on Amazon