How to tell bat wing type
I've never had an RV with the crank up antenna. My new to me 5er has one. How can I tell if it is able to get the digital OTA signal? Will I need anything else to make it work with my tv?
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firemedic08 wrote:
It does have a booster. I have a newer ( 4 year old lcd) tv. So I think I may give it a try tomorrow.
No it doesn't. ;) That wall plate everyone refers to as a "booster" has no ability to boost the signal at all but when turned on merely sends 12 vdc to the antenna head where the any antenna boost amplifier may be located AND switches the input of the wall plate from cable to antenna. Considering the vintage of your rig it would have originally had a non-amplified Winegard Sensar antenna on it but since you've said it has a "booster" - i.e. power wall plate - that suggests the head was at some time replaced with a Sensar head that does contain a signal amplifier. Assuming this to be the case you need to identify whether it also is equipped with a Winegard Wingman which will improve UHF reception and if not, add it. To further enhance reception you could replace that non-amplified wall plate with one that does offer 10 db of signal amplification / attenuation - the Winegard SensarPro.
