Residential tv antenna with powered amp?

rk911 wrote:

srt20 wrote:
One more question.

The radio reception is terrible as well. I thought I read someplace that the radio antenna is part of the omni antenna as well?
My last rv got excellent radio reception and this one doesn't even get a channel that's less than 20 miles away, which happens to be the channel I listen for baseball games.

If possible I would like to improve this as well vs just getting a portable radio.


Thanks again!

are you in a trailer or MH? my buddy has had a number of bumper pull trailers over the years and all of them have had a separate AM/FM antenna for the radio. I've owned 3-motor homes since 1986 and all of them have had a separate radio antenna on the roof. if you don't see another antenna on the roof of your RV and you can't hear anything then either the poor excuse for a TV antenna is also a poor excuse for a radio antenna; the factory forgot to install the radio antenna (hey, it can happen. the factory forgot to install the window by the sink on one of our motorhomes); or the cable isn't connected.

can you pull the radio and see if there is anything connected to the antenna connection in the back. maybe wiggle it a bit and see if something may have gotten crimped and is shorting out. worst case a simple automotive AM/FM antenna mounted where you can get a good ground (well, an OK ground will do)should produce results. if you're way the heck out in the boonies you may not be able to get FM but you should be able to get something on the AM band...especially at night when the sky wave takes over.

It's a TT/park model. 16 Keystone Hideout 38FKTS.
We are a ways out in the boonies, but everybody else gets radio and tv reception there. Of course I'm the only one with an omni antenna. The rest are all bat wings.

I'll get up on roof and get behind the stereo next time I'm up there.

We just got it in May so now I'm starting to fix/improve the stuff that bugs me or I don't like.

Thanks!