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Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Nov 06, 2014

New OTA TV Antenna

I just read in this months issue of RV-Pro (not sure if that link will work to the online version- if it does, it's on page 23) about a new Winegard Rayzar Automatic antenna- it's in a raydome, and needs only a single coax cable. Other than that, I know nothing about it, and cannot find anything on the Winegard site yet.
It must have some intelligence, but I don't know how it deals with signals from more than one direction.
  • Ron3rd's avatar
    Ron3rd
    Explorer III
    Nov 06, 2014
    Bill.Satellite will probably chime in. He used to work for Winegard.
  • Chris_Bryant's avatar
    Chris_Bryant
    Explorer II
    Nov 06, 2014
    Yeah- I wondered about height as well. I wish someone would build a real "smart" antenna for RVS, along with a TV with attention payed to receiver RF sensitivity, and the smart antenna output.
    Unfortunately, it looks like that technology doesn't have a big enough market (I think it does), or wasn't marketed right.

    BTW- the article is actually on 23 in the paper mag- the online version ads 10 pages for the fold out cover in this months issue :)
  • rk911's avatar
    rk911
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2014
    page 33, not 23. from the description I ass-ume that it rotates looking for b'cast signals. but given the low profile I would be concerned about it pulling in signals in secondary or tertiary service areas.

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