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D_E_Bishop
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Feb 09, 2017

OTA TV reception at "Q"

Our rig has a 32" Sharp FSTV in the LR and a Insignia 19" in the bedroom. We had a badly damaged Winegard Batwing which I replaced with a older batwing with a mfg date of 1989. All "F" type connectors have been replaced and at home I get 185 channels on the rear TV and 190 on the front(not all are really stations, bounce suspected), they range from Riverside on the East, Santa Barbara on the North and San Diego on the South.

My TVs in our old rig had built in signal strength meters, these do not. Just randomly turning the antenna to get the best picture, then do a new search for best signal.

So during the show in "Q" last month we were at Hi Jolly CG and I could get three stations to tune in at best and only one was reasonably good with very little pixilation.

Is this pretty much how it is there?

I can live with it, if that is what it is. I'm not into buying a SensarPro, I may upgrade to a Integrated Sensar VI replacement head in the near future, the DW hasn't really complained so it isn't a requirement.

I am just asking, I know SCJeff was/is there and hope he may answer too.
  • https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps is a useful aiming tool. There are others out there, too. I plot antennae aiming for OTA for each location where I plan to park, and print out the map. I do the same thing for my satellite antenna plots.
  • that's it for OTA unless you update to DTV (Digital TV) Converter or DTV antenna and Digital TVs. You will pickup a few more channels

    or with Satellite TV you can get lots of channels

    If the campground offers wifi you may be able to stream some TV shows and movies from the broadcast channels websites or a service like Netflix, HULU, VUDU...etc using a laptop or computer