Residential tv antenna with powered amp?
Background; new camper, has worthless omni disk antenna picks up nothing. Already have Directv but want locals at camp site. Seasonal site, camper will not be moved. I had asked previously how to g...
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Sorry, should be a little clearer. My terminology is not the best:
Not real sure how an Omni works, but the signal is amplified at the booster. Nothing feeds back to the antenna. It's like a vacuum sweeper. The motor is sucking the air into a hose. The booster is sucking the signal into the wire (boosting it). Any "power" needed (if it uses any) should go through the coax cable, same as a Satallite Dish - like the Tailgater for DishTV.) There is a coax connection at the antenna on your camper. simply unscrew it and use the connector, above, and run longer length to your new antenna.
If you have one of those square (as seen on TV) in-house antennas they advertise, or anything like that, you can plug it into the existing wire that attaches to the Omni and see if you get signals. Really, that might be sufficient to pull in all kinds of channels.
Not real sure how an Omni works, but the signal is amplified at the booster. Nothing feeds back to the antenna. It's like a vacuum sweeper. The motor is sucking the air into a hose. The booster is sucking the signal into the wire (boosting it). Any "power" needed (if it uses any) should go through the coax cable, same as a Satallite Dish - like the Tailgater for DishTV.) There is a coax connection at the antenna on your camper. simply unscrew it and use the connector, above, and run longer length to your new antenna.
If you have one of those square (as seen on TV) in-house antennas they advertise, or anything like that, you can plug it into the existing wire that attaches to the Omni and see if you get signals. Really, that might be sufficient to pull in all kinds of channels.
