How to tell bat wing type

firemedic08 wrote:
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?

The easiest question to answer ever.

You CAN get digital TV signals with the existing antenna provided the antenna is working as designed.. It is that simple. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DIGITAL ANTENNA.. Even if they advertise them THERE IS NO SUCH THING, there are only Television antennas.

Antennas of say the 1960 Vintage were designed to pick up channels 2-13, and occasionally 14-82 Late 60s' all got 2-82, then they dropped a bunch of high end channels and suddenly TV antennas were re-designed for 2-69 (bit less expensive to make that way).

And that is what they are designed to do to this very day, 2-69.
Digital, analog or "Other" (If somenone ever comes up with an "other") makes no differnece, the only thing that matters is the frequency, is it within the range of 2-69 Inclusive? if the answer is YES, then your existing antenna is up to the job.. HOWEVER.

Batwings come in 4 flavors if made by winegard plus a couple of knock off flavors
Sensar 1.. Very rare, doubt you have one
Sensar II and III Can benefit from the addition of the Wingman This is most likely the type of antenna you have proided it is a winegard
Sensar IV Comes with the wingman in the box. This is the BEST of teh lot.

And there is are two other things

Inside the RV there is, most likely, a wall plate.. It has a switch, a light, a 12 volt outlet and an antenna connector (TV-1).

Replace it with a SENSAR PRO (If you have a matrix switch, (Box of many buttons of BOMB) let me knwo and I'll describe my system.

The second is the TV

Older CRT televisions (Squarish screen) are NOT ATSC digital.. MOst "Wide screen" flat screen types are.. You may need to either upgrade the TV or add a digital to analog converter.