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RoyB
Jul 16, 2014Explorer II
X2 on just using the existing RG cable and 12VDC that was feeding the existing BATWING antenna. Hook all of that back up to the antenna wall box and push the button in to send the 12VDC up to the JACK. You will not have to use the JACK Antenna DC VOLTAGE injector adapter. The ANTENNA PANEL will provide the power up to the new JACK ANTENNA. You should see the RED light next to the COAX connection light up on the bottom of the JACK antenna. The JACK antenna in this photo is pointing towards the transmitting antenna to the right of the photo.

I also have this SURELOCK SL1000 made by Kings and I use it inside my trailer connected to the antenna panel first and then hook my HDTV to the TV jack on the SURLOCK. The SURELOCK is not an preamplifier or antenna booster - The SURELOCK is only a field strength meter to tell which direction to point the antenna to find the HDTV signals Now I can rotate my BATWING antenna that I use and can keep reducing the signal strength with SURELOCK ADJ knob until I peak the display. This is now pointing to a HD TV signal from the local town using my BATWING OTA antenna... Once I find the direction of the DTV transmitter site I usually remove my SURELOCK and just connect the HDTV to the Antenna Panel JACK.

I will now have to run my TV MENU setup for ANTENNA and log in all of the digital signals it finds in this direction before I can view any of them...
We usually get 6-36 digital stations using our BATWING Antenna using the UHF DIPOLE add-on when camping here on the East side of the US.
I played with the JACK ANTENNA SOME and I might say it may be just a TAD better picking up digital signals but what I found was you really had to point more directly at the Transmitter location then you did with the BATWING antenna. Here in northern VA we are some 50 miles away from WASHINTON DC NATL BROADCAST transmitters which are position on both side of WASHINTON DC. With the JACK I had to move the Antenna to receive both sides of the the town for best best results. I did not have to do this with the BATWING antenna and still got good reception. I'm guessing the larger DIPOLES lengths give the BATWING antenna more antenna BEAM width than the JACK which is smaller????
ALot of folks gives outstandling reports using the JACK antenna however...
Roy Ken

I also have this SURELOCK SL1000 made by Kings and I use it inside my trailer connected to the antenna panel first and then hook my HDTV to the TV jack on the SURLOCK. The SURELOCK is not an preamplifier or antenna booster - The SURELOCK is only a field strength meter to tell which direction to point the antenna to find the HDTV signals Now I can rotate my BATWING antenna that I use and can keep reducing the signal strength with SURELOCK ADJ knob until I peak the display. This is now pointing to a HD TV signal from the local town using my BATWING OTA antenna... Once I find the direction of the DTV transmitter site I usually remove my SURELOCK and just connect the HDTV to the Antenna Panel JACK.

I will now have to run my TV MENU setup for ANTENNA and log in all of the digital signals it finds in this direction before I can view any of them...
We usually get 6-36 digital stations using our BATWING Antenna using the UHF DIPOLE add-on when camping here on the East side of the US.
I played with the JACK ANTENNA SOME and I might say it may be just a TAD better picking up digital signals but what I found was you really had to point more directly at the Transmitter location then you did with the BATWING antenna. Here in northern VA we are some 50 miles away from WASHINTON DC NATL BROADCAST transmitters which are position on both side of WASHINTON DC. With the JACK I had to move the Antenna to receive both sides of the the town for best best results. I did not have to do this with the BATWING antenna and still got good reception. I'm guessing the larger DIPOLES lengths give the BATWING antenna more antenna BEAM width than the JACK which is smaller????
ALot of folks gives outstandling reports using the JACK antenna however...
Roy Ken
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