Sensar IV Antenna
When we bought our Winnie, the Sensar II I think, may have been a II, was not working well. It had been hit and straightened out and the PCB was no longer weather proof, I replaced it with an old 198...
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No one has done an actual lab test of RV antennas. SCVJeff did use a spectrum analyzer (which is a lab grade unit) to compare the Jack antenna to a Winegard Sensar (aka Batwing) antenna. Here's a link to his results:
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27171026.cfm
He did an exceptional job, but it was not in a laboratory. Jeff seems to have abandoned this forum. He has not posted for quite some time.
I have both a Jack and a Sensar IV and I find that the Jack is on par with the Sensar for UHF. For VHF the Sensar outperforms the Jack big time.
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27171026.cfm
He did an exceptional job, but it was not in a laboratory. Jeff seems to have abandoned this forum. He has not posted for quite some time.
I have both a Jack and a Sensar IV and I find that the Jack is on par with the Sensar for UHF. For VHF the Sensar outperforms the Jack big time.
