Residential tv antenna with powered amp?

rk911 wrote:

srt20 wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:
OTA brodacast or satellite TV broadcast? Assuming you are within 5 miles of the satellite TV broadcast then you are golden. If you are outside that range you could always use your OTA TV antenna to watch the local 5 o'clock news and your satellite to watch everything else.

this is exactly what I am looking for. I just wanted to know the proper way to hook up a residential antenna to my factory camper coax that has a booster.

ok. since you're in a seasonal site just head out to your favorite big box store and get a residential antenna, X-feet of RG-6 antenna coax and a 10'-20' piece of PVC for a mounting mast. mount the antenna to the mast and connect the cable. lash the mast to the rear ladder or wherever convenient and run the cable to the TV through a window, fridge chimney, etc. locate the proper direction to point your antenna, scan for channels and away you go. if you want to add an amplifier there are amps designed for outside use and inside use...take your pick. TV signals are line-of-sight so, depending on the terrain between your antenna and the transmitters, height is your friend (hence the 10'-20' of mast).

if you want to use the factory coax then climb up on the roof. the coax from your RV antenna should terminate at a connector in the roof. run the cable from your residential antenna to that roof connector. or...just disconnect the RV coax from the back of the TV (or selector switch if you have one) and connect the residential antenna to the TV.

if you have more than one TV and you have a selector switch then connecting the residential antenna coax to the TV INPUT of the selector switch would be the way to go.

you can't use the RV amplifier since it is built into the RV antenna. the switch on the wall merely supplies power to the amp.

I hope this helps but gotta tell ya...it seems like a lot of trouble vs. just getting your locals via the satellite.

good luck.

Thanks. Yes basically I'm just looking to see what to do with the factory antenna boost switch. On or off.

What you have described in the scenerio with me hooking up the big box store residential antenna to the connection on the roof for the factory antenna is exactly what I want to do.
We plan at being at this site for years, and have been for years already. But recently bought a new camper with a crappy factory antenna. Also there will be times when I am up at the seasonal site and my wife will be home. One of us would have to give up the local channels if we were to do the local channels over the satellite. Sure maybe it's more work the day I buy and install the residential antenna, but then I'm done. Never have to worry about it again. Turn the tv on and watch whatever I want.

Thanks to all.