Will RG6 improve my RG59 signal on my 5er
Looking to upgrade to the Jack antenna. I am afraid that is a waste of money because the wiring into the trailer is RG59. RG6 helps cable signal, but not sure of OTA signal?
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Cougarnewbie wrote:
My current antenna is a 7 year old Sensar batwing with the add on "wingman" . Not very happy with what we have and the wingman did not seem to help. That is why I am suspect of the cable or connections.
You should go on the roof with a digital voltage meter. Disconnect the coax from the head of the Batwing and check the coax itself for voltage. If you have good strong 12+V power in the coax itself then you do not have cabling or connection issues. Look at the connector itself. Is the center wire clean and shiny copper? If not, does cutting the cable back and putting on a new F connector give you that voltage. If you have good voltage but poor reception I would replace the head. If you have bad voltage then you will also want to check the power supply itself to ensure A) it's on and B) it is putting out the proper 12V power. Just connect a short jumper coax to the power supply port labeled Antenna and verify voltage. If that's good and there's bad power on the roof I would run a new coax from there to the roof and you should have good TV again.
